Sokol Maliqi

Sokol Maliqi (Serbo-Croat: Sokol Malići) (born 24 December 1981, in Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia, now Kosovo [a]) is a retired Swiss/Kosovar Albanian football forward and current head coach of FC Kosova.

Sokol Maliqi
Personal information
Full name Sokol Maliqi
Date of birth (1981-12-24) 24 December 1981
Place of birth Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 FC Kosova (Head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 SC Cham 7 (0)
2000–2002 FC Wil 1900 8 (0)
2002–2004 FC Kreuzlingen 38 (15)
2004–2005 SC YF Juventus 16 (9)
2005–2006 FC Wil 1900 30 (18)
2006–2007 FC Luzern 15 (0)
2006–2008 FC Wil 1900 20 (4)
2007–2008 → FC Vaduz (loan) 5 (0)
2008–2009 FC Biel-Bienne 16 (12)
2009–2010 APEP Pitsilia 22 (2)
2010–2011 FC Kosova 21 (14)
2011–2012 FC Kusnacht 21 (6)
2012–2013 FC Schwamendingen
2013–2015 FC Dübendorf
2016 FC Ruggell
2016–2017 FC Gossau ZH
2018–2020 FC Uzwil 7 (0)
National team
Switzerland U-17 4 (0)
Teams managed
2012–2013 FC Schwamendingen (player-coach)
2013–2015 FC Dübendorf (player-coach)
2016–2017 FC Gossau ZH (player-coach)
2018–2020 FC Uzwil
2020– FC Kosova
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Coaching career

Maliqi started his coaching career in April 2012 as a player-coach at FC Schwamendingen.[1] On 15 May 2013 it was confirmed, that he would join FC Dübendorf from the upcoming season, also as a player-coach.[2] He left the position two years later[3] and then had a brief spell with FC Ruggell.

In the summer 2016, he joined FC Gossau ZH, still as a player-coach.[4] He left the position at the end of 2017, to become player-coach of FC Uzwil.[5] On 20 April 2020 it was confirmed, that Maliqi had been appointed head coach of his former club, FC Kosova.[6]

References
  1. KNAPPE NIEDERLAGE GEGEN SCHWAMENDINGEN, fcurdorf.ch, 3 September 2012
  2. Sokol Maliqi wird Trainer beim FC Dübendorf, zueriost.ch, 15 May 2013
  3. FC Dübendorf und Trainer Maliqi gehen getrennte Wege, 14 May 2015
  4. Punkt für Gossau dank Doppelschlag, zueriost.ch, 2 October 2016
  5. SOKOL "SOKI" MALIQI HEISST DER NEUE CHEFTRAINER DES FC UZWIL, uzwil24.ch, 11 December 2017
  6. Maliqi wechselt zum FC Kosova, fupa.net, 22 April 2020

Notes
^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 98 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 113 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.


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