Chris Kablan

{{short description|Swiss footballer (born 1994)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Chris Kablan

| fullname = Chris Antoine Elogne Kablan{{cite web |title=Equipes Premières - K.V. R.S. Waasland-Beveren |url=https://www.acff.be/club/1692/equipe/218857/membres |website=ACFF |access-date=16 March 2022}}

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|11|30}}

| birth_place = Lucerne, Switzerland

| height = 1.76 m

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Left back

| youthclubs1 = Luzern

| youthyears1 = 2000–2014

| years1 = 2012–2014

| clubs1 = Luzern U21

| caps1 = 7

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2013–2014

| clubs2 = → Kriens (loan)

| caps2 = 17

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2014–2017

| clubs3 = Kriens

| caps3 = 73

| goals3 = 11

| years4 = 2017–2021

| clubs4 = Thun

| caps4 = 107

| goals4 = 8

| years5 = 2021–2023

| clubs5 = Beveren

| caps5 = 26

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2022

| clubs6 = → Real Salt Lake (loan)

| caps6 = 2

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2022

| clubs7 = → Real Monarchs (loan)

| caps7 = 3

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2023–2024

| clubs8 = Lausanne-Sport

| caps8 = 31

| goals8 = 1

| pcupdate = 27 May 2024

}}

Chris Antoine Elogne Kablan (born 30 November 1994) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a left back.

Professional career

Kablan made his professional debut for Thun in a 1–2 Swiss Super League loss to FC Zürich on 30 July 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.sfl.ch/fr/superleague/matchcenter/201718/fcz-thu-12997/|title=Matchcenter - Swiss Football League|first=Swiss Football|last=League|website=Swiss Football League|access-date=2017-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805055519/http://www.sfl.ch/fr/superleague/matchcenter/201718/fcz-thu-12997/|archive-date=2017-08-05|url-status=dead}}

On 17 June 2021, Kablan signed with recently relegated Belgian First Division B club Waasland-Beveren.{{cite web |title=Chris Kablan is the newest reinforcement of W-B |url=https://www.waasland-beveren.be/en/2021/06/welkomchriskablan/ |website=Waasland-Beveren |date=17 June 2021}} The move reunited him with his former Thun coach Marc Schneider.{{cite news |last1=De Graeve |first1=Sander |title=Marc Schneider vindt oude bekenden terug bij Waasland-Beveren: "Maar ik maak er geen Zwitserse enclave van" |url=https://www.hln.be/sport-in-de-buurt/marc-schneider-vindt-oude-bekenden-terug-bij-waasland-beveren-maar-ik-maak-er-geen-zwitserse-enclave-van~a3d1acc4/ |work=Het Laatste Nieuws |date=20 June 2021 |language=nl-BE}}

On 24 January 2023, Kablan returned to Switzerland and signed with Lausanne-Sport.{{cite web|publisher=FC Lausanne-Sport|url=https://www.lausanne-sport.ch/chris-kablan-est-lausannois/|title=CHRIS KABLAN EST LAUSANNOIS!|date=24 January 2023|access-date=11 February 2023|language=fr}}

Personal life

Kablan was born in Switzerland to an Ivorian father and a Swiss mother.{{cite web|title=FC Thun FC Sion Matchprogramm|url=https://fcthun.ch/de/index.php?section=downloads&download=68.pdf|publisher=FC Thun|access-date=4 August 2017}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He also holds French citizenship.{{cite web|url=http://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/sport/fussball/sck/chris-kablan-wechselt-vom-sc-kriens-zum-fc-thun;art99,1026498|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805015237/http://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/sport/fussball/sck/chris-kablan-wechselt-vom-sc-kriens-zum-fc-thun;art99,1026498|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 5, 2017|title=Chris Kablan wechselt vom SC Kriens zum FC Thun|first=|last=|publisher=Luzerner Zeitung}}

References

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7. https://www.24heures.ch/le-lausanne-sport-engage-le-defenseur-chris-kablan-119056776690