Simon Tibbling

Simon Hjalmar Friedel Tibbling (born 7 September 1994) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga.[2] He has made one appearance for Sweden.

Simon Tibbling
Tibbling celebrating the 2015 win.
Personal information
Full name Simon Hjalmar Friedel Tibbling
Date of birth (1994-09-07) 7 September 1994
Place of birth Stockholm,[1] Sweden
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Brøndby IF
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 Groningen 74 (2)
2017– Brøndby IF 75 (9)
National team‡
2009–2011 Sweden U17 16 (4)
2012–2013 Sweden U19 13 (0)
2012–2017 Sweden U21/O 33 (2)
2019– Sweden 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 December 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 June 2017

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, Bayern Munich and 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]

Djurgården
Tibbling playing for Djurgårdens IF.

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]

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 the 2014–15 season 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

On 21 July 2017, Tibbling signed a five-year deal with Danish top tier side Brøndby.[14][15]

A goal Tibbling scored for Brøndby against Silkeborg IF in October 2017 was awarded ‘Goal of the Season’ by the Danish Football Union, 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]

On 8 January 2019, Tibbling made his senior international debut for the Sweden in a 0–1 loss against Finland.[22]

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.[23]

Career statistics

Club
As of 16 September 2019[24][25]
Club Season League Cup[nb 1] Continental[nb 2] Other[nb 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Djurgårdens IF 2012 Allsvenskan 15110——161
2013 28140——321
2014 30130——331
Total 733800000813
Groningen 2014–15 Eredivisie 17130——201
2015–16 310206010400
2016–17 26120——281
Total 742706010882
Brøndby 2017–18 Danish Superliga 3034010—353
2018–19 3654030—435
2019–20 500051—101
Total 7188091—889
Career total 2181323015110026614
  1. Includes Svenska Cupen, KNVB Cup
  2. Includes UEFA Europa League
  3. Includes Eredivisie playoffs

Honours

Club

Groningen

Brøndby

International

Sweden U21

References
  1. "Simon Tibbling". Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  2. "Simon Tibbling". Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  3. "Simon Tibbling: "Blev mutad med Pokémonkort"". SvenskaFans.com. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  4. "Det är bra att inte hinna tänka". Östermalmsnytt. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  5. "Så tränar Simon Tibbling". Expressen. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  6. "Agenten tror att Simon Tibbling kan nå Serie A eller La Liga". Fotbolltransfers. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  7. "Nyförvärv till ungdomselit". Djurgårdens IF. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  8. "Allsvenskan, herrar Matchinformation: Djurgården - Kalmar FF". SvFF. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  9. "Allsvenskan, herrar Matchinformation: Djurgården - IFK Göteborg". SvFF. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  10. "Simon Tibbling förlänger med Djurgården". Djurgårdens IF. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  11. "Persconferentie: presentatie Tibbling" (in Dutch). FC Groningen. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  12. "Groningen claim first trophy with KNVB Cup triumph". Goal.com. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  13. https://za.soccerway.com/matches/2015/05/03/netherlands/knvb-beker/bvo-fc-zwolle/stichting-fc-groningen/2028581/
  14. "Simon Tibbling skifter til Brøndby IF - Brøndby IF". brondby.com. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  15. Hoffskov, Ole (21 July 2017). "Simon Tibbling: Brøndby er en stor klub i Skandinavien". Tipsbladet (in Danish). Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  16. https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/danmark-1/simon-tibbling-gjorde-arets-mal-i-danmark/
  17. https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/danmark-1/tibbling-nominerad-till-arets-mal-i-danmark/
  18. "U21 äldre: Trupp mot Serbien och Ryssland". Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  19. "match overview". UEFA. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  20. "match overview". UEFA. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  21. "match overview". UEFA. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  22. https://www.expressen.se/sport/fotboll/landslaget/tibbling-lamnar-lagret-mittfaltaren-ar-skadad/
  23. https://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/news/y=2016/m=4/news=tibbling-without-pokemon-i-wouldn-t-be-a-footballer-2782895.html
  24. "Simon Tibbling » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  25. "Sweden - S. Tibbling - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  26. https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2018/05/10/denmark/dbu-pokalen/brondby-if/silkeborg-if-fs/2782245/
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