Emin Nouri

Emin Nouri is a former professional footballer. He was born in Bulgaria and represented Sweden as a youth. He then represented Azerbaijan [national football team|Azerbaijan] at senior level.

Player career

Nouri was born in Kardzhali, Bulgaria, and is from the Turkish Bulgarian minority group. He joined Östers IF 1996 from local side Växjö Norra. Nouri has also played for the Swedish national U-21 team.
In 2014, he was called up to the Azerbaijan national football team by manager Berti Vogts for a match against Uzbekistan.

Coaching career

On 20 December 2020, Kalmar FF announced that Nouri had extended his contract and would, alongside his playing duties during the 2021 season, also serve as assistant coach for the club's U-19 team under head coach Festim Pasho. In June 2021, Nouri was "loaned out" to partner club Oskarshamns AIK, where he took over as head coach for the remainder of the season.
Upon returning to Kalmar in 2023, Nouri was appointed assistant coach of the club’s Allsvenskan team under head coach Henrik Jensen.