Zekirija Ramadani

Zekirija Ramadani (Macedonian: Зекирија Рамадани; born 21 January 1978) is a Macedonian professional football coach and former player of Albanian descent who is the manager of Kosovan club Drita. He has won the Football Superleague of Kosovo as a manager with four different clubs.

Zekirija Ramadani

Personal information
Date of birth	(1978-01-21) 21 January 1978 (age 47)
Place of birth	Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia (modern North Macedonia)
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Drita (manager)
Youth career
1995–1999	Shkëndija Haraçinë
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2004	Sloga Jugomagnat	104	(11)
2004–2005	Bashkimi	21	(2)
2005	Vëllazërimi 77	12	(0)
2005	Dinamo Tirana	1	(0)
2005-2007	Belasitsa Petrich	25	(1)
2006	→ Rabotnički (loan)	4	(1)
2007–2008	Besa Kavajë	23	(0)
2008–2009	Qarabağ	15	(0)
2009–2010	Shkëndija	0	(0)
2010	Vardar	2	(0)
2010–2011	Flamurtari	15	(0)
Total		222	(15)
International career
2001–2004	Macedonia	6	(0)
Managerial career
2014–2015	Shkupi
2016	Flamurtari
2017	Trepça'89
2017	Feronikeli
2018	Shkupi
2018–2019	Feronikeli
2020–2021	Prishtina
2021–2022	Egnatia
2023	Ohod
2023–	Drita
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Ramadani started his career at Sloga Jugomagnat. In the summer of 2006, he went on loan to Rabotnički.^[1] He returned to Belasitsa Petrich in January 2007.^[2]

International career

He made his senior debut for Macedonia in a July 2000 friendly match against Azerbaijan and has earned a total of 7 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a friendly against China in January 2004.^[3][4]

Managerial career

Ramadani won the Football Superleague of Kosovo with KF Trepça '89 in 2016-17, with KF Feronikeli in 2018-19 and with FC Prishtina in 2020-21.

On 20 June 2023, Ramadani was appointed as manager of Saudi First Division club Ohod.^[5][6]

On 30 November 2023, after being sacked in Saudi Arabia, he returned to Kosovo as manager of KF Drita. With them, he won his fourth Football Superleague of Kosovo, all of them with different clubs.

On 15 July 2025 he became the first manager to reach the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round with a club from Kosovo.

Honours

As player

Shkëndija

• Macedonian Second League: 1995–96, 2009–10

Sloga Jugomagnat

• Macedonian First League: 1999–2000, 2000–01
• Macedonian Cup: 1999–2000, 2003–04

Bashkimi

• Macedonian : 2004–05

Vëllazërimi

• Macedonian Second League: 2004–05

Qarabağ

• Azerbaijan Cup: 2008–09

Flamurtari

• Kategoria Superiore runner-up: 2010–11

As manager

Shkupi

• Macedonian Second League: 2014–15

Trepça'89

• Kosovo Superleague: 2016–17
• Kosovar Supercup: 2017

Feronikeli

• Kosovo Superleague: 2018–19
• Kosovar Cup: 2018–19
• Kosovar Supercup: 2019

Prishtina

• Kosovo Superleague: 2020–21

Drita

• Kosovo Superleague: 2024–25