List of Kosovars
Encyclopedia
This is a list of notable Albanian
Kosovar
s:
f*Myrvete Kurtishi - actor
Albanians
Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...
Kosovar
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
s:
- Adelina IsmajliAdelina IsmajliAdelina Ismajli .Ismajli is best known for her songs “Uragan Çohen Krenarët,” “Në Kosovë Luhet Kumorë,” and “Skenderbe.” She is also highly recognized as a sex symbol for her sexually provocative videos and performances on Albanian local television stations.Ismajli’s records, including four...
- singer - Afërdita DreshajAfërdita DreshajAfërdita Dreshaj is an Albanian singer and model who was crowned Miss Universe Kosova 2011 and represented the Republic of Kosovo in Miss Universe 2011.-Early life:...
- singer - Agim ÇekuAgim ÇekuAgim Çeku is the current Minister of Security Forces for the Republic of Kosovo. He is also the former Prime Minister of Kosovo and a chief of the Kosovo Liberation Army . He was born in the village of Ćuška near Peć, in the Yugoslav province of Kosovo .Çeku is an ethnic Albanian...
- Arta Dobroshi - actress
- Azem VllasiAzem Vllasi- Early years :In his youth and student years, Vllasi chaired a number of youth organizations; the student league of Kosovo and of Yugoslavia, and from 1974, the League of Socialist Youth of Yugoslavia. As socialist youth chairman, he became popular and gained the support of President Tito, which...
- Arbër Reçi - (Ritmi i Rrugës) - singer
- Armond Morina - Actor
- Ali PodrimjaAli PodrimjaAli Podrimja is a renowned Kosovar Albanian poet. He was born in Đakovica, at the foot of the Prokletije , in occupied Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, , at the time part of Italian-controlled Fascist Albania.After a difficult childhood, he studied Albanian language and literature in...
- Ali KelmendiAli KelmendiAli Kelmendi , Hero of Albania under the communist regime, was a Kosovar Albanian communist, an organizer of the communist movement in Albania....
- Alush Nush - singer
- Akil Mark KociAkil Mark KociAkil Mark Koci is a Kosovar Albanian composer and music writer.- Education :...
- Asim VokshiAsim VokshiAsim Vokshi was a staff officer of the "Garibaldi Battalion" in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War.He was an Albanian Kosovar from Đakovica, Kosovo Province, Ottoman Empire. He studied at a military academy in Italy....
- Azem GalicaAzem GalicaAzem Bejta , commonly known as Azem Galica, was a Albanian nationalist and rebel who fought for the unification of Kosovo with Albania.-Life:Bejta was born in the village of Galica in the Drenica region of central Kosovo...
- Avni Abazi - Actor
- Bajram CurriBajram CurriBajram Curri was an ethnic Albanian politician and activist within the Vilayet of Kosovo, Ottoman Empire. He is awarded the title Hero of Albania....
- Bajram RexhepiBajram RexhepiBajram Rexhepi is a politician. He is currently Interior Minister of the Republic of Kosovo and a member of the Kosovo Assembly. He was also the first elected post-war Prime Minister of Kosovo...
- prime minister - Besart BerishaBesart BerishaBesart Berisha is an Albanian footballer who plays for Brisbane Roar in the A-League and internationally as a striker for the Albania national football team.-Youth and Hamburger SV:...
- footballer - Besnik Canolli - Singer (2po2)
- Din MehmetiDin MehmetiDin Mehmeti was an Albanian poet from Kosovo. He was among the best-known classical representatives of contemporary verse in Kosovo.-Career:...
- poet (b.1932) - Edmond Beqiri - Professor, Computer scientist
- Enver PetrovciEnver PetrovciEnver Petrovci is a Kosovar actor, writer and director. He went to high school in Pristina and completed acting school in Belgrade....
- actor - Faruk BegolliFaruk BegolliFaruk Begolli was the most famous Kosovo Albanian actor and director of Yugoslavia ....
- actor - Flora BrovinaFlora BrovinaFlora Brovina is a Kosovar Albanian poet, pediatrician and women’s rights activist. She was born in the town of Srbica in the Drenica Valley of Kosovo, and was raised in Pristina, where she went to school and began studying medicine...
- poet (1949) - Gjergj Kaqinari
- Hadi Shehu - actor
- Hasan Bej Prishtina - prime minister, nationalist
- Hashim ThaçiHashim ThaciHashim Thaçi is the Prime Minister of Republic of Kosovo, the leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo , and former political leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army .-Early life and education:...
