Personal information | |||
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Full name | Klodian Duro | ||
Date of birth | 21 December 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Tiranë, Albania | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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FK Kukësi (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1994–1996 | KF Elbasani | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–1998 | KF Elbasani | 44 | (7) |
1998–1999 | KF Tirana | 27 | (1) |
1999 | KF Elbasani | 11 | (0) |
2000–2001 | Vllaznia Shkodër | 44 | (8) |
2002 | Samsunspor | 9 | (0) |
2002–2003 | Malatyaspor | 18 | (3) |
2003 | Partizani Tirana | 11 | (3) |
2004 | Çaykur Rizespor | 11 | (1) |
2004–2005 | Arminia Bielefeld | 19 | (0) |
2005–2008 | KF Tirana | 84 | (25) |
2008–2009 | AC Omonia | 26 | (6) |
2009–2010 | Apollon Limassol | 24 | (0) |
2010–2011 | LASK Linz | 18 | (3) |
2011–2013 | KF Tirana | 34 | (4) |
Total | 380 | (61) | |
National team | |||
1997–1999 | Albania U21 | 12 | (1) |
2001–2011 | Albania | 78 | (6) |
Teams managed | |||
2015–2016 | FK Kukësi | ||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Klodian Duro (Albanian pronunciation: [Klɔ'dian 'Duɾɔ]; born 21 December 1977) is an Albanian professional football coach and former player who is the current manager of Albanian Superliga club FK Kukësi. He was a versatile midfielder who usually played in an attacking role. His brother Albert Duro was also a footballer.
Duro played as an attacking midfielder for 11 different clubs in 5 countries during a career spanning 17 years, where he won 4 Albanian Superliga titles, 3 Albanian Cups, 3 Albanian Supercups and a Cypriot Cup. He made his senior international debut in 2001, and he earned 78 caps and scored 6 goals before retiring from international football in 2011.
He became the manager of FK Kukësi on 24 November 2015, and he won the Albanian Cup in his first season in charge, after defeating KF Laçi on penalties on 22 May 2016.
Duro started his professional career in 1996 playing for KF Elbasani. He played in Albania for KF Elbasani, KF Tirana, KS Vllaznia, KF Partizani Tirana, in Turkey with Samsunspor, Galatasaray, Malatyaspor and Çaykur Rizespor, and in German Bundesliga with Arminia Bielefeld. In the 2007–08 season, he scored 15 league goals for KF Tirana, making him the joint third top goalscorer. In June 2008, Duro transferred in Cyprus to AC Omonia Nicosia. In next season 2009–10 he played for Apollon Limassol in Cyprus and won the Cyprus Cup. After two years playing in Cyprus, Duro transferred in August 2010 to Austria. He signed a one-year contract with the Austrian Bundesliga club, LASK Linz. Duro returned to Albania in September 2011 to his former side KF Tirana for his third stint at the club. He signed a two-year contract on a free transfer with the club after agreeing terms with the club directors.