Sokol Maliqi

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. On 15 May 2013, it was confirmed, that he would join FC Dübendorf from the upcoming season, also as a player-coach. He left the position two years later and then had a brief spell with FC Ruggell.

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