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Erjon Dollapi

Albanian-British rugby league footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ16209757
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Erjon Dollapi (born 16 March 1993 in Tropojë, Albania) is an Albanian-born rugby league footballer who plays for the London Skolars in league 1.

Early years

He was born in Albania but moved to London, England as a child.

Playing career

Early career

Dollapi began playing rugby league in 2007 after starting through Harlequins Rugby League Community Team and Richmond's Schools Sports Partnership's Self Esteem Through Sport programme (SETS). He went on to play for West London Sharks and Harlequins RL Under-16s foundation team on a scholarship.

London Skolars

Dollapi joined the London Skolars from the London Broncos on a dual registration on 12 February for the 2013 season following a partnership agreement signed by the two clubs which saw 5 Broncos dual register for Skolars. He featured and scored a try in Northern Rail Bowl Final against North Wales Crusaders, however Skolars lost the game 42–24.

London Broncos -

Dollapi made his Super League début on 1 April 2013 against Warrington Wolves at Halliwell Jones Stadium. He came off the bench to score the last try of the game from close range, a game which ended in a 54–20 defeat for the Broncos.

He signed a new one-year contract with the London Broncos on 17 November 2014 for the 2015 campaign in the Championship.

Having left the London Broncos in late 2015, Dollapi signed a new contract with the London Skolars in January 2016.

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Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1993, 2007, 2013, 2014—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1993-03-16. The account is most persuasive where Erjon, Dollapi and Albanian-British can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from Erjon Dollapi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.