Edmond Kapllani
Kapllani with Karlsruhe in 2007.
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| Personal information | |||
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| 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 | |||
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Current team
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SV Elversberg | ||
| Number | TBA | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1998 | Teuta Durrës | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Teuta Durrës | 0 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Partizani Tirana | 15 | (1) |
| 2001–2002 | HNK Orijent 1919 | 7 | (3) |
| 2002–2003 | Partizani Tirana | 18 | (5) |
| 2003–2004 | Besa Kavajë | 35 | (12) |
| 2004–2009 | Karlsruher SC | 118 | (26) |
| 2009–2012 | FC Augsburg | 8 | (1) |
| 2010 | → TuS Koblenz (loan) | 17 | (5) |
| 2010–2011 | → SC Paderborn 07 (loan) | 23 | (8) |
| 2012–2016 | FSV Frankfurt | 101 | (36) |
| 2016– | SV Elversberg | 7 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2000–2001 | Albania U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2004– | Albania | 41 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:25, 3 September 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 June 2014 |
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Edmond Kapllani (born 31 July 1982 in Durrës, Albania) is an Albanian footballer who plays as a striker for SV Elversberg in the Regionalliga.
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 2. 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 2. 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 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.
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