| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edmond Kapllani | ||
| Date of birth | 31 July 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Durrës, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | FC Augsburg | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1998 | Teuta Durrës | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1998–1999 | NK Orijent | 7 | (3) |
| 1999–2003 | Partizani Tirana | 33 | (6) |
| 2003–2004 | Besa Kavajë | 35 | (12) |
| 2004–2009 | Karlsruher SC | 118 | (26) |
| 2009– | FC Augsburg | 7 | (1) |
| 2010 | → TuS Koblenz (loan) | 17 | (5) |
| 2010–2011 | → SC Paderborn 07 (loan) | 23 | (8) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004– | Albania | 36 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Edmond Kapllani (born 31 July 1982 in Durrës, Albania) is an Albanian footballer who currently plays as a striker for FC Augsburg.[1]
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Before joining Karlsruher SC, Kapllani had played for several different clubs. His former clubs are KS Teuta Durrës, KF Partizani Tirana and KS Besa Kavajë in the Albanian Superliga. He also spent one year in Croatia with NK Orijent, but after an uneventful season he soon returned to play in Albania.
Kapllani joined the then 2nd Bundesliga side, Karlsruher SC, on 1 July 2004. It took time for Kapllani to adjust to the German league's style of play and started only 15 games in his first season, scoring just 1 goal. In the 2005–06 season Kapllani became a more regular first team player, appearing in 25 league games that season, scoring six goals. He had a very successful 2006–07 season with Karlsruher SC, as he became the second highest goalscorer in the 2nd Bundesliga with 17 goals in 30 appearances, behind teammate and strike partner Giovanni Federico, who netted 19 times in the same season. Both players helped the club gain promotion to the Fußball-Bundesliga after a nine-year absence. In the 2007–08 season, Kapllani found it difficult to adjust to the top division, starting only 14 of his 28 matches and scoring just two goals. Despite Kapllani's unsteady form, Karlsruher SC finished in eleventh place, securing top-flight football for another year.
However, the following season proved to be even more disappointing. Kapllani started only six of his 20 appearances because Edmund Becker entrusted the strike position to Joshua Kennedy even though the Australian wasn't able to score a single goal until the final match of the season. As a result, only one team scored more seldom than Karlsruhe and the club was relegated from the Bundesliga. Kapllani's only sense of achievement followed from his goal in the first round of the DFB-Pokal.
On 27 May 2009, Kapllani took advantage of a contract clause and left Karlsruhe for FC Augsburg on a free transfer, signing a contract until 2011.[2]
On 7 January 2010, FC Augsburg loaned Kapllani to TuS Koblenz until the end of the season.[3][4][5] Altogether Kapllani scored 5 goals in 17 appearances and was the club's top scorer in the second half of the season.
Following his return to Augsburg, Kapllani scored in the first round of the DFB-Pokal. On 31 August 2010, he joined SC Paderborn 07 on loan until the end of the season.[6] He was the club's top scorer in the 2010–11 campaign, scoring 8 goals in 23 games despite suffering a cruciate ligament rupture in February 2011.[7] In the meantime, Augsburg gained promotion to the Fußball-Bundesliga for the first time in the club's history. As a result, Kapllani's contract was extended automatically and he returned to top-flight football for the first time since 2009.
As of 20 December 2011[update]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Croatia | League | Croatian Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1998–99 | NK Orijent | 2. HNL | 7 | 3 | – | – | ||||||
| Albania | League | Albanian Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1999-2000 | Partizani Tirana | Superliga | – | – | ||||||||
| 2000-01 | First Division | – | – | |||||||||
| 2001-02 | Superliga | – | – | |||||||||
| 2002–03 | – | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2003–04 | Besa Kavajë | 35 | 12 | – | – | |||||||
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Premiere Ligapokal | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2004–05 | Karlsruher SC | 2nd Bundesliga | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 1 | ||
| 2005–06 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 27 | 7 | ||||
| 2006–07 | 30 | 17 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 31 | 18 | ||||
| 2007–08 | Bundesliga | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 31 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 21 | 1 | ||||
| 2009–10 | FC Augsburg | 2nd Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| TuS Koblenz | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 5 | ||||
| 2010–11 | FC Augsburg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | |||
| SC Paderborn 07 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 8 | ||||
| 2011–12 | FC Augsburg | Bundesliga | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 1 | ||
| Total | Croatia | 7 | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Albania | 68 | 18 | – | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Germany | 165 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 44 | ||
| Career total | 240 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
An Albanian international since 2004, Kapllani was the nation's top scorer in the Euro 2008 qualifying, scoring three goals in his country's two matches against Luxembourg and another two goals in games against Belarus and Romania. He currently has 36 caps and six international goals to his name.[8]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 2 June 2007 | Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania | Luxembourg | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying |
| 2. | 6 June 2007 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 0 - 2 | 0 - 3 | UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying |
| 2. | 6 June 2007 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 0 - 3 | 0 - 3 | UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying |
| 4. | 17 November 2007 | Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania | Belarus | 2 - 1 | 2 - 4 | UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying |
| 5. | 21 November 2007 | Stadionul Național, Bucharest, Romania | Romania | 3 - 1 | 6 - 1 | UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying |
| 6. | 20 August 2008 | Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania | Liechtenstein | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | Friendly |
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