Filston Mawana (born 21 March 2000) is a Swedish

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who plays as a

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for

FC Rosengård 1917 FC Rosengård is a Swedish professional football club located in the area Rosengård of Malmö. The club was founded on 4 September 1917 as Malmö Boll & Idrottsförening but has since been merged once and renamed twice. The club has been the st ...

Early life

Mawana was born in

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, but moved to

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and the city of

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...

together with his family in 2006.

Career

Youth years

He started to play football with local club

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, and was first called up to the Swedish national under 17-team in 2015. In December 2016, Mawana transferred to

1899 Hoffenheim Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V., or simply TSG 1899 Hoffenheim or just Hoffenheim () is a German professional football club based in Hoffenheim, a village of Sinsheim municipality, Baden-Württemberg. Originally founded in 1899 ...

, signing a four-and-a-half-year contract. He impressed in the youth system of the

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club and in 2017

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rated him as one of the 60 most promising football players in Europe born in 2000. Reportedly, Mawana attracted interest from clubs like

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

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, Chelsea and

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. He made his senior debut for 1899 Hoffenheim II in the Regionalliga Südwest on 12 May 2018, coming on as a substitute in a 3–0 win against VfB Stuttgart II. However, Mawana suffered a serious cruciate ligament injury during a training session the following summer.

Hammarby

On 19 March 2019, Mawana returned to Sweden, signing a three-year contract with

Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differe ...

. He spent the first half of the season nursing his knee injury, but made his competitive debut for Hammarby on 21 August, coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 away win against

IFK Luleå IFK Luleå is a Swedish football club formed in 1900, located in Luleå. The club merged with Luleå FF and played under the name Luleå FF/IFK from 1986 to 1989. History IFK Luleå was originally founded in the year 1900, but went dormant aft ...

in the Svenska Cupen. During the fall of 2019, he went out on loan to IK Frej in

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, Sweden's second tier. Mawana scored a brace, his first senior goals, for the club in a 3–0 win against

Syrianska FC Syrianska Football Club, also known as Syrianska FC or simply Syrianska, is a Swedish professional football club based in Södertälje in Stockholm County. The club was founded by Syriac-Aramean immigrants in 1977 as Suryoyo Sportklubb, or Sury ...

on 14 September.

Åtvidabergs FF

On 17 February 2022, Mawana joined

Åtvidabergs FF Åtvidabergs Fotbollförening, also known simply as Åtvidabergs FF, Åtvidaberg, Åtvid or (especially locally) ÅFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Åtvidaberg. The club is affiliated with Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and p ...

in Ettan, Sweden's third tier, after terminating his contract with Hammarby following three seasons plagued by injuries.

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mawana, Filston 2000 births Living people Men's association football forwards Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Superettan players Ettan Fotboll players Malmö FF players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players IK Frej players Hammarby Fotboll players Hammarby Talang FF players Åtvidabergs FF players Democratic Republic of the Congo emigrants to Sweden Swedish people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent