Klaus Gjasula
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Klaus Fatmir Gjasula[1] | ||
Date of birth | 14 December 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Tirana, Albania | ||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Darmstadt 98 | ||
Youth career | |||
PSV Freiburg | |||
–2007 | Offenburger FV | ||
2008 | Freiburger FC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2009 | Freiburger FC | ||
2009–2010 | Bahlinger SC | 25 | (2) |
2010–2012 | Waldhof Mannheim | 50 | (3) |
2012–2013 | MSV Duisburg II | 23 | (0) |
2013–2016 | Kickers Offenbach | 77 | (4) |
2016 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 16 | (0) |
2016–2018 | Hallescher FC | 53 | (6) |
2018–2020 | SC Paderborn | 58 | (3) |
2020–2021 | Hamburger SV | 15 | (0) |
2021– | Darmstadt 98 | 62 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2019– | Albania | 29 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:10, 19 June 2024 (UTC) |
Klaus Fatmir Gjasula (born 14 December 1989) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for the Albania national team.[2]
Club career
[edit]Ahead of the 2020–21 season Gjasula moved to Hamburger SV from SC Paderborn, signing a two-year contract.[3] In the first two league games, head coach Daniel Thioune played him in a 4-2-3-1 formation alongside Amadou Onana in defensive midfield. In the 4–3 win in the second league game of the season against his former club Paderborn, Gjasula conceded two goals within a few minutes due to individual mistakes.[4] In the following seven matches he would only appear as a substitute. In December, Gjasula returned to the starting line-up, but then suffered a torn inner ligament in his left knee during practice around the turn of the year.[5] Gjasula made his comeback on 12 March 2021, when he came on as a substitute in the 90th minute in 0–2 away win over VfL Bochum.[6]
On 12 May 2024, Darmstadt 98 announced that he and several other players will leave the club after this season.[7]
International career
[edit]Gjasula made his Albania national football team debut on 7 September 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against France, when he substituted Ylber Ramadani in the 53rd minute and was cautioned in the remaining time.[8]
On 8 June 2024, Gjasula was named in Albania's UEFA Euro 2024 squad.[9] On 19 June, during a match against Croatia, he made a substitute appearance and scored an own goal in the 76th minute, giving the opponent a 2–1 lead, before netting his first international goal, also picking up a yellow card, equalizing the encounter in the 95th minute, resulting in a 2–2 draw.[10][11] This made him the first substitute in the competition's history to score both a goal and an own goal in the same match, and the second player overall to do so, following Anton Ondruš.[12][13]
Personal life
[edit]Gjasula was born in the capital of Albania, Tirana and raised in Freiburg, Germany. He holds both Albanian and German citizenship.[14][15] His older brother Jürgen Gjasula is a footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 18 May 2024[16]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Waldhof Mannheim | 2011–12 | Regionalliga Süd | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
MSV Duisburg II | 2012–13 | Regionalliga West | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
Kickers Offenbach | 2013–14 | Regionalliga Südwest | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
2014–15 | Regionalliga Südwest | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
2015–16 | Regionalliga Südwest | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
Total | 77 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 80 | 4 | |||
Stuttgarter Kickers | 2015–16 | 3. Liga | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
Hallescher FC | 2016–17 | 3. Liga | 30 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4 | |
2017–18 | 3. Liga | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | ||
Total | 53 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 55 | 7 | |||
SC Paderborn | 2018–19 | 2. Bundesliga | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
2019–20 | Bundesliga | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | ||
Total | 53 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 58 | 3 | |||
Hamburger SV | 2020–21 | 2. Bundesliga | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | 2. Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||
Darmstadt | 2021–22 | 2. Bundesliga | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 1 | ||
2022–23 | 2. Bundesliga | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
2023–24 | Bundesliga | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
Total | 62 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 63 | 1 | ||||
Career total | 324 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 336 | 15 |
International
[edit]- As of 19 June 2024
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Albania | 2019 | 5 | 0 |
2020 | 4 | 0 | |
2021 | 6 | 0 | |
2022 | 6 | 0 | |
2023 | 6 | 0 | |
2024 | 2 | 1 | |
Total | 29 | 1 |
- As of match played 19 June 2024
- Scores and results list Albania's goal tally first.
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 19 June 2024 | Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany | 29 | ![]() |
2–2 | 2–2 | UEFA Euro 2024 |
References
[edit]- ^ Ekskluzive: Basha, Gjasula, Abrashi,Berisha e Llullaku me pasaportë shqiptare (dekreti) Archived 2016-05-13 at the Wayback Machine aSport.al
- ^ "Klaus Gjasula". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "HSV verpflichtet Klaus Gjasula". HSV.de (in German). 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Trotz zweier Gjasula-Fehler: HSV jubelt nach wildem Ritt". kicker (in German). 28 September 2020.
- ^ "Gjasula und Gyamerah verändern die Planspiele". kicker (in German). 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Sieg in Überzahl: HSV beendet Abwärtstrend im Spitzenspiel". kicker (in German). 12 March 2021.
- ^ "Before kick-off SV 98 says goodbye to 15 players". SV Darmstadt. 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Iceland v Moldova game report". UEFA. 7 September 2019.
- ^ "Trajneri Silvinjo publikon listën e Kombëtares me emrat e 26 lojtarëve për Kampionatin Europian "Gjermani 2024"" [Coach Sylvinho publishes the national team list with the names of 26 players for the European Championship "Germany 2024"] (in Albanian). Albanian Football Federation. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ Wilson, Jonathan (19 June 2024). "Klaus Gjasula strikes late after own goal to snatch Albania draw with Croatia". The Guardian.
- ^ Hassall, Paul (19 June 2024). "Croatia 2-2 Albania - Klaus Gjasula scores dramatic late equaliser after own-goal to snatch draw against Croatia". Eurosport.
- ^ Browning, Ben (19 June 2024). "🏆 Albanian star makes EUROs history in all-action substitute appearance". OneFootball.
- ^ "Croatia 2–2 Albania: Gjasula the hero as he salvages late point for Eagles". beIN Sports. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Soccerway profile
- ^ Lord Helmchen grätscht sich durch den DFB-Pokal
- ^ K. Gjasula at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
External links
[edit]- Klaus Gjasula at Kicker
- Klaus Gjasula at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Tirana
- Albanian men's footballers
- Footballers from Freiburg im Breisgau
- Albanian emigrants to Germany
- German people of Albanian descent
- Sportspeople of Albanian descent
- Naturalised association football players
- Men's association football midfielders
- German men's footballers
- Albania men's international footballers
- Freiburger FC players
- Bahlinger SC players
- SV Waldhof Mannheim players
- MSV Duisburg II players
- Offenburger FV players
- Kickers Offenbach players
- Stuttgarter Kickers players
- Hallescher FC players
- SC Paderborn 07 players
- Hamburger SV players
- SV Darmstadt 98 players
- 3. Liga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Bundesliga players
- UEFA Euro 2024 players