Klaus Gjasula

Klaus Fatmir Gjasula (born 14 December 1989) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for the Albania national team.

Club career
Ahead of the 2020–21 season Gjasula moved to Hamburger SV from SC Paderborn, signing a two-year contract. 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. 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. 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.

On 12 May 2024, Darmstadt 98 announced that he and several other players will leave the club after this season.

International career
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.

On 8 June 2024, Gjasula was named in Albania's UEFA Euro 2024 squad. 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. 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.

Personal life
Gjasula was born in the capital of Albania, Tirana and raised in Freiburg, Germany. He holds both Albanian and German citizenship. His older brother Jürgen Gjasula is a footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

International

 * Scores and results list Albania's goal tally first.