Isaac Kiese Thelin (born 24 June 1992) is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a

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for

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Association, ...

and the Sweden national team. A full international since 2014, he has won more than 30

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for Sweden and represented his country at the

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Club career

Early career

Kiese Thelin began his career at

Karlslunds IF Karlslunds IF is a Sweden, Swedish sports club with several departments, located in Örebro. Karlslunds IF runs one of the biggest programme for athletics in Örebro, Sweden, with some 4000 members and more than 200 coaches coaching eight differ ...

from

Örebro Örebro ( , ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, sixth-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of the Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers in ...

, a club he had been playing football for since the age of five. He played from the club as they played in Sweden's Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3. In 2011, he transferred to newly promoted

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

side

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play their ...

. Kiese Thelin made his breakthrough in the 2012 season when he appeared in eleven matches for the club and scored twice. For the 2013 season he increased his appearances to 25 and scored another four goals. After having appeared regularly during the beginning of the 2014 season, it was announced on 4 June 2014 that Kiese Thelin had signed a four-year contract with fellow Allsvenskan club and reigning champions

Malmö FF

On 4 June 2014, it was announced that Kiese Thelin would transfer to

. It was announced that Malmö FF were in negotiations with IFK Norrköping to complete the transfer in summer of 2014 instead of completing the transfer after the season when Kiese Thelin's contract ended. On 5 July 2014 it was confirmed by Malmö FF that Kiese Thelin would join the club on 15 July 2014. He made his debut for the club in the first leg of the second qualifying round to the

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against

FK Ventspils FK Ventspils is a Latvian football club, based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils city and is one of the most popular football clubs in the country. The club played in the Latvian Virsliga since 1997. It was abolished in 2020, but h ...

on 16 July 2014. Kiese Thelin would prove to play a crucial part of the team that defended the

league title and qualified for the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League. In his 14 league appearances for the club he scored five goals, the first against

Kalmar FF Kalmar Fotbollförening, more commonly known as Kalmar FF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Kalmar. The club is affiliated to Smålands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Guldfågeln Arena. Formed on 15 June 1910, the clu ...

in the away fixture on 19 July 2014. He also scored two important goals for the club in the UEFA Champions League qualifying campaign, the first in the away game against FK Ventspils on 23 July 2014 and the second in the away game against

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on 29 July 2014. Overall Kiese Thelin participated in all of the club's 12 matches in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League. After the season, he was nominated for newcomer of the year at

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. On 20 January 2015 Malmö FF announced that they had reached a verbal agreement with

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side

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for the transfer of Kiese Thelin.

Bordeaux

On 22 January 2015,

club

confirmed the transfer of Kiese Thelin. He signed a contract lasting until 2019. He made his debut two days later in a goalless draw against

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, appearing in the whole match.

Loan to RSC Anderlecht

On 5 January 2017, the Swedish striker joined Belgian

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giant

Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...

on loan. He was resent to Anderlecht on 24 May for the following season.

Anderlecht

On 31 August 2017,

RSC Anderlecht ; french: Les Mauves et Blancs) , short name = R.S.C.A. , founded = , ground = Constant Vanden Stock Stadium , capacity = 22,500 , owntitle = Chairman , owner = Wouter Vandenhaute , manager = Brian Riemer ...

bought his rights from

and loaned him to

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Loan to Bayer Leverkusen

On 7 August 2018,

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announced the signing on Kiese Thelin on a season-long loan, until 30 June 2019.

Loan to Malmö FF

On 9 January 2020, Kiese Thelin returned to former club

on a season-long loan. On 8 November 2020 he scored his 13th Allsvenskan goal of the season in a 4–0 win against

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to help Malmö FF become Swedish Champions for the 21st time.

Loan to Kasımpaşa

Kiese Thelin signed for Turkish

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side Kasımpaşa on loan in January 2021.

Baniyas

In September 2021, Kiese Thelin signed with

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Return to Malmö FF

Kiese Thelin spent 2021 in

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and the

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at Kasımpaşa and

respectively. Ahead of the

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season, he then returned to Malmö FF on a free transfer, signing a four-year contract with the club.

International career

Kiese Thelin was selected for Sweden U17 in 2009, he made three caps and scored once. Thelin was selected for Sweden U21 in 2014 and scored two goals in his first two appearances. He made his international debut on 15 November 2014 against

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. In May 2018 he was named in the Sweden national team's 23-man squad for the

in Russia.

Personal life

He was born to a Swedish mother and a Congolese father.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kiese Thelin goal''.

Honours

Karlslunds IF * Division 3 Västra Svealand:

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Malmö FF *

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: 2021–22 *

Svenska Supercupen Svenska Supercupen, ''Swedish Super Cup'', was a one-off fixture in Swedish football played between the Allsvenskan champions and the winners of Svenska Cupen. The fixture was played in November, after the Allsvenskan season. In the event of a ...

Anderlecht *

Belgian First Division The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 team ...

: 2016–17 *

Belgian Super Cup The Belgian Super Cup ( nl, Belgische Supercup, ; french: Supercoupe de Belgique; german: Belgischer Fußball-Super Cup), ''Pro League Supercup'', is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian First Division A champion ...

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Sweden U21 *

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References

External links

Bordeaux profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kiese Thelin, Isaac 1992 births Living people Swedish footballers Association football forwards IFK Norrköping players Malmö FF players FC Girondins de Bordeaux players R.S.C. Anderlecht players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players S.K. Beveren players Kasımpaşa S.K. footballers Baniyas Club players Allsvenskan players Ligue 1 players Belgian Pro League players Bundesliga players Süper Lig players UAE Pro League players Swedish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Turkey Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates Swedish expatriate sportspeople in France Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Sportspeople from Örebro Sweden international footballers Sweden youth international footballers Sweden under-21 international footballers Swedish people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent 2018 FIFA World Cup players