Edmond Rugova
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Edmond Rugova (born 20 July 1957) is a Yugoslavian football coach and former football player. Rugova formerly coached the Kosovo national football team, a post he held since his appointment by the Football Federation of Kosovo in the summer of 2006[1] until his departure in July 2009.
Playing career
Club
Before he became the coach of the Kosovo national football team, Edmond Rugova was a famous football player in Kosovo playing for FC Prishtina during the 1980s as part of the so-called "Golden Generation" of Kosovar football players that included Fadil Vokrri, Agim Cana, Fadil Muriqi and others. In his early career he also represented RHMK Kosovo (1977, loan) and KF Liria Prizren (1975–1979). For FC Prishtina (1979–1985), he played 98 league matches and scored 29 goals. He left tension-filled Kosovo for the US and joined New York Cosmos in 1985,[2] then also had a spell with MISL outfit Kansas City Comets.[3]
International
Ruguvoa played for the Yugoslavia national under-20 football team.[4]
Managerial career
Edmond Rugova's first international match as coach of the Kosovo national football team was the international friendly against Saudi Arabia to be played on 15 June 2007, in Ankara, Turkey.[5] While Kosovo was not allowed to UEFA nor FIFA, it was hard to play regular games in the early years.[6]
Edmond Rugova is currently a coach for the Sporting Kansas City Juniors.[7]
Personal life
His son Max[8] was born in Kansas City and plays for FC Pristina.
References
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- ↑ Edmond Rugova named coach of Kosovo national football team (AlbaniaSoccer) Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Football and conflict: The story of FC Pristina and the Kosovo War - The Set Pieces
- ↑ Profile - NASL Jerseys
- ↑ Up to ten years before international recognition of Kosovo FA - Play the Game
- ↑ Edmond Rugova names the official squad for Saudi Arabia friendly
- ↑ Kosovo are still waiting for international recognition - World Soccer
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- ↑ Rugova working his way up the ladder - Top drawer soccer
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External links
- Kosovo national football team info by the Football Federation of Kosovo
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- Pages with script errors
- 1957 births
- Living people
- Kosovo Albanians
- Men's association football forwards
- Yugoslav men's footballers
- Kosovan men's footballers
- KF Liria Prizren players
- FC KEK-u players
- FC Prishtina players
- New York Cosmos (1970–1985) players
- Kansas City Comets (1979–1991) players
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players
- Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers
- Kosovan expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Kosovan football managers
- Kosovo national football team managers
- Place of birth missing (living people)