Atdhe Nuhiu

Atdhe Nuhiu
Nuhiu with Rapid Wien in 2010
Personal information
Full name Atdhe Nuhiu
Date of birth (1989-07-29) 29 July 1989
Place of birth Pristina, SAP Kosovo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
SCR Altach (assistant)
Kosovo (assistant)
Youth career
1995–1999 SU Ried im Traunkreis
1999–2005 FC Wels
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 FC Wels 51 (17)
2008–2010 Austria Kärnten II 4 (0)
2008–2010 Austria Kärnten 20 (2)
2009–2010Ried (loan) 27 (6)
2010–2013 Rapid Wien 59 (13)
2012–2013Eskişehirspor (loan) 28 (2)
2013–2020 Sheffield Wednesday 242 (40)
2020–2021 APOEL 23 (0)
2021–2024 SCR Altach 87 (16)
Total 541 (96)
International career
2007 Austria U19 1 (3)
2008 Austria U20 2 (3)
2008–2010 Austria U21 13 (7)
2017–2021 Kosovo 19 (3)
Managerial career
2021–2023 SCR Altach Youth
2023–2024 SCR Altach Juniors (assistant)
2024– SCR Altach (assistant)
2025– Kosovo (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Atdhe Nuhiu (Albanian pronunciation: [ˈatðɛ nuhiˈu]; born 29 July 1989) is a Kosovan professional football coach and former player who is currently the assistant manager of Austrian Bundesliga club SCR Altach and the Kosovo national team.

Nuhiu began his youth career in Austria with SU Ried im Traunkreis and later FC Wels. He started his senior career with FC Wels, making 51 appearances and scoring 17 goals between 2005 and 2008. He subsequently played for Austria Kärnten and had a loan spell at SV Ried before transferring to Rapid Wien, where he recorded 13 goals in 59 league appearances.

Nuhiu spent the 2012–2013 season on loan at Eskişehirspor, before moving to England to play for Sheffield Wednesday, where he made 242 league appearances and scored 40 goals between 2013 and 2020. He later played for APOEL and returned to Austria to join SCR Altach, making 87 appearances and scoring 16 goals before transitioning into coaching.

At international level, Nuhiu represented Austria at youth level before switching allegiance to the Kosovo national team, earning 19 caps and scoring 3 goals between 2017 and 2021. He began his coaching career with the SCR Altach youth teams, later serving as assistant for SCR Altach's junior and senior sides. In 2025, he was appointed assistant manager of the Kosovo national team while continuing his role at SCR Altach.