He was born in Bulgaria and represented Sweden as a youth.

Nouri was born in Kardzhali, Bulgaria, and is from the Turkish Bulgarian minority group.

[1] 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.