Afrim Tovërlani

Afrim Tovërlani
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-01-17) 17 January 1967
Place of birth Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Prishtina (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1991 Prishtina 28 (0)
1992–1993 Flamurtari
1993–2003 Prishtina
International career
1993 Kosovo 1 (0)
Managerial career
2007–2009 Prishtina
2009–2010 Trepça '89
2012–2014 Prishtina[1]
2015 Trepça '89
2015–2017 Feronikeli[2]
2018–2019 Ferizaj[3]
2020 Feronikeli
2022–2025 Kosovo U21
2023 Kosovo (assistant)
2025–2026 Prishtina
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Afrim Tovërlani (Serbian: Afrim Tovarlani; born 17 January 1967) is a Kosovar Albanian football coach and a former football player. He last managed FC Prishtina.

Tovërlani has also worked as a sports editor for the Kosovar daily newspaper Express.[4]

Early life

Afrim Toverlani born and raised in Pristina, where he attended elementary school, high school, then he attended the University of Prishtina and earned a degree in Physical Education and Sports.

Playing career

Club

Afrim Tovërlani established himself as a prominent footballer in Kosovo while playing for Prishtina, where he had a noteworthy career. He made seven appearances in the Yugoslav First League for the club.

International

On 1 February 1993, Tovërlani received a call-up from Kosovo for a friendly match against Albania,[5] and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up.[6]

Managerial career

In his career as a coach in the Football Superleague of Kosovo, Tovërlani won 4 league titles and two national cups.[7] From 2022 to 2025, he managed the Kosovo national under-21 football team. He resigned from that position to return to club football after more than five years after his last job at KF Feronikeli, being appointed FC Prishtina manager for the third time in his career on 25 November 2025.[8] He left the club on 17 March 2026 after a poor run of results. [9]

Honours

Manager

FC Prishtina

KF Feronikeli

References

  1. ↑ Prishtina rikthen ikonën Gazeta Express dated 25-10-2012
  2. ↑ Archived 2016-02-16 at the Wayback Machine Gazeta Express dated 09-12-2015
  3. ↑ TopSporti.com 26-07-2018
  4. ↑ Editorial staff of Gazeta Express Archived June 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Futbolli 1991–2019, 20 vjet mëvetësim" [Football 1991–2011, 20 years independence] (PDF) (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 2011. pp. Respectively on pages 64 and 65, contain information about the match and organization.
  6. ↑ "International Matches 1993 – Europe, January–March". RSSSF. 14/02/1993, Tiranë, Dinamo, 14000, Friendly International, ALBANIA–KOSOVA
  7. ↑ Index Online dated 02-25-2019
  8. ↑ "Afrim Tovërlani is officially appointed as the new coach of Pristina". telegrafi.com. 25 November 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  9. ↑ "Official: Afrim Tovërlani leaves Pristina". telegrafi.com. 17 March 2026. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
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