- Haxhi ZekaHaxhi ZekaHaxhi Zeka, or Haxhi Mulla Zeka, was an Albanian national leader. He was a member of the League of Prizren, while in 1899 formed and headed the League of Peja, another organization seeking autonomy for Albania within the Ottoman Empire...
- Ibrahim RugovaIbrahim RugovaIbrahim Rugova was an Albanian politician who was the first President of Kosovo and of its leading political party, the Democratic League of Kosovo ....
- Idriz SeferiIdriz SeferiIdriz Seferi born in Sefer, a village in the Preševo Valley he was a distinguished Albanian officer who fought against the Ottoman Empire and Serbia during the Balkan Wars.-References:...
- Ilir Rexhepi - Actor
- Ilir Bokshi - Film Director
- Isa Alushi
- Isa BoletiniIsa BoletiniIsa Boletini was an Albanian nationalist figure and guerilla fighter, born in the village of Boletin near Mitroviça, Ottoman Empire...
- Ismet PejaIsmet PejaIsmet Peja is an Albanian singer and interpreter of Albanian songs.-External links:* * - List of albums...
- singer - Jahjah Shehu - actor
- Jusuf Gërvalla
- Luan KrasniqiLuan KrasniqiLuan Krasniqi is a professional German boxer of Kosovo Albanian descent.On April, 2006, he was ranked #2 by the WBO, coming before other heavyweight contenders such as Lamon Brewster, Shannon Briggs, and Ruslan Chagaev....
- Marigona DragushaMarigona DragushaMarigona "Gona" Dragusha is an Albanian pageant titleholder from Kosovo who placed as the 2nd runner-up at the Miss Universe 2009 pageant, only behind the eventual winner, Venezuela's Stefanía Fernández, and the 1st runner-up Ada de la Cruz from the Dominican Republic. Dragusha won her national...
- model - Memli KrasniqiMemli KrasniqiMemli Krasniqi is a Kosovo Albanian rap singer–songwriter, politician, spokesman and currently a member of the Democratic Party Of Kosovo.- Biography :...
- (Ritmi i Rrugës) - singer/songwriter; - Assembly of Kosovo - Mic SokoliMic SokoliMic Sokoli was a Kosovan fighter from the League of Prizren. He is a People's Hero of Albania.He participated in the battles of Gjakova against the Turkish Mehmet Ali Pasha, and distinguished himself from other warriors in the Battle of Nokshiq against theMontenegrin aggressors...
- Nexhat M. Daci - Assembly of Kosovo
- Muharrem QenaMuharrem QenaMuharrem Qena He is one of the founders of the theatrical scene in Kosovo and of Albanian light music. He immersed his great talent of a theatre director, actor, writer and singer/songwriter into becoming one of the most fruitful artistic creators...
- actor
f*Myrvete Kurtishi - actor
- Nexhmije PagarushaNexhmije PagarushaNexhmije Pagarusha is an ethnic Albanian singer and actress from Kosovo.- Biography :Nexhmije Pagarusha was born in the small village of Pagaruša , near the town of Mališevo, in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia...
- singer - Ndricim Gjepa - actor
- Qemal StafaQemal StafaQemal Stafa was a founding member of the Albanian Communist Party, and the leader of its youth section. He was very active in the National Liberation Movement during World War II. He was killed in a house at the outskirts of Tirana by the Italian fascist forces, who had occupied Albania...
- Rafet Rudi
- Ramush HaradinajRamush HaradinajRamush Haradinaj is a former leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army and former prime minister of Kosovo. He leads the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo and is among former KLA officers charged of war crimes during the 1999 Kosovo War by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia...
- KosovoKosovoKosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
's former prime minister - Rexhep Boja
- Rauf DhomiRauf DhomiRauf Dhomi is a Kosovan classical music composer and conductor and a teacher at the University of Pristina...
- Rita OraRita OraRita Sahatçiu Ora is an Kosovar-born British dramatic mezzo-soprano, recording artist and actress. She is currently signed to Roc Nation.-Early life and career:...
- singer - Sabri Fejzullahu - singer/actor
- Sokol Domniku - Ekonomist-Asistent mësimor
- Shote GalicaShote GalicaShote Galica , born as Qerime Radisheva was a remarkable warrior of çeta of the Kosovar insurgent national liberation with the goal of unification of all Albanian territories, and supporting a democratic national regime in Albania...
