Career
He is from Kosovo and is of Albanian descent. He started his career at KF Vllaznimi from Đakovica and was later picked up by Football Club Prishtina. He later moved to Croatian side Hajduk Split in 1990 and played there until 1994.
He then went on to play for French clubs AS Cannes, Le Havre Air Corps and South Carolina Bastia, as well as Cypriot side APOEL, before making his comeback to Croatia in the summer of 1998, signing with Dinamo Zagreb.
After two seasons and a half with Dinamo Zagreb, he made a move to Austrian side Football Club Kärnten in the winter break of the 2000-2001 season and left the club after only six months for Croatian side NK Hrvatski dragovoljac, where he finished his career in 2002. With Hajduk Split, he was the top goalscorer of the opening season of the Croatian First League in 1992, scoring 12 goals.
He scored a total of 45 goals in the league. He made his international debut in a friendly match against Slovakia in April 1994 and also made three appearances in Croatia"s qualifying campaign for the Union of European Football Associations Euro 1996, scoring one goal.
His last match for Croatia was a friendly against Australia in early June 1998, during the team"s preparations for the upcoming World Cup, where he also netted one goal in his team"s 7-0 victory.
He also played for Kosovo in their friendly match against Albania on February 14, 1993. Kozniku has served two years as the president of the Croatian Diving Federation. In September 2014 Kozniku became a coach of FK Shkëndija.