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 | Gimpo | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2014 | Trepça | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2015 | Grebbestad | 24 | (17) |
2016–2018 | Dalkurd | 37 | (5) |
2017 | → Norrby (loan) | 12 | (3) |
2018–2019 | GAIS | 37 | (4) |
2020–2021 | Brage | 56 | (21) |
2022–2024 | Jeonnam Dragons | 66 | (14) |
2024– | Gimpo | 34 | (9) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | Kosovo U21 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 September 2017 |
Leonard Arben Pllana (born 26 August 1996) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a forward for K League 2 club Gimpo.
Pllana at the age of six started playing football in Trepça. On 12 January 2014, he joined Division 2 side Grebbestad. [1] Pllana in July 2015 was on trial at Helsingborg U21, where on 21 July, he played in a league match against Häcken U21 after being named in the starting line-up and scored his side's only goal during a 1–3 home defeat. [2]
On 10 September 2015, Pllana signed a three-year contract with Superettan club Dalkurd and this transfer would become legally effective in January 2016. [3] On 18 April 2016, he made his debut against Sirius after coming on as a substitute at 65th minute in place of Ahmed Awad and scored his side's second goal during a 1–2 away win. [4]
On 15 July 2017, Pllana joined Superettan side Norrby, on a season-long loan. [5] Seven days later, he made his debut in a 0–3 home defeat against Falkenberg after being named in the starting line-up. [6] Fourteen days after debut, Pllana scored his first goal for Norrby in his third appearance for the club in a 3–2 home win over Helsingborg in Superettan. [7]
On 7 August 2018, Pllana signed a one-year contract with Superettan club GAIS. [8] Five days later, he made his debut in a 1–1 away draw against his former club Norrby after being named in the starting line-up. [9]
On 27 November 2019, Pllana signed a one-year contract with Superettan club Brage and this transfer would become legally effective in January 2020. [10] On 22 February 2020, he made his debut with Brage in the 2019–20 Svenska Cupen group stage against Elfsborg after being named in the starting line-up. [11] Seven days after debut, Pllana scored his first goal for Brage in his second appearance for the club in a 3–3 away draw over Örebro in the 2019–20 Svenska Cupen group stage. [12]
On 25 January 2022, Pllana signed a two-year contract with K League 2 club Jeonnam Dragons. [13] Jeonnam Dragons reportedly paid a €400,000 transfer fee. [14] On 19 February 2022, he made his debut in a 1–0 away defeat against Anyang after being named in the starting line-up. [15]
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, [16] and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up. [17]
Pllana was born in Mitrovica, FR Yugoslavia from Kosovo Albanian parents. [18] His younger brother Bujar Pllana is a footballer who plays as a centre-back. [14]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Grebbestad [20] | 2014 | Division 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 [a] | 11 | 9 | 11 | |||
2015 | 24 | 17 | — | 3 [a] | 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 | |||||
Norrby (loan) | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 3 | |||||
Dalkurd | 2018 | Allsvenskan | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
Total | 49 | 8 | 9 | 1 | — | 58 | 9 | |||||
GAIS | 2018 | Superettan | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | |||
2019 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 26 | 3 | |||||
Total | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 37 | 4 | |||||
Brage | 2020 | Superettan | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | — | 31 | 10 | |||
2021 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 2 | — | 33 | 15 | |||||
Total | 56 | 21 | 8 | 4 | — | 64 | 25 | |||||
Jeonnam Dragons | 2022 | K League 2 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 20 | 7 | |
Total | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 20 | 7 | |||
Career total | 180 | 55 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 216 | 75 |
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Drömt stort är något som Pllana har gjort ända sedan han började spela fotboll i hemstaden Mitrovica i sjuårsåldern