- Ardian Kozniku
Football player infobox
playername = Ardian Kozniku
fullname = Ardian Kozniku
height = height|m=1.82
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1967|10|27
cityofbirth =Đakovica
countryofbirth = SFR Yugoslavia
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position =Striker
youthyears = 1980-1987
youthclubs =KF Vllaznimi
years = 1988-1990
1990-1994
1994-1996
1996
1997
1997-1998
1998-2000
2001
2001-2002
clubs = PrishtinaHajduk Split
Cannes
Le Havre
APOEL
BastiaDinamo Zagreb
Kärnten
Hrvatski dragovoljac
caps(goals) = 58 (17)
98 (44)
55 (20)
30 0(6)
11 (12)
12 0(5)
28 0(5)
07 0(0)
11 0(2)
nationalyears = 1994-1998
nationalteam = Croatia
nationalcaps(goals) = 07 0(2)
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ntupdate =Ardian Kozniku (born
27 October 1967 inĐakovica ,Kosovo , then part of Yugoslavia) is a former Croatian footballer who played as astriker . He was born in Kosovo and is ofAlbania n descent.He started his career at
KF Vllaznimi fromĐakovica and was later picked up byKF Prishtina . He later moved to Croatian sideHajduk Split in 1990 and played there until 1994. He then went on to play for French clubsAS Cannes ,Le Havre AC andSC Bastia , as well as Cypriot side APOEL, before making his comeback to Croatia in the summer of 1998, signing withDinamo Zagreb . After two seasons and a half with Dinamo Zagreb, he made a move toAustria n sideFC Kärnten in the winter break of the 2000-2001 season and left the club after only six months for Croatian sideNK Hrvatski dragovoljac , where he finished his career in 2002.With Hajduk Split, he was the top goalscorer of the opening season of the Croatian First League in 1992, scoring 12 goals. He scored a total of 45 goals in the league.
He was an occasional member of the Croatian national team in the 1990s, winning 7 international caps and scoring 2 goals. He made his international debut in a friendly match against Slovakia in April 1994 and also made three appearances in Croatia's qualifying campaign for the
UEFA Euro 1996 , scoring one goal. He was a member of Croatia's bronze medal-winning squad at the1998 FIFA World Cup , but was left an unused substitute in all of the team's seven matches at the tournament. His last match for Croatia was a friendly against Australia in early June 1998, during the team's preparations for the upcoming World Cup, where he also netted one goal in his team's 7-0 victory.Since 2007 he has served as the president of the
Croatian Diving Federation .External links
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=16407 National Football Teams]
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