Klaidi Cela
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.jpg) Cela with Toronto FC II in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | July 16, 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | KF Skënderbeu | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| 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 | 12 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Richmond Kickers | 24 | (2) |
| 2026– | KF Skënderbeu | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Canada U18 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of April 16, 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of November 23, 2024 | |||
Klaidi Cela (born July 16, 1999) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a defender for Kategoria e Parë club KF Skënderbeu.
Cela began playing youth soccer at age four with Mississauga Falcons SC.[1] In October 2012, he joined the Toronto FC Academy.[2]
Club career
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]
In August 2024, Cela signed with the Richmond Kickers in USL League One.[26][27] He left the Kickers at the end of the 2025 season.[citation needed]
On 23 January 2026, Cela joined KF Skënderbeu in the Kategoria e Parë. He made his debut for the club, getting subbed in a 1–0 win against KF Besa.