- Shpetim Kastrati - actor
- Shtjefën Kostandin Gjocovi
- Sulejman VokshiSulejman VokshiSulejman Vokshi was born in Yakova, which at that time was a part of the Rumelia Province of the Ottoman Empire. He was one of the main founders and leaders of the 1878 held League of Prizren organized armed forces.- See also :...
- Ymer Haxhi Prizreni
- Yurges Jaffa - Singer/Actor
- Zana KrasniqiZana KrasniqiZana Krasniqi is a Beauty Queen, fashion model, and Miss Universe Kosovo. She represented Kosovo for the first time in Miss Universe and placed in the Top 10 of the Miss Universe 2008.-Personal life:...
- model - Zanfina Ismajli - singer
- Zeqirja Ballata
Football
- Allmi Ademi - FC SchaffhausenFC SchaffhausenFC Schaffhausen is a Swiss football team from the town of Schaffhausen. The club plays in the Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football pyramid.-Honours:*Swiss Cup: Final game*Challenge League: 1st*Swiss Super League: rank 8...
- Swiss Super League - Astrit AjdarevicAstrit AjdarevicAstrit Ajdarević is a Swedish professional footballer currently playing as an Attacking Midfielder for IFK Norrköping and for the Sweden Under-21 national team.-Early life:Born in Pristina, he moved in 1992 with his family to Sweden....
- Leicester CityLeicester City F.C.Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
- Premier League - Enis Alushi - SC Paderborn 07SC Paderborn 07SC Paderborn 07 is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the 2. Bundesliga.-History:...
- Zweite Bundesliga - Ermir Amiti - Concordia BaselFC Concordia BaselFC Concordia Basel is a Swiss football club based in Basel. The club was founded in 1907. They play in the 2nd regional league which is the fifth level, and their home stadium is Rankhof Stadium....
- Swiss Challenge League - Valon BehramiValon BehramiValon Behrami is a Swiss footballer of Albanian descent who plays for Fiorentina in the Italian Serie A, as well as the Swiss national team.-Early life:Behrami was born in Titova Mitrovica, Yugoslavia to Albanian parents...
- West Ham UnitedWest Ham United F.C.West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...
, Premier League - Flamur Behruti - Regina SK - Canada
- Arian Beqaj - Anorthosis Famagusta - Cypriot First Division
- Argjend Beqiri - retired
- Besard Berisha - HamburgHamburger SVHamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...
- German Bundesliga - Johan BerishaJohan BerishaJohan Berisha is a Swiss footballer of Albanian descent. He is currently without a club.-Football career:...
- FC AarauFC AarauFC Aarau is a Swiss football club, based in Aarau. They play in the Swiss Challenge League.-History:FC Aarau was formed on 26 May 1902 by workers from a local brewery. The early days of the club were a success and they won the Swiss championship in 1911/12 and then again in 1913/14...
- Swiss Super League - Lavdim Berisha - Juventus ZurichSC Young Fellows JuventusSportclub Young Fellows Juventus is a professional Swiss football club based in Zürich. It was founded in 1992 following a merger between Young Fellows Zürich and Società Calcistica Italiana Juventus Zurigo ....
- Swiss 1.Liga - Admir Bilbani - Yverdon Sport - Challenge League
- Albert Bunjaku - Nuremberg - German Bundesliga
- Artan Bytyqi - FC La Tour/Le Pâquier - Swiss 2.Liga Interregional
- Faton Bytyqi - FC BulleFC BulleFC Bulle is a Swiss football club, based in Bulle. Their home ground is the Stade de Bouleyres.- Current squad :-External links:*...
- Swiss Challenge League - Lorik CanaLorik CanaLorik Cana is an Albanian footballer, who plays for Lazio as a defensive midfielder and the Albania national football team. He is the captain for Albania at international level...
- Sunderland - Premier League - Mehmet DragushaMehmet DragushaMehmet Dragusha is an Albanian football midfielder playing for FSV Braunfels in German Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte.-Club career:...
- PaderbornSC Paderborn 07SC Paderborn 07 is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the 2. Bundesliga.-History:...
- German 2 Bundesliga - Blerim DžemailiBlerim DžemailiBlerim Džemaili is a Swiss football midfielder of Albanian origin who plays for Napoli.-FC Zürich:Džemaili started his career at Swiss side FC Zürich. There he was part of the 2005–06 and 2006–2007 Swiss Championship winning team...
