Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | July 16, 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Liria Prizren | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
Mississauga Falcons | |||
2012–2016 | Toronto FC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2015–2016 | Toronto FC III | 23+ | (0) |
2015 | Toronto FC II | 1 | (0) |
2016–2018 | Gafanha | 0 | (0) |
2018 | Sigma FC | 1 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Forge FC | 10 | (1) |
2021 | Sigma FC | 4 | (1) |
2021 | → Forge FC (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2021 | Forge FC | 4 | (0) |
2022 | Toronto FC II | 4 | (0) |
2023 | Vaughan Azzurri | 2 | (0) |
2023 | Valour FC | 23 | (2) |
2024– | Liria Prizren | 3 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2015 | Canada U18 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 25, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 4, 2019 |
Klaidi Cela (born July 16, 1999) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Liria Prizren in the Football Superleague of Kosovo.
Cela began playing youth soccer at age four with Mississauga Falcons SC. [1] In October 2012, he joined the Toronto FC Academy. [2]
In 2015, he began playing with Toronto FC III in League1 Ontario. [3] He also played with them in 2016 in both League1 Ontario [4] and the Premier Development League. [5]
In May 2015, Cela joined Toronto FC II in the USL Championship, signing an academy player agreement. [6] He made his debut on September 24, 2015 in a substitute appearance against the Rochester Rhinos. [3]
In 2016, Cela signed with Campeonato de Portugal club Gafanha, where he would play for two seasons. [7]
In 2018, after leaving Gafanha, Cela returned to Canada and spent the remainder of the 2018 season with Sigma FC in League1 Ontario. [8]
In April 2019, Cela signed with Canadian Premier League side Forge FC. [9] He scored his first goal on October 2, 2019, in a 1-0 victory over FC Edmonton. [10] He won the league title with the club in 2019 as well. [11] In January 2020, he re-signed with the club for an additional season. [12] On August 19, 2020, Cela tore his ACL in a match against the HFX Wanderers, causing him to miss the remainder of the season. [13] Forge won the CPL title again in 2020, with Cela departing after the season. [14]
In 2021, he returned to Sigma FC of League1 Ontario. [15] In August 2021, he returned to Forge on a short term emergency loan deal. [16] [17] Cela rejoined Forge for a single game in September, and was eventually signed in October by Forge for the remainder of the 2021 Canadian Premier League season. [18] [19]
In March 2022, Cela signed with MLS Next Pro side Toronto FC II. [20]
In 2023, he began the season with League1 Ontario side Vaughan Azzurri. [21] With Vaughan, he played in the 2023 Canadian Championship against Major League Soccer club CF Montréal. [22]
In April 2023, Cela signed with Canadian Premier League club Valour FC, following injuries occurred to Matthew Chandler and Andrew Jean-Baptiste. [23] [24]
In February 2024, Cela signed with Liria Prizren in the Football Superleague of Kosovo. [25]
Due to Cela's parents being born in Albania, he is eligible to represent both Canada and Albania. In 2013, he made his debut in the Canadian national team program, attending a Canada U15 camp in November 2013, also attending another camp in September 2014. [1] [26]
In October 2015, he was called up to the Canada U18 team for a pair of friendlies against the United States U18, playing in both matches. [27]