Simon Tibbling

Simon Tibbling

Tibbling playing for Djurgårdens IF.
Personal information
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)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	FC Groningen
Number	22
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–	FC Groningen	53	(2)
National team^‡
2009–2011	Sweden U17	16	(4)
2012–2013	Sweden U19	13	(0)
2012–	Sweden U21	24	(2)
2016	Sweden U23	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2016

Simon Tibbling (born 7 September 1994) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Groningen in the Dutch Eredivisie.^[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 youth club IF Brommapojkarna 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

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 the 3rd of 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, as of 1 January 2015.^[11]

International career

Tibbling has represented Sweden at the U17, U19 and U21 levels.^[12] 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.^[13] He again scored in a 4-1 victory in the semi-final against Scandinavian rival Denmark,^[14] 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.^[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 21 September 2016^[16]

Club	Season	League			Cup[nb 1]		Continental[nb 2]		Total
		Division	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	81	3
FC Groningen	2014–15	Eredivisie	17	1	3	0	—		20	1
	2015–16		32	0	3	0	6	0	41	0
	2016–17		2	0	1	0	—		3	0
	Total		51	1	7	0	6	0	64	1

1. Includes Svenska Cupen, KNVB Cup
2. Includes UEFA Europa League

Honours

International

Sweden U21

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2015

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. "U21 äldre: Trupp mot Serbien och Ryssland". Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
13. "match overview". UEFA. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
14. "match overview". UEFA. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
15. "match overview". UEFA. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
16. "Sweden - S. Tibbling - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

External links

• SvFF profile