Leonard Pllana

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Leonard Pllana
Personal information
Full name Leonard Arben Pllana
Date of birth (1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 (age 25)
Place of birth Mitrovica, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 IK Brage
Number 10
Youth career
0000–2014 Trepça
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Grebbestads 24 (17)
2016–2018 Dalkurd 37 (5)
2017 → Norrby (loan) 12 (3)
2018–2019 GAIS 37 (4)
2020– IK Brage 0 (0)
National team‡
2017– Kosovo U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:32, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 September 2017

Leonard Arben Pllana (born 26 August 1996) is a Kosovo Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swedish club IK Brage.

Early life[]

Pllana was born in Mitrovica, FR Yugoslavia from Kosovo Albanian parents.[1]

Club career[]

Grebbestad[]

On 12 January 2014, Pllana joined Swedish Football Division 2 side Grebbestads.[2] He joined with his compatriot Granit Berisha.

Dalkurd[]

On 1 January 2016, Pllana signed to Superettan side Dalkurd.[3] On 18 April 2016, he made his debut in a 1–2 away win against Sirius after coming on as a substitute at 65th minute in place of Ahmed Awad.

Loan at Norrby[]

On 15 July 2017, Pllana joined Superettan side Norrby, on a season-long loan.[4] He joined with his compatriots as Alen Krasniçi, Gzim Istrefi, Liridon Gashi, Mergim Krasniqi, Mergim Shala and Shkelqim Krasniqi. On 22 July 2017, he made his debut in a 0–3 home defeat against Falkenberg after being named in the starting line-up.

GAIS[]

On 7 August 2018, Pllana transferred to GAIS in Superettan.[5]

International career[]

On 21 March 2017. Pllana received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for a 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Republic of Ireland U21[6] and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up.[7][8]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 19 April 2018[9][10]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other[a] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Grebbestads 2014 Swedish Football Division 2 0 0 — 9 11 9 11
2015 24 17 — 3 2 27 19
Total 24 17 — 12 13 36 30
Dalkurd 2016 Superettan 21 3 1 0 — 22 3
2017 11 2 4 1 — 15 3
2018 Allsvenskan 5 0 3 0 — 8 0
Total 37 5 8 1 — 45 6
Norrby (loan) 2017 Superettan 12 3 1 0 — 13 3
Total 12 3 1 0 — 13 3
GAIS 2018 Superettan 2 0 1 0 — 3 0
Total 2 0 1 0 — 3 0
Career total 75 25 10 1 — 12 13 97 39
  1. ^ Appearance(s) with Grebbestads B

References[]

  1. ^ "Pojken med drömmarna kom till drömmarnas klubb – "Jag hoppas på att spela Champions League med Dalkurd" (in Swedish). Dalarnas Tidningar. 1 March 2016. Drömt stort är något som Pllana har gjort ända sedan han började spela fotboll i hemstaden Mitrovica i sjuårsåldern
  2. ^ "Leonard Pllana, ny spelare i Grebbestad?" (in Swedish). Grebbestads IF. 12 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Breaking news: Leonard Pllana till Dalkurd efter säsongen" (in Swedish). Grebbestads IF. 10 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Leonard Pllana lånas ut till Norrby IF" (in Swedish). Dalkurd FF. 26 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Leonard Pllana klar för GAIS" (in Swedish). GAIS. 7 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Lista e futbollistëve të Përfaqësueses U21" (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 21 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Formacionet zyrtare: Republika e Irlandës U-21 – Kosova U-21". Periskopi (in Albanian). 25 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Kosova U21 e pafat kundër Irlandës, humb me rezultat të ngushtë". Football Federation of Kosovo. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Leonard Pllana". Soccerway.
  10. ^ "Grebbestads IF - Leonard Pllana". Grebbestads IF.

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