Kristian Nushi

Kristian Nushi
Personal information
Full name Kristian Nushi
Date of birth (1982-07-21) 21 July 1982
Place of birth Gjakova, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1993–1999 KF Prishtina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003 FC Spiez ? (?)
2003–2007 FC Wil 1900 99 (18)
2007–2009 FC Aarau 59 (4)
2009–2014 FC St. Gallen 143 (13)
2014–2015 FC Winterthur 15 (1)
National team‡
2007–2014 Kosovo 5 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 June 2015.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 April 2014

Kristian Nushi (born 21 July 1982) is a retired Kosovar Albanian football player who played as midfielder.

Career

Nushi began his career in Kosovo and started to train with local club KF Prishtina. In 1999, aged 17 he moved to Switzerland to play for FC Spiez in Canton Bern. For the 2002/03 season he moved to FC Wil of the Swiss Super League. In the 2003/04 the club suffered relegation to the Challenge League. In four years at FC Wil Nushi played 99 games and scored 18 goals.

He joined FC Aarau[1] on 28 June 2007, competing in the top tier of Swiss Football League, the Swiss Super League.

On 30 May 2009, it was announced that Nushi would be joining FC St.Gallen, newly promoted to the Swiss Super League after being relegated to the Challenge League the previous year, for the 2009/10 season. Nushi has reportedly agreed to a 3-year deal.

International career

Nushi scored his first international goal in his debut for Kosovo national football team in the 1–0 win over Saudi Arabia, in Ankara, Turkey, on 15 June 2007.[2] He played in Kosovo's first official FIFA-sanctioned match on 5 March 2014 in a friendly against Haiti which ended in a 0-0 draw. [3]

Career honours

References

  1. ↑ Kristian Nushi for two years at FC Aarau
  2. ↑ Kosovo 1:0 Saudi Arabia (Futbolli.com)
  3. ↑ "Kosovo draw with Haiti in historic first FIFA friendly". 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.


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