Simon Tibbling
![]() Tibbling celebrating the 2015 win. | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Simon Hjalmar Friedel Tibbling | ||
Date of birth | 7 September 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Stockholm,[1] Sweden | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Brøndby | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2004 | Grödinge SK | ||
2005–2010 | Brommapojkarna | ||
2010–2012 | Djurgårdens IF | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2014 | Djurgårdens IF | 73 | (3) |
2015–2017 | FC Groningen | 74 | (2) |
2017– | Brøndby | 37 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2009–2011 | Sweden U17 | 16 | (4) |
2012–2013 | Sweden U19 | 13 | (0) |
2012–2017 | Sweden U21 | 29 | (2) |
2016 | Sweden U23 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 June 2017 |
Simon Tibbling (born 7 September 1994) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga.[2]
Career
Early career
Tibbling started out playing football at age six when his mother brought him to play with the local lower league club Grödinge SK. At age nine Tibbling was invited by Stockholm based club IF Brommapojkarna, known for its youth academy to come train with them and six months later he joined them permanently.[3][4] During his years there Tibbling drew a lot of attention from some of the biggest clubs in the world. He went on trials with Manchester United, FC Bayern Munich and AFC Ajax.[5] In the summer of 2010 Ajax met and negotiated with Brommapojkarna, but Tibbling wanted to stay in Sweden.[6] Before the 2011 season Tibbling instead chose to move to the bigger Stockholm club Djurgårdens IF.[7]
Djurgårdens IF
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Simon Tibbling made his senior debut in Djurgårdens IF coming on as a sub in the top Swedish division Allsvenskan against Kalmar FF in the 91st minute.[8] He then made his starting debut in the league against IFK Göteborg on 3 July 2012.[9] Four days after his 18th birthday Tibbling signed a first team contract, extending his deal with Djurgården by another 4.5 years.[10]
FC Groningen
On 28 November 2014, Tibbling was presented as a new FC Groningen player on 1 January 2015[11] before helping the Green-White Army win the KNVB Cup in 2014/15 against defending champions PEC Zwolle. It was their first major trophy and they qualified for the UEFA Europa League.[12][13]
Tibbling was voted "Player of the season" of the 2015–16 season by the fans of the club.
Brøndby IF
On 21 July 2017, Tibbling signed a five-year deal with Danish top tier side Brøndby.[14][15]
A goal Tibbling scored for Brondby against Silkeborg in October was awarded the 2017 ‘goal of the season’ by the Danish football federation of 2017, beating fellow nominees including Christian Eriksen and Peter Ankersen.[16][17]
International career
Tibbling represented Sweden at the U17, U19 and U21 levels.[18] In the final group match against Portugal in the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Tibbling scored an equalizer in 89th minute which put Sweden through to the semi-final.[19] He again scored in a 4–1 victory in the semi-final against Scandinavian rival Denmark,[20] which saw Sweden advance to the final for the first time since 1992. He also started the final against Portugal. The game ended 0–0 and eventually went to penalties, where Sweden won 4–3, securing their first Under-21 title.[21]
Personal life
Tibbling credited his mother bribing him with Pokemon cards as the reason he kept his motivation to attend football training sessions when he was a child.[22]
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | Cup[nb 1] | Continental[nb 2] | Other[nb 3] | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Djurgårdens IF | 2012 | Allsvenskan | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||
2013 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 1 | ||||
2014 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 1 | ||||
Total | 73 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 3 | ||
FC Groningen | 2014–15 | Eredivisie | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 1 | ||
2015–16 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 1 | ||||
Total | 74 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 2 | ||
Brøndby IF | 2017–18 | Danish Superliga | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 3 | |
Career total | 173 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 187 | 8 |
- ^ Includes Svenska Cupen, KNVB Cup
- ^ Includes UEFA Europa League
- ^ Includes Eredivisie playoffs
Honours
Club
FC Groningen
Brondby
International
Sweden U21
References
- ^ "Simon Tibbling". Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ^ "Simon Tibbling". Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ "Simon Tibbling: "Blev mutad med Pokémonkort"". SvenskaFans.com. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "Det är bra att inte hinna tänka". Östermalmsnytt. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
- ^ "Så tränar Simon Tibbling". Expressen. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ^ "Agenten tror att Simon Tibbling kan nå Serie A eller La Liga". Fotbolltransfers. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ^ "Nyförvärv till ungdomselit". Djurgårdens IF. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ^ "Allsvenskan, herrar Matchinformation: Djurgården - Kalmar FF". SvFF. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ^ "Allsvenskan, herrar Matchinformation: Djurgården - IFK Göteborg". SvFF. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ^ "Simon Tibbling förlänger med Djurgården". Djurgårdens IF. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ^ "Persconferentie: presentatie Tibbling" (in Dutch). FC Groningen. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ^ "Groningen claim first trophy with KNVB Cup triumph". Goal.com. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ https://za.soccerway.com/matches/2015/05/03/netherlands/knvb-beker/bvo-fc-zwolle/stichting-fc-groningen/2028581/
- ^ "Simon Tibbling skifter til Brøndby IF - Brøndby IF". brondby.com. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ^ Hoffskov, Ole (21 July 2017). "Simon Tibbling: Brøndby er en stor klub i Skandinavien". Tipsbladet (in Danish). Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ^ https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/danmark-1/simon-tibbling-gjorde-arets-mal-i-danmark/
- ^ https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/danmark-1/tibbling-nominerad-till-arets-mal-i-danmark/
- ^ "U21 äldre: Trupp mot Serbien och Ryssland". Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "match overview". UEFA. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ^ "match overview". UEFA. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ "match overview". UEFA. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ https://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/news/y=2016/m=4/news=tibbling-without-pokemon-i-wouldn-t-be-a-footballer-2782895.html
- ^ "Simon Tibbling » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ^ "Sweden - S. Tibbling - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2018/05/10/denmark/dbu-pokalen/brondby-if/silkeborg-if-fs/2782245/
External links
- Simon Tibbling at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
- Elitefootball profile
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Stockholm
- Association football midfielders
- Swedish footballers
- Sweden under-21 international footballers
- Sweden youth international footballers
- Allsvenskan players
- Eredivisie players
- IF Brommapojkarna players
- Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players
- FC Groningen players
- Brøndby IF players
- Swedish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Sweden