Ismet Munishi

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Ismet Munishi
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-10-03) 3 October 1974 (age 51)
Place of birth Gjilan, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1996 Flamurtari
1996–1998 Maribor 26 (1)
1998–1999 Şekerspor 37 (1)
1999–2000 Mura 05 7 (0)
2000–2002 Olimpija Ljubljana 24 (3)
2000–2001Maccabi Herzilya (loan) 10 (0)
2001–2002Korotan (loan) 4 (0)
2002–2003 Kocaelispor 0 (0)
2003 Šmartno 2 (0)
2004 Laçi
2004–2005 Vorskla Poltava 9 (0)
2005 Besa Kavajë 6 (0)
2006 Tobol Kostanay
2006–2007 Trepça
2007–2008 Vëllaznimi
International career
2002 Kosovo 1 (0)
Managerial career
2013–2014 Vushtrria
2016–2017 Drita
2017 Vëllaznimi
2017–2018 Feronikeli
2018 Besa Pejë
2018–2019 Vëllaznimi
2019–2020 Ballkani
2021–2022 Gjilani
2022–2023 Prishtina
2023 Ferizaj
2024–2025 Dukagjini
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ismet Munishi (born 3 October 1974) is a Kosovan professional football coach and former player.

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Playing career

He played football in seven countries: for Flamurtari, Trepça and Vëllaznimi in Kosovo; for Maribor, Mura 05, NK Olimpija Ljubljana, NK Korotan and Šmartno in Slovenia; for Şekerspor and Kocaelispor in Turkey; for Maccabi Herzliya in Israel; for Laçi and Besa Kavajë in Albania; for Vorskla Poltava in Ukraine, and for Tobol Kostanay in Kazakhstan.

In the 96-97 season, he won with Maribor the first Slovenian PrvaLiga title in the club's history. [1]

Managerial career

He won the 2013–14 Football Superleague of Kosovo as manager of KF Vushtrria [2] and was runner-up in the 2019-20 Kosovar Cup with FC Ballkani. [3]

On 4 June 2024, he signed for KF Dukagjini. [4] He resigned for personal reasons on 4 November 2025 after recording 17 wins, ten draws and 15 losses in his 43 matches in charge. [5] Dukagjini was fourth in the 2025-26 Football Superleague of Kosovo in the moment of his departure. [6]

References

  1. "Ismet Munishi speaks before the Kosovo - Slovenia match and remembers the time when he played with the Slovenian coach: Strong national team". Telegrafi.com. 9 October 2025.
  2. "The 'heroes' from Vushtrri have not been paid for seven months". Telegrafi.com. 21 August 2014.
  3. "Ismet Munishi is introduced". gazetaexpress.com. 13 March 2021.
  4. "Ismet Munishi takes over the management of Dukagjin". Koha.net. 4 June 2024.
  5. "Munishi resigns from Dukagjini". Koha.net. 4 November 2025.
  6. "Ismet Munishi resigns from the position of Dukagjini coach". Telegrafi.com. 4 November 2025.