Club career
Early life and career
Ishak's parents migrated from Syria. He was born in Södertälje, Sweden and started his professional career at1. FC Köln
In December 2011, Ishak was signed by German Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln after a successful trial. He made his debut for the side on 21 January 2012 in a 0–1 away defeat at VfL Wolfsburg, where he came on as a substitute in the 85th minute for Martin Lanig. After being used mostly as a substitute during his first month in Köln, Ishak made his first start for the club on 18 March following a suspension for regular forward (association football), striker Lukas Podolski, playing the entire match in a 1–4 away loss at Hannover 96. Ishak would make 11 appearances for 1. FC Köln during his first season.Loan to FC St. Gallen
In February 2013, Ishak signed a six-month loan deal with Swiss club FC St. Gallen, who had recently been promoted to the Swiss Super League, in order to play more. He became a regular starter for the club, before suffering a mandibular fracture in a match for the Sweden national under-21 football team, Sweden under-21 team. Ishak made his return in late-April as a substitute in a match against FC Zürich, before becoming a full-time starter again the following week. He made a total of 13 league appearances for St. Gallen, in which he scored three goals.Parma
Ishak joined Italian Serie A club Parma F.C., Parma on a four-year contract on 5 August 2013.Loan to Crotone
He was loaned out to F.C. Crotone, Crotone, competing in the Serie B, following his arrival. He made his debut for Crotone on 24 August 2013 in a match against Robur Siena, Siena. On 24 September, he scored his first goal for the side in a 3–1 home win over Modena F.C. 2018, Modena.Randers
In August 2014, a year after joining Parma, Ishak moved to Danish Superliga club Randers FC, signing a three-year contract. He would play for the club for two-and-a-half years, scoring 31 goals in 71 league appearances.1. FC Nürnberg
After a highly successful stay at Randers, Ishak joined German 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Nürnberg in January 2017, six months before his contract expired. He scored Nürnberg's 1000th goal in the 2. Bundesliga on 25 November 2017 in a match against Eintracht Braunschweig. At the end of the 2017–18 2. Bundesliga, 2017–18 season, he reached promotion to the Bundesliga with the club. Ishak scored his first goal in the Bundesliga on 1 September 2018, an important equalizer in the away game against 1. FSV Mainz 05, Mainz 05, which ended 1–1.Lech Poznań
In July 2020, he was transferred toInternational career
Youth
Ishak represented the Sweden national under-21 football team, Sweden U21 team at the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, and played in four games as Sweden won the entire tournament. He was also a part of the Sweden Olympic football team, Sweden Olympic team that competed at the Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, and scored in a group stage game against Colombia Olympic football team, Colombia before Sweden was knocked after only three games.Senior
Ishak made his full international debut for the Sweden national football team, Sweden national team on 15 January 2015 in a Exhibition game, friendly 2–0 win against the Ivory Coast national football team, Ivory Coast, coming on as a substitute for Isaac Kiese Thelin in the 82nd minute. He scored his first international goal for Sweden on 6 January 2016 in a 1–1 tie with Estonia national football team, Estonia. Ishak made his competitive international debut for Sweden on 24 September 2022 in a 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B game against Serbia national football team, Serbia, coming on as a substitute for Dejan Kulusevski in the 85th minute of a 1–4 loss.Career statistics
Club
International
:''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ishak goal''.Honours
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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ishak, Mikael 1993 births Living people Footballers from Stockholm County Sportspeople from Södertälje Swedish people of Assyrian/Syriac descent Men's association football forwards Swedish men's footballers Assyrian footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Sweden men's international footballers Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish people of Syrian descent Superettan players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Swiss Super League players Serie B players Danish Superliga players Ekstraklasa players Assyriska FF players 1. FC Köln players 1. FC Köln II players FC St. Gallen players Parma Calcio 1913 players FC Crotone players Randers FC players 1. FC Nürnberg players Lech Poznań players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Poland Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Sweden