| Klaus Gjasula | |
| Fullname: | Klaus Fatmir Gjasula[1] |
| Birth Date: | 14 December 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Tirana, Albania |
| Height: | 1.92m |
| Position: | Defensive midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | PSV Freiburg |
| Youthyears2: | –2007 |
| Youthclubs2: | Offenburger FV |
| Youthyears3: | 2008 |
| Youthclubs3: | Freiburger FC |
| Years1: | 2008–2009 |
| Clubs1: | Freiburger FC |
| Years2: | 2009–2010 |
| Clubs2: | Bahlinger SC |
| Caps2: | 25 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 2010–2012 |
| Caps3: | 50 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Years4: | 2012–2013 |
| Clubs4: | MSV Duisburg II |
| Caps4: | 23 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2013–2016 |
| Clubs5: | Kickers Offenbach |
| Caps5: | 77 |
| Goals5: | 4 |
| Years6: | 2016 |
| Clubs6: | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| Caps6: | 16 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2016–2018 |
| Clubs7: | Hallescher FC |
| Caps7: | 53 |
| Goals7: | 6 |
| Years8: | 2018–2020 |
| Caps8: | 58 |
| Goals8: | 3 |
| Years9: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs9: | Hamburger SV |
| Caps9: | 15 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2021– |
| Caps10: | 62 |
| Goals10: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019– |
| Nationalteam1: | Albania |
| Nationalcaps1: | 29 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 21 May 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 17:10, 19 June 2024 (UTC) |
Klaus Fatmir Gjasula (born 14 December 1989) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for the Albania national team.[2]
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]
On 8 June 2024, Gjasula was named in Albania's UEFA Euro 2024 squad.[9] On 19 June, during a match against Croatia, he made a substitute appearance and scored an own goal in the 76th minute, giving the opponent a 2–1 lead, before netting his first international goal, also picking up a yellow card, equalizing the encounter in the 95th minute, resulting in a 2–2 draw.[10] [11] This made him the first substitute in the competition's history to score both a goal and an own goal in the same match, and the second player overall to do so, following Anton Ondruš.[12] [13]
Gjasula was born in the capital of Albania, Tirana and raised in Freiburg, Germany. He holds both Albanian and German citizenship.[14] [15] His older brother Jürgen Gjasula is a footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.
| 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 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 62 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 63 | 1 | |||||
| Career total | 324 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 336 | 15 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 2019 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Total | 29 | 1 | ||
Scores and results list Albania's goal tally first.