{{Short description|Kosovar manager}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Valdet Shoshi |image = |image_size = |caption = |fullname = Valdet Shoshi |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|09|09|df=y}} |birth_place = Peja, SFR Yugoslavia |height = |position = Left-back |currentclub = |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = {{0|0000}}–1990 |clubs1 = Prishtina |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = 1991 |clubs2 = MFK Vítkovice |caps2 = 1 |goals2 = 0 |manageryears1 = 2004–2005 |managerclubs1 = Besa Pejë |manageryears2 = 2005–2007 |managerclubs2 = Drenica |manageryears3 = 2008 |managerclubs3 = Besa Pejë |manageryears4 = 2010–2013 |managerclubs4 = Besa Pejë |manageryears5 = 2014 |managerclubs5 = Besa Pejë |manageryears6 = 2015–2016 |managerclubs6 = Drenica |manageryears7 = 2019–2020 |managerclubs7 = Istogu |manageryears8 = 2022 |managerclubs8 = Dardania |manageryears9 = 2022 |managerclubs9 = Rilindja 1974 }} '''Valdet Shoshi''' (born 9 September 1964) is a Kosovan professional football coach and former player.
==Playing career== He came to MFK Vítkovice from Prishtina. In the Czechoslovak First League, he played one full match on June 16, 1991, against Slovan Bratislava.<ref>{{Cite web|title=TJ Vítkovice v sezoně 1990/91|url=http://fc-vitkovice.cz/clanky/tj-vitkovice-v-sezone-1990-91/|work=fc-vitkovice.cz |language=cs|date=21 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302182121/http://fc-vitkovice.cz/clanky/tj-vitkovice-v-sezone-1990-91/ |archive-date=2016-03-02|access-date=2 March 2016}}</ref>
==Coaching career== Since 2004, Shoshi was the head coach of Besa Pejë several times including in the 2004–05 Superleague season when they were crowned champions for the first time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://topsporti.com/artikulli/shoshi-dorehiqet/ffk|title=Valdet Shoshi, jep dorëheqje|work=TopSporti|date=26 August 2014|language=sq}}</ref>
In 2019, he became the head coach of Istogu.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://kallxo.com/ndryshe/zyrtare-valdet-shoshi-emerohet-trajner-i-ri-i-istogut/|title=Zyrtare: Valdet Shoshi emërohet trajner i ri i Istogut|work=Kallxo|date=17 July 2019|language=sq}}</ref>
==Honours== ===Manager=== ;Besa Pejë *'''Kosovo Superleague''': 2004–05<ref>{{cite news|url= https://indeksonline.net/afrim-toverlani-baba-i-titujve-ne-kosove/|title= Afrim Tovërlani "Baba" i titujve në Kosovë|work=indeksonline|language=sq}}</ref> *'''Kosovar Cup''': 2004–05, 2010–11
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Football Superleague of Kosovo winning managers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shoshi, Valdet}} Category:1964 births Category:Living people Category:Kosovo Albanians Category:Footballers from Peja Category:Kosovan men's footballers Category:FC Besa Peja players Category:FC Prishtina players Category:MFK Vítkovice players Category:Czechoslovak First League players Category:Kosovan football managers Category:KF Drenica managers Category:FC Besa Peja managers Category:KF Istogu managers Category:Football Superleague of Kosovo managers Category:First Football League of Kosovo managers Category:Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Category:Men's association football full-backs