Klodian Duro
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 December 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Tirana, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1996 | Elbasani | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1998 | Elbasani | 44 | (7) |
| 1998–1999 | Tirana | 27 | (1) |
| 1999 | Elbasani | 11 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Vllaznia Shkodër | 44 | (8) |
| 2002 | Samsunspor | 9 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Malatyaspor | 18 | (3) |
| 2003–2004 | Partizani Tirana | 11 | (3) |
| 2004 | → Rizespor (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Arminia Bielefeld | 19 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Tirana | 84 | (25) |
| 2008–2009 | Omonia | 26 | (6) |
| 2009–2010 | Apollon Limassol | 24 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | LASK | 18 | (2) |
| 2011–2013 | Tirana | 30 | (4) |
| Total | 376 | (60) | |
| International career | |||
| 1997–1999 | Albania U21 | 12 | (1) |
| 2001–2011 | Albania | 77 | (6) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015–2016 | Kukësi | ||
| 2018 | Kamza | ||
| 2019 | Luftëtari FC | ||
| 2020–2021 | Feronikeli | ||
| 2022 | Lushnja | ||
| 2023 | Gjilani | ||
| 2025 | Liria Prizren | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Klodian Duro (Albanian pronunciation: [klɔ'dian 'duɾɔ]; born 21 December 1977) is an Albanian former professional footballer and football coach.
Over a senior career spanning 17 years, he represented 11 clubs across five countries — Albania, Turkey, Germany, Cyprus and Austria.
Duro began his professional career with Elbasani in 1996 and later played for Tirana, Vllaznia Shkodër and Partizani Tirana. He also spent several seasons abroad, appearing in the Süper Lig with Samsunspor, Malatyaspor and Çaykur Rizespor, in the Bundesliga with Arminia Bielefeld, in the Cypriot First Division with Omonia and Apollon Limassol, and in the Austrian Bundesliga with LASK. His 2007–08 season with Tirana, in which he scored 15 league goals, was among the strongest of his domestic career.
During his career, Duro won four Albanian Superliga titles, three Albanian Cups, three Albanian Supercups, and the Cypriot Cup.
He made his senior international debut for the Albania national team in 2001 and went on to earn 77 caps and score six goals before retiring from international football in 2011. Over ten years, Duro featured regularly for the national side and appeared in four major qualifying campaigns, working under five different head coaches. Used in various midfield roles, he was often involved in set pieces and contributed both as a passer and as a link between midfield and attack. He also captained Albania on several occasions. During this period, he took part in a number of notable qualifying results and long defensive and unbeaten sequences achieved by the team in the mid-2000s.
His brother, Albert Duro, was also a professional footballer.
After retiring as a player, Duro transitioned into coaching. He became the manager of Kukësi on 24 November 2015 and guided the team to victory in the Albanian Cup in his first season in charge.