Background
Atdhe Nuhiu was born in Kosovar capital Pristina, then part of SFR Yugoslavia, to parents originally from Preševo.
Atdhe Nuhiu was born in Kosovar capital Pristina, then part of SFR Yugoslavia, to parents originally from Preševo.
On 1 March 2014 he scored against Middlesbrough from penalty spot in a match finished in the victory 1–0.
Early career & Wels
His family moved to Austria when he was one year old. He started his career at Wels where he has played for three seasons. In 2007-2008, he was included in the first team as a regular, scoring 11 goals in 30 matches.
Austria Kärnten
After a successful season with Wels, he moved to Austria Kärnten.
He scored his first goal on 25 July 2008 against LASK Linz. = → loan to SV Ried Rapid Wien
Eskişehirspor
Sheffield Wednesday
= 2013-2014 Nuhiu signed a three-year contract on a free transfer for Sheffield Wednesday on 25 July 2013.
On 3 August 2013, Nuhiu scored on his debut against Queens Park Rangers. On 12 April 2014, Nuhiu scored twice to give his team a 3–3 draw against Blackburn Rovers, where he was included in the starting line up and scored respectively the 2nd goal in the 72nd minute and the 3rd in the 5th minute of second-half stoppage time.
Nuhiu scored in the next consecutive fixture on 17 April 2014 against Bournemouth finished in the victory 2–4, where Nuhiu scored the opening goal of the match in the 16th minute.
He continued his scoring form for another consecutive match, as he scored in the 2–3 home defeat of Sheffield Wednesday against Charlton Athletic on 21 April 2014, where Nuhiu scored a quick goal in the 3rd minute and also gave the assist for the second goal scored by Chris Maguire in the 8th minute. = 2014-2015 On 23 August 2014, Nuhiu scored twice in the victory 2–3 against Middlesbrough. During this year Nuhiu was Sheffield Wednesday"s top scorer with 11 goals in all competitions.
= 2015-2016 On 23rd February 2016, Nuhiu missed a penalty in a home game with QPR. He had scored all of his previous 6 for the Owls.
He later scored an equalising goal which meant that the match ended in a 1-1 draw. He has played for the Austrian U-21 team, however on 10 September 2009 he made declarations to the media that he would not play for Austria, but rather for Albania as it is his dream to play for his own nation.
In addition, when he scored two goals against the Albanian U-21 side in a qualifier match, he refused to celebrate. On that occasion he was wearing red-and-black boots to honor Albania.
Nuhiu later on 18 November 2010 declared to the media that the problem with playing for Albania is citizenship, as he has Austrian citizenship and to receive Albanian citizenship he must give it up, as Austria doesn"t permit dual citizenship.
Media reported that he was called by the coach of Albania, Gianni de Biasi, for the friendly match against Armenia, on 14 August, but De Biasi did not include him in the final call up. However, on 20 August 2013 media reported that Nuhiu has started the procedures to get an Albanian passport in order to be able to represent the senior Albania national team in the future. In an interview in April 2014 Nuhiu declared that it is his only intention to play for the Austrian team, although he admitted that he had been in talks with other associations previously.
On 19 September 2014 Nuhiu returned declaring that he would play for his original birthplace country Kosovo when it will be fully recognised by Union of European Football Associations and Fédération internationale de football association. On 7 November, Nuhiu reiterated his desire to play for the Austrian National, should a call up arise.