Thomas Isherwood

Thomas Mattias Poppler Isherwood (born 28 January 1998) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Östersund as a central defender.

Thomas Isherwood
Personal information
Full name Thomas Mattias Poppler Isherwood[1]
Date of birth (1998-01-28) 28 January 1998
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Central defender
Club information
Current team
 Östersund
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Brommapojkarna 0 (0)
2015–2017 Bayern Munich 0 (0)
2017–2018 Bayern Munich II 18 (0)
2018–2019 Bradford City 3 (0)
2019– Östersund 18 (2)
National team‡
2013–2015 Sweden U17 18 (2)
2015–2017 Sweden U19 16 (2)
2019– Sweden U21 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:34, 11 November 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2019

Isherwood has played in Sweden, Germany and England for Brommapojkarna, Bayern Munich, Bradford City and Östersund. He is also a former Sweden youth international.

Early and personal life

Isherwood's father is English and his mother is Swedish.[3]

Club career

Isherwood began his career with Brommapojkarna, making one appearance in the Swedish Cup in 2014.[4] He moved to Germany to play for Bayern Munich in July 2015,[5] and made senior appearances in the Regionalliga with Bayern's second team.[2]

In 2015 he was linked with English club Manchester City.[3] In April 2018 he was linked with a transfer to Scottish club Celtic,[6] and he also trialled with Scottish club Rangers at the end of the 2017–18 season.[7]

In June 2018 he signed a two-year contract with English Bradford City.[3][7] He said the club's youth player development appealed to him.[8] In January 2019 he was linked with a transfer away from the club, back to Sweden.[9] He later left the club by mutual consent.[10] Later that month he signed for Swedish club Östersund.[11]

International career

He represented Sweden at youth international levels from under-17 to under-21.[12] He is also eligible to represent England.[3]

References
  1. Thomas Isherwood at WorldFootball.net
  2. Thomas Poppler-Isherwood at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  3. Mike Crowther (12 June 2018). "Bantams sign Thomas Isherwood from Bayern Munich". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  4. "Club profile: Thomas Poppler Isherwood" (in Swedish). Svensk Fotboll. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  5. ""Det jag lyckats med kan man inte köpa..."" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 27 July 2016. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  6. David Gunn (22 April 2018). "Celtic linked with 20-year-old Bayern Munich defender". The Scotsman. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  7. "Thomas Isherwood: Bradford City sign Bayern Munich II defender on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 12 June 2018. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  8. Mike Crowther (13 June 2018). "Bantams vision a big influence for Isherwood". Telegraph & Argus. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  9. Simon Parker (23 January 2019). "Bradford City: Isherwood on way as club pursue new defender". Telegraph & Argus. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  10. "BANTAMS SNAP UP WOODS". Bradford City A.F.C. 23 January 2019. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  11. Daniel Sörensen (25 January 2019). "Östersund dubbelvärvar: "Gick på magkänslan"" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  12. "Thomas Poppler Isherwood — svenskfotboll.se". www2.svenskfotboll.se.


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