Leonard Pllana
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leonard Arben Pllana | ||
Date of birth | 26 August 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Mitrovica, FR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | IK Brage | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
–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) |
International career‡ | |||
2017– | Kosovo U21 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other[a] | Total | ||||||
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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 |
- ^ Appearance(s) with Grebbestads B
References
- ^ "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
- ^ "Leonard Pllana, ny spelare i Grebbestad?" (in Swedish). Grebbestads IF. 12 January 2014.
- ^ "Breaking news: Leonard Pllana till Dalkurd efter säsongen" (in Swedish). Grebbestads IF. 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Leonard Pllana lånas ut till Norrby IF" (in Swedish). Dalkurd FF. 26 June 2017.
- ^ "Leonard Pllana klar för GAIS" (in Swedish). GAIS. 7 August 2018.
- ^ "Lista e futbollistëve të Përfaqësueses U21" (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 21 March 2017.
- ^ "Formacionet zyrtare: Republika e Irlandës U-21 – Kosova U-21". Periskopi (in Albanian). 25 March 2017.
- ^ "Kosova U21 e pafat kundër Irlandës, humb me rezultat të ngushtë". Football Federation of Kosovo. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "Leonard Pllana". Soccerway.
- ^ "Grebbestads IF - Leonard Pllana". Grebbestads IF.
External links
- Leonard Pllana at Soccerway
- Profile at Grebbestads IF
- 1996 births
- Living people
- People from Mitrovica, Kosovo
- Kosovan footballers
- Kosovo youth international footballers
- Kosovan emigrants to Sweden
- Kosovan expatriates in Sweden
- Swedish people of Kosovan descent
- Swedish people of Albanian descent
- Division 2 (Swedish football) players
- Allsvenskan players
- Superettan players
- Norrby IF players
- Dalkurd FF players
- GAIS players
- Association football forwards