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Agim Sopi
Personal information
Date of birth	28 October 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth	Skopje, SR Macedonia,; SFR Yugoslavia (modern North Macedonia)
Managerial career
Years	Team
1996–1999	Liria IF
1999–2000	Malmö BI (assistant)
2001–2005	Shkëndia IF
2007	SK Hakoah
2008	Näsets FF
2008–2009	FK Besa
2010	BK Näset
2011	Veberöds AIF
2012–2013	Rosengård 1917
2014–2015	Prespa Birlik
2014–2017	Macedonia U21 (assistant)
2016–2018	Landskrona BoIS
2019–2020	Feronikeli
2020–2021	Österlen FF

Agim Sopi (Macedonian: Агим Сопи; born 28 October 1969)^[1] is a Macedonian professional football manager.

Managerial career

Landskrona BoIS

2017 season

On 4 November 2017, Sopi and Landskrona BoIS wins the Swedish Division 1 Södra, gaining promotion to Superettan.^[2]

Feronikeli

On 1 November 2019, Feronikeli appointed Sopi to a seven-month contract after the former coach Dejan Vukićević decided to resign after weak results.^[3] One day later, he had his first match as Feronikeli manager in a 0–2 home defeat against Ballkani.^[4]

Österlen FF

Sopi began managing Österlen FF in 2020.

The club notably signed American journeyman Freddy Adu briefly. However Adu failed to impress at Österlen FF and was released in February 2021. “We gave him a chance a month or so to see,” Sopi claimed. “But when you are away for so long. He has barely trained with us. He has had defects all along and I do not see that he has the mental strength required to recover."

"I have to take care of it professionally. I have to be honest with him, with myself and tell him how it is. It was not good. We gave him a half last in a training match and what he achieved is at division 5 level. I can not have players who are in a 24-man squad and who give everything and then have a player who is only here for his name. I have been honest with him about what I think and what I have seen. He will not be part of my squad this year", Sopi said of Adu. “Division one is not a simple series. It’s a tough series and you have to have mental strength to handle it,” Sopi added. “I do not see that he has the mental strength to come back simply or who can help the club or the team.”^[5]

With two rounds left of Ettan Södra, and the team in the relegation zone, Österlen decided to sack Sopi on 10 November 2021.^[6]

Personal life

Sopi was born in Skopje, SFR Yugoslavia by Kosovo Albanian parents.^[3]

References

^ "Agim Sopi" (in Swedish). Landskrona BoIS.
^ "BoIS säkrade segern – tillbaka i Superettan 2018" [BoIS secured victory - back in the Superettan 2018] (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 4 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Zyrtare: Agim Sopi merr drejtimin e FC Feronikelit" [Official: Agim Sopi takes charge of FC Feronikeli] (in Albanian). KF Feronikeli. 1 November 2019. FC Feronikeli njofton se Agim Sopi, është caktuar si kryetrajner i skuadrës, pas largimit nga kjo pozitë e Dejan Vukićević. Sopi ka stërvitur sot skuadrën dhe është njoftuar me futbollistët, gjatë stërvitjes së rregullt në "Rexhep Rexhepi". Trajneri, Agim Sopi, është i njohur për kualifikimin e skuadrës së Maqedonisë së Veriut U21 në Kampionatin Evropian në rolin e trainerit, gjatë viteve 2014-2017. Para se të merrte drejtimin e skuadrës së FC Feronikelit, Sopi drejtoi skuadrën suedeze Landskrona. Ai është i lindur në Shkup në vitin 1969, me prejardhje nga Kosova, por që jeton në Suedi qe një kohë të gjatë. Sopi është trajner me karakter sulmues, ku formacioni i tij i preferuar është 4-2-3-1, i cili i përshtatet me përpikmëri skuadrës sonë
^ "Foto dhe raporti nga ndeshja Feronikeli-Ballkani" [Photo and report from the match Feronikeli-Ballkani] (in Albanian). KF Feronikeli. 2 November 2019. Sot në krye të bankës debutoi trajneri Agim Sopi
^ "Swedish club Osterlen FF cuts ties with Freddy Adu after failed stint: "It was not good"". SBI Soccer. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
^ Österlen FF sparkar Agim Sopi, skanesport.se, 10 November 2021