Xhevdet Muriqi

Xhevdet Muriqi

Personal information
Full name	Xhevdet Muriqi
Date of birth	(1963-03-04) 4 March 1963
Place of birth	Pejë, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1989	Prishtina	82	(6)
1989–1990	Rijeka	2	(0)
1990–1998	Šibenik	199	(15)
2000–2001	Imotska Krajina
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Xhevdet Muriqi (Serbian Latin: Dževdet Murići) (born 4 March 1963) is a former Kosovar Albanian footballer who is best known for his time with FC Prishtina during the 1980s as part of the "Golden Generation".

Career

Prishtina

Muriqi played for FC Prishtina for eight seasons in the Yugoslav First League from 1981 to 1989 together with his brother Fadil, Kujtim Shala, Fadil Vokrri and other notable players.

Croatia

In the 1989–90 season together with his older brother Fadil, he moved to NK Rijeka and played there another season in the Yugoslav First League before moving to HNK Šibenik where he spent 8 seasons. He finished his career playing for second league team NK Imotska krajina.

External links

• Xhevdet Muriqi at Croatian Football Statistics (archived) (in Croatian)
• Stats from Yugoslav 1 and 2 leagues at Zerodic
• Sport on Slobodna Dalmacija