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Primož Gliha
	Gliha with Slovenia U21 in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	8 October 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
0000–1986	Olimpija Ljubljana
Senior career*
Years	Team
1986–1990	Olimpija Ljubljana
1991	Dinamo Zagreb
1992	Yokohama Flügels
1993	Krka
1993–1994	Mura
1994–1995	Železničar Ljubljana
1995–1997	Chamois Niortais
1997	Slavija Vevče
1997–1998	Hapoel Beit She'an
1998	Olimpija Ljubljana
1998–1999	Hapoel Tel Aviv
1999–2000	Bnei Sakhnin
2000–2001	SAK Klagenfurt
2001	Zalaegerszegi TE
2001–2002	Gorica
2002–2003	Zalaegerszegi TE
2003–2005	Ljubljana
International career
1992–1998	Slovenia
Managerial career
2005–2007	Olimpija Ljubljana
2007–2008	Drava Ptuj
2008–2009	Gorica
2009	Mura 05
2010–2011	Koper
2014	Slovenia U19
2015–2020	Slovenia U21
2021–2022	Kosovo (caretaker)
2023	Kosovo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Primož Gliha (born 8 October 1967) is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player who played as a forward. He was most recently the manager of Kosovo national team.

International career

On 3 June 1992, Gliha made his debut with Slovenia in his country's first-ever official match on 3 June 1992 against Estonia after being named in the starting line-up.^[1] On 8 February 1994, he scored his first goal for Slovenia in his third appearance in a 1–0 home win over Georgia.^[2] Gliha also scored a hat-trick on 2 April 1997 in a 3–3 draw against Croatia in the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifications.^[3] He earned a total of 28 caps, scoring 10 goals until his final appearance in 1998.^[4]^[5]

Managerial career

Kosovo

First term

On 22 February 2021, the Football Federation of Kosovo appointed Gliha as the assistant manager of the Kosovo national team.^[6]

On 19 October 2021, Gliha confirmed through an interview that he would be Kosovo's caretaker manager for the November matches against Jordan and Greece, after the previous manager Bernard Challandes was sacked.^[7] On 5 November 2021, he made his first squad announcement with Kosovo for the friendly match against Jordan and the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Greece.^[8] Five days later, Gliha had his first match as Kosovo manager in a 2–0 home defeat against Jordan.^[9]

Second term

On 4 July 2023, the Football Federation of Kosovo appointed Gliha as their manager on a five-month contract to lead the team during the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying, after former coach Alain Giresse was sacked in June 2023.^[10]

Personal life

During 1987 and 1988, Gliha was a soldier in the military service in Slatina Air Base in Kosovo within the Yugoslav People's Army.^[11] His son Erik Gliha is also a professional footballer.^[12]