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{{short description|Kosovar basketball player and coach}}
{{Infobox NBA biography
| image =
| caption =
| position = [[Assistant coach]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2.70
| weight_lbs = 199
| team =  Trepça
| league = [[Kosovo Basketball Superleague|Kosovo Superleague]]
| nationality = Albanian
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|01|09|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kosovska Mitrovica]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]]
| career_start = 1999
| career_end = 2011
| coach_start = 2011
| career_position = [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]]
| years1 = 1999–2011 | team1 = [[KB Trepça|Trepça]]
| cyears1 = 2011–2012 | cteam1 = [[KB Trepça|Trepça]]
| cyears2 = 2015      | cteam2 = [[Kosovo national under-20 basketball team|Kosovo men's U-20 team]]
| cyears3 = 2016      | cteam3 = [[KB Trepça|Trepça]]
| cyears4 = 2017–2019 | cteam4 = [[KB Trepça|Trepça]]
| cyears5 = 2018–2019  | cteam5 =  [[Kosovo men's national basketball team |Kosovo]] (assistant coach)
| cyears6  = 2022–2023 | cteam6 = [[Kosovo men's national under-18 basketball team|Kosovo men’s U-18 team]]
| cyears7 = 2023      | cteam7 = [[KB Trepça|Trepça]] (caretaker)
| cyears8 = 2023–2024 | cteam8 = [[Kosovo men's national basketball team |Kosovo]] (assistant coach)
| highlights      =
'''As a player:'''
* [[Kosovo Cup (basketball)|Kosovo Cup]] winner (2004)
* 2x [[Kosovo Basketball Superleague|Kosovo Superleague]] (2000, 2001)
}}
'''Ilir Selmani''' (born 9 January 1978) is a [[Kosovo|Kosovar]] basketball coach and former player.<ref>{{cite web |title= Ilir Selmani basketball profile|url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Ilir-Selmani/48451|accessdate=27 June 2023 |work=eurobasket.com |language=English}}</ref> He was the head coach of [[KB Trepça]] of the [[Kosovo Basketball Superleague]] and was an assistant coach to the [[Kosovo men's national basketball team]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Kompletohet shtabi teknik i Kosovës A në basketboll, Ilir Selmani ndihmës i Hadar|url=https://lajmi.net/kompletohet-shtabi-teknik-i-kosoves-a-ne-basketboll-ilir-selmani-ndihmes-i-hadar/|accessdate=27 June 2023 |work=lajmi.net|date=25 May 2023 |language=Albanian}}</ref>
== Professional playing career ==
Ilir Selmani started his career at his hometown club [[KB Trepça|Trepça]]. He played his entire career for Trepça in the [[Kosovo Basketball Superleague]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Ilir Selmani basketball profile|url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Ilir-Selmani/48451|accessdate=27 June 2023 |work=eurobasket.com |language=English}}</ref> He won the Kosovo Basketball Superleague in 2001 and the [[Kosovo Cup (basketball)|Kosovo Cup]] in 2004.
== Coaching career ==
He was the head coach of KB Trepça in 2012, 2016, 2017 and 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trepca |url=http://www.basketbolli.com/sq/team/trepca |website=basketbolli.com |publisher=[[Kosovo Basketball Federation]] |accessdate=17 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Largohet trajneri i KB Trepçës |url=https://telegrafi.com/largohet-trajneri-trepces/ |accessdate=17 August 2018 |work=telegrafi.com |date=8 November 2016 |language=Albanian}}</ref> During the finals of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague in 2023 Trepça’s head coach Engin Gençoglu was sacked. Therefore, Ilir Selmani took care of the squad but failed to win the finals.<ref>{{cite news |title= Trepça zyrtarizon largimin e Gençoglut, Ilir Selmani vjen në krye deri në fund të finaleve|url=https://klankosova.tv/trepca-zyrtarizon-largimin-e-gencoglut-ilir-selmani-vjen-ne-krye-deri-ne-fund-te-finaleve/|accessdate=29 June 2023 |work=klankosova.tv|date=10 May 2023 |language=Albanian}}</ref> Furthermore, he is active as a scout for young players in the Trepça academy.
== National team coaching career ==
In 2015 he was hired as the head coach of the [[Kosovo national under-20 basketball team|Kosovo men's U-20 team]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Selmani, selektor i Kosovës U-20 |url=http://borozani.com/artikulli/selmani-selektor-i-kosoves-u-20/fbk |accessdate=17 August 2018 |work=borozani.com |date=15 April 2015 |language=Albanian}}</ref> In 2018 he became the assistant coach of the [[Kosovo men's national basketball team]] until 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=Emërohen ndihmëstrajnerët e përfaqësueses së Kosovës |url=https://telegrafi.com/emerohen-ndihmestrajneret-e-perfaqesueses-se-kosoves/ |accessdate=17 August 2018 |work=telegrafi.com |date=17 August 2018 |language=Albanian}}</ref> In 2023, [[Rami Hadar]] named him as an assistant coach for the [[Kosovo men's national basketball team]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Kompletohet shtabi teknik i Kosovës A në basketboll, Ilir Selmani ndihmës i Hadar|url=https://lajmi.net/kompletohet-shtabi-teknik-i-kosoves-a-ne-basketboll-ilir-selmani-ndihmes-i-hadar/|accessdate=28 June 2023 |work=lajmi.net|date=25 May 2023 |language=Albanian}}</ref>
== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Ilir-Selmani/Kosovo/KB-Trepca-Mitrovice/48451 Eurobasket profile]
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[[Category:1978 births]]
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[[Category:Kosovan men's basketball players]]
[[Category:Kosovan basketball coaches]]
[[Category:Kosovo national basketball team coaches]]
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[[Category:Basketball players from Mitrovica, Kosovo]]
[[Category:KB Trepça players]]
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