Emin Nouri

Emin Nouri (Bulgarian: Емин Нури, Turkish: Emin Nuri; born 22 July 1985) is a former professional footballer. He was born in Bulgaria and represented Sweden as a youth. He then represented Azerbaijan at senior level.

Emin Nouri

Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-07-22) 22 July 1985 (age 40)
Place of birth	Kardzhali, Bulgaria
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Kalmar FF (assistant)
Youth career
	Växjö Norra IF
1996–2003	Östers IF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2008	Östers IF	82	(2)
2008–2021	Kalmar FF	257	(2)
International career
2006	Sweden U21	2	(0)
2014	Azerbaijan	1	(0)
Managerial career
2021–2022	Kalmar FF U-19 (assistant)
2022	Oskarshamns AIK
2023–	Kalmar FF (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Plyaer career

Nouri was born in Kardzhali, Bulgaria, and is from the Turkish Bulgarian minority group.^[1] He joined Östers IF 1996 from local side Växjö Norra. Nouri has also played for the Swedish national U-21 team.

In 2014, he was called up to the Azerbaijan national football team by manager Berti Vogts for a match against Uzbekistan.

Coaching career

On 20 December 2020, Kalmar FF announced that Nouri had extended his contract and would, alongside his playing duties during the 2021 season, also serve as assistant coach for the club’s U-19 team under head coach Festim Pasho.^[2] In June 2021, Nouri was "loaned out" to partner club Oskarshamns AIK, where he took over as head coach for the remainder of the season.^[3]

Upon returning to Kalmar in 2023, Nouri was appointed assistant coach of the club’s Allsvenskan team under head coach Henrik Jensen.^[4]