- Parma - Italian Serie A - Bajram FetaiBajram FetaiBajram Fetai is a Macedonian footballer of Albanian ethnicity, who currently plays for the Danish Superliga side Lyngby BK.In 2010, he gained infamy after his "violent goal celebration" scoring for FC Nordsjaelland against his old club Silkeborg, was widely distributed on the internet.-External...
- FC NordsjællandFC NordsjællandFootball Club Nordsjælland is a professional Danish football team from the North Zealand town of Farum, Denmark. Founded as Farum Boldklub from the merger of the town's two football clubs Farum IK and Stavnsholt BK in 1991, the club changed its name to F.C...
- Danish Superligen - Petrit Frokaj - FC BadenFC BadenFC Baden is a Swiss football club based in Baden, Canton Aargau which is a short distance from Zürich. It was founded in 1897. FC Baden has a total of 22 different teams at age levels, including 5 women's teams. They currently play in the Swiss 1. Liga, the third tier of Swiss...
- Swiss Challenge League - Flamur Gruda - Victoria B.C. - Canada
- Valon Gruda- University of Victoria - Canada
- Besnik HasiBesnik HasiBesnik Hasi is an Albanian former football player who is currently assistant manager at RSC Anderlecht. Hasi is considered the man who united Kosovo to Albania by the media and is currently being considered to become the new coach of Albania.-Playing career:He began playing with his hometown team...
- Anderlecht - Belgian Division 1 - Liridon Hoxha - KF Feronikeli Drenas - Kosovo
- Besian IdrizajBesian IdrizajBesian Idrizaj was an Austrian professional football player who last played as a striker for Swansea City. He was ethnic Albanian.He died of a suspected heart attack on 15 May 2010 at the age of 22.-Liverpool:...
- Swansea CitySwansea City A.F.C.Swansea City Association Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. One of the most successful clubs in Welsh football, it has won 10 Welsh Cups and led the English Football League First Division in December 1981, before finishing the season in 6th position...
- English League Championship - Harun IsaHarun IsaHarun Isa is a former Albanian football player.- Club career :...
- Retired - Fisnik Kameraj - Trönninge BK - Swedish Superettan
- Ardian Kommolli - Vålerenga Fotball - Norsk Tippeligaen
- Njazi KuqiNjazi KuqiNjazi Kuqi is a Finnish footballer of Kosovar Albanian origin who plays in the Greek Superleague for Panionios....
- TuS KoblenzTuS KoblenzTuS Koblenz is a German association football club, located in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Fussball Club Deutschland Neuendorf, which was formed in 1911, is viewed as the foundation of the modern club.-Play under the Third Reich:...
- German Zweite Bundesliga - Shefki KuqiShefki KuqiShefki Kuqi is a Kosovar-born Finnish professional footballer who is currently playing for League One side Oldham Athletic. Kuqi plays predominately as a striker. He has spent most of his career in the English league, and has played for clubs including Stockport County, Sheffield Wednesday, Ipswich...
- Swansea CitySwansea City A.F.C.Swansea City Association Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. One of the most successful clubs in Welsh football, it has won 10 Welsh Cups and led the English Football League First Division in December 1981, before finishing the season in 6th position...
- English Football League Championship - Nesret Ljimani - Juventus ZurichSC Young Fellows JuventusSportclub Young Fellows Juventus is a professional Swiss football club based in Zürich. It was founded in 1992 following a merger between Young Fellows Zürich and Società Calcistica Italiana Juventus Zurigo ....
- Swiss 1.Liga - Arsim Majmuni - ÅtvidabergsÅtvidabergs FFÅtvidabergs FF is a Swedish football club located in Åtvidaberg. The club, formed 1 July 1907 as Åtvidabergs IF, is currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan. The club changed to the present name before the 1935–1936 season. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund...
- Swedish Superettan - Almir Murati - KoblenzTuS KoblenzTuS Koblenz is a German association football club, located in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Fussball Club Deutschland Neuendorf, which was formed in 1911, is viewed as the foundation of the modern club.-Play under the Third Reich:...
- German Zweite Bundesliga - [Agim Nushi - FC TuggenFC TuggenFC Tuggen is a Swiss football club from the town of Tuggen in Canton Schwyz, the German-speaking region of Switzerland. The club was founded in 1966 and currently plays in Liga 1, the third highest tier in the Swiss football pyramid.-History:...
- Swiss 1. Liga - Kristian NushiKristian NushiKristian Nushi is a Kosovar Albanian football player. He is a midfielder and currently plays for FC St. Gallen in Switzerland. He plays for the Kosovo national football team at international level.-Career:...
