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Kushtrim Munishi (Serbo-Croat: Kuštrim Muniši) (born 17 March 1973 in Pristina) is a retired Kosovar Albanian football player.
Playing career
Kushtrim Munishi started his career in 1990 making his first appearance for FC Prishtina at the age 17. In 1993, he joined Zagłębie Lubin from Poland. From 1993 to 1999 he played for DSV Leoben (and for a brief time in autumn 1997 for ASKOe Gurnitz in Carinthia, both in Austria), Lokomotiv Plovdiv in Bulgaria and Partizani in Albania.
After the end of the war in Kosovo he returned playing initially for FC Prishtina and then for Besiana, KF Kosova (P), Flamurtari, Gjilani and Hysi. In his last season he played for FC Prishtina, and was a crucial player in winning the Champion of Kosovo title.
While playing overseas he was put in the position of midfielder, which was not his natural role, in Kosovo he was a striker.
After 2000, while playing in Kosovo, he was awarded as Best Soccer Player in Kosovo and the Best Sportsman and won Best Goal Scoring Award three times.
He retired in 2008 and currently is a coach of U-17 of FC Prishtina.
Kushtrim Munishi played for Kosovo in their friendly match against Albania on February 14, 1993 and scored the only goal.
Coaching career
After retiring from football he attended UEFA Coaching License training and obtained UEFA Pro License. Since 2000 he worked as a coach for U17 and U19 of FC Prishtina and being Direct of Football Academy. In 2016, he became Head Coach of the FC Prishtina Senior team and immediately won the Kosovo Super Cup. In the Superliga of Kosovo he managed his team to six victories and one draw, leading the Kosovo Superliga ranking. Following disagreement on professional basis and since didn't want to work without a professional contract, he left the club.