Olivier Thill

Olivier Thill (born 17 December 1996) is a Luxembourgish international footballer who plays club football for FC Ufa in the Russian Premier League, as a midfielder. He is the brother of fellow Luxembourg internationals Sébastien Thill and Vincent Thill.

Olivier Thill
Thill with FC Ufa in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-12-17) 17 December 1996
Place of birth Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
FC Ufa
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Progrès Niederkorn 67 (16)
2018– Ufa 41 (1)
National team
2016–2018 Luxembourg U-21 7 (0)
2017– Luxembourg 22 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 March 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2019

Career

As a senior player, Thill started playing club football for FC Progrès Niederkorn from 2015[1][2] to 2018.

On 31 August 2018, he signed a four-year contract with the Russian Premier League club FC Ufa.[3] Three weeks before that, he scored a goal for his previous club Progrès against FC Ufa in the Europa League qualifier.[4]

International career

He made his international debut for Luxembourg in 2017.[1]

International goals

Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 October 2017Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Bulgaria1–01–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.8 September 2018Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Moldova2–04–02018–19 UEFA Nations League D

Personal life

Olivier is the brother of Sébastien Thill and Vincent Thill. Sébastien plays for Progrès Niederkorn, while Vincent is on the books at FC Metz. The three are the sons of former international footballer Serge Thill.

References

  1. Olivier Thill at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. Olivier Thill at Soccerway
  3. "ФК "Уфа" подписал контракт с игроком национальной сборной Люксембурга" (in Russian). FC Ufa. 31 August 2018. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  4. "Ufa-Progress game report". UEFA. 9 August 2018.


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