- FC St. GallenFC St. GallenFootball Club St. Gallen 1879 is a Swiss football club based in St. Gallen. The club is currently playing in the 2011/12 Swiss Challenge League.-Brief history:...
- Swiss Super League - Milaim RamaMilaim RamaMilaim Rama is a Swiss football player of Albanian descent. He currently plays for FC Thun.-Career:He started his professional career at FC Thun and had a short stint with FC Augsburg in Germany....
- AugsburgFC AugsburgFC Augsburg is a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. The team was founded as Fußball-Klub Alemania Augsburg in 1907 and played as BC Augsburg from 1921 to 1969....
- German Regional Liga Nord - Nuri Sabani - FC WohlenFC WohlenFC Wohlen is a Swiss football club based in the town Wohlen in Canton Aargau. They play in the Challenge League, the second highest league in the country....
- Swiss Challenge - Venhar Shabai - FC NordsjællandFC NordsjællandFootball Club Nordsjælland is a professional Danish football team from the North Zealand town of Farum, Denmark. Founded as Farum Boldklub from the merger of the town's two football clubs Farum IK and Stavnsholt BK in 1991, the club changed its name to F.C...
- Danish Super Ligaen - Drilon ShalaDrilon ShalaDrilon Shala is a Finnish football player of Kosovar-Albanian ancestry currently playing for FC Lahti; he formerly played for PP-70. Although he represented Finland at U19 level in 2010 he accepted an offer to play for the Kosovo national team.-External links: -References:*...
- FC LahtiFC LahtiFC Lahti is a Finnish football club, based in the town of Lahti. It currently plays in the Finnish First Division after placing last in Finnish Premier League during season 2010...
- Finnish Veikkausliiga - Rijat ShalaRijat ShalaRijat Shala is a Swiss footballer of Kosovar Albanian descent.He spent the 2007–08 season with Serie A side Cagliari, making his club debut on a Coppa Italia match that won 2-1 to A.C. Siena, on 29 August 2007...
- Novara CalcioNovara CalcioNovara Calcio is an Italian football club based in Novara, Piedmont.-History:In December 1908 the F.A.S. was created by eight students of Liceo Carlo Alberto, aged between 15–16 years; among them an engineer, Gianni Canestrini, and a lawyer, Piero Omodei Zorini...
- Italian Lega Pro 1.Divisione - Sehid SinaniSehid SinaniSehid Sinani is a Swiss football defender of Macedonia Albanian descent.He last played for FC Thun of the Swiss Super League.-External links:*...
- FC ThunFC ThunFC Thun 1898 is a Swiss football team from the Bernese Oberland town of Thun. The club currently plays in the Swiss Super League after being promoted in the 2009/10 season. The club plays at the Arena Thun which accommodates a total of 10,300 supporters, both seated and standing...
- Swiss Super League - Sehar Sulejmani - FC FreienbachFC FreienbachFC Freienbach are a Swiss football team currently playing in Liga 2.,the fourth tier in the Swiss football pyramid Group 5. The club was formed in 1965.They finished 2008/2009 season in 3rd position.-Current squad:...
- Swiss Liga.2 - Flamur Tahiraj - FC SchaffhausenFC SchaffhausenFC Schaffhausen is a Swiss football team from the town of Schaffhausen. The club plays in the Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football pyramid.-Honours:*Swiss Cup: Final game*Challenge League: 1st*Swiss Super League: rank 8...
- Swiss Challenge League - Ridvan Zeneli - Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi - Finnish Veikkaussliiga
- Mentor ZhubiMentor ZhubiMentor Zhubi is a Swedish footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Örgryte IS in the Superettan.-External links:*...
- Örgryte ISÖrgryte ISÖrgryte IS, also commonly referred to as ÖIS, is a Swedish football club based in Gothenburg.-History:The club was founded on 4 December 1887 and participated in the first football match in Sweden on 22 May 1892. Örgryte IS has won 12 national championship titles and one national cup title. After...
- Swedish Superettan - Besnik Zukaj - SC Schöftland - Swiss 2nd Liga Interregional
- Bashkim Zyberi - FC NordsjællandFC NordsjællandFootball Club Nordsjælland is a professional Danish football team from the North Zealand town of Farum, Denmark. Founded as Farum Boldklub from the merger of the town's two football clubs Farum IK and Stavnsholt BK in 1991, the club changed its name to F.C...
- Danish Superligen