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Klaus Gjasula
Albanian footballer
Klaus Fatmir Gjasula (born 14 December 1989) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Darmstadt 98.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Klaus Fatmir Gjasula[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-12-14) 14 December 1989 (age 34) | ||
| Place of birth | Tirana, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Darmstadt 98 | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000 | PSV Freiburg | ||
| 0000–2007 | 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) |
| 2021–2024 | Darmstadt 98 | 62 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019– | Albania | 27 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:57, 17 November 2023 (UTC). | |||
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]
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]
Gjasula was born in the capital of Albania, Tirana and raised in Freiburg, Germany. He holds both Albanian and German citizenship.[9][10] His older brother Jürgen Gjasula is a footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder.
Club
- As of match played 28 October 2023[11]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 46 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 307 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 319 | 15 | ||
International
- As of 17 November 2023
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 2019 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 0 | |
- 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.
- K. Gjasula at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- Klaus Gjasula at Kicker
- Klaus Gjasula at National-Football-Teams.com