Ardian Nuhiu

Ardijan Nuhiji
Personal information
Full name Ardijan Nuhiji
Ардијан Нухии
Date of birth (1978-12-07) 7 December 1978
Place of birth Skopje, SR Macedonia,
SFR Yugoslavia
(modern North Macedonia)
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Drita (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Vardar 1 (0)
2001–2004 Sloga Jugomagnat 47 (9)
2004–2006 Rabotnichki 39 (6)
2006–2007 Dinamo Tirana 15 (3)
2007–2008 Elbasani 29 (3)
2008 Rabotnichki 4 (1)
2009 Metalurg 8 (2)
2009 Steel Azin 15 (1)
2009–2010 Hapoel Acre 5 (2)
2010 Vardar 9 (4)
2010–2011 Shkendija 29 (7)
2011–2012 11 Oktomvri 7 (0)
2012–2013 Drita Bogovinë 30 (9)
2013 Shkëndija 14 (4)
2014–2016 Shkupi 22 (4)
International career‡
2005 Macedonia B 2 (1)
2003–2005 Macedonia 3 (0)
Managerial career
2016–2018 Shkupi
2019–2022 Drita
2023 Shkëndija
2024–2025 Gjilani
2025–2026 Tirana
2026– Drita
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 June 2016
‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 June 2016

Ardian Nuhiu (Macedonian: Ардијан Нухии; Ardijan Nuhiji, born 7 December 1978 in Skopje) is a retired association footballer and manager born in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. An ethnic Albanian, he represented Macedonia at the international level. He is the current manager of Drita.

Playing career

Nuhiji played as an attacking midfielder or striker.

Club

He had previously played in Republic of Macedonia and in Albania.

International

He made his senior debut for Macedonia in an October 2003 friendly match against Ukraine and has earned a total of 5 caps (2 unofficial), scoring 1 goal. His final international was a November 2005 friendly against Paraguay.[1]

Managerial career

After a retirement, Nuhiji was from 2016 to 2018 a manager of the club where he finished his playing career, FK Shkupi.

He was appointed manager of kosovar club FC Drita in February 2019 and won win them the 2019-20 Football Superleague of Kosovo.[2]

After managing KF Shkëndija in his home country for a few months in 2023, he returned to Kosovo in June 2024 and signed for Drita's local rivals SC Gjilani.[3] He left the club on 29 September 2025 in a mutual agreement after a 4-1 loss against KF Llapi.[4]

On 31 October 2025, only one month after leaving SC Gjilani, Nuhiu signed as the new manager of KF Tirana in the Albanian Kategoria Superiore.[5]

Managerial statistics

As of 20 August 2026
Coaching record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
Shkupi North Macedonia 29 November 2016 13 March 2018 431214174454−10027.91
Drita Kosovo 11 February 2019 24 November 2022 161883736263141+122054.66
Shkëndija North Macedonia 5 June 2023 14 December 2023 2011542919+10055.00
Gjilani Kosovo 3 June 2024 29 September 2025 451613166062−2035.56
Tirana Albania 31 October 2025 23 February 2026 184681325−12022.22
Drita Kosovo 10 August 2026 Present 3210125+7066.67
Total 2901337681421306+115045.86

Honours

Manager

Drita

References

  1. ↑ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Drita regained the title - Prishtina won the Cup, Gjilan played for the first time in Europe". Telegrafi. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "Official: Ardian Nuhiu is presented at SC Gjilani". Indeksonline. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "Gjilani parted ways with coach Ardian Nuhiu". Telegrafi. 29 September 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  5. ↑ "Tirana trusts Skopje's Ardian Nuhiu to return to the top". Telegrafi. 31 October 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
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