Sokol Maliqi (Serbo-Croat: Sokol Malići; born 24 December 1981) is a football coach and former player who coaches FC Kosova. Born in SFR Yugoslavia, he represented the Switzerland U17 national team at international level.
Playing career Maliqi was born in Pristina, Kosovo, at the time SFR Yugoslavia. He played as a forward.
Coaching career Maliqi started his coaching career in April 2012 as a player-coach at FC Schwamendingen.KNAPPE NIEDERLAGE GEGEN SCHWAMENDINGEN , fcurdorf.ch, 3 September 2012 On 15 May 2013, it was confirmed, that he would join FC Dübendorf from the upcoming season, also as a player-coach.Sokol Maliqi wird Trainer beim FC Dübendorf , zueriost.ch, 15 May 2013 He left the position two years laterFC Dübendorf und Trainer Maliqi gehen getrennte Wege, 14 May 2015 and then had a brief spell with FC Ruggell.
In the summer 2016, he joined FC Gossau ZH, still as a player-coach.Punkt für Gossau dank Doppelschlag, zueriost.ch, 2 October 2016 He left the position at the end of 2017, to become player-coach of FC Uzwil.SOKOL "SOKI" MALIQI HEISST DER NEUE CHEFTRAINER DES FC UZWIL, uzwil24.ch, 11 December 2017 On 20 April 2020, it was confirmed that Maliqi had been appointed head coach of his former club, FC Kosova.Maliqi wechselt zum FC Kosova, fupa.net, 22 April 2020
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External links Football.ch profile