Thomas Mattias Poppler Isherwood (born 28 January 1998) is a Swedish professional

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who plays for

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as a

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. Isherwood has played in Sweden, Germany and England for

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and

Östersund Östersund (; sma, Staare) is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-largest lake, Storsjön, ...

. He is also a former Sweden youth international.

Early and personal life

Isherwood's father is English and his mother is Swedish.

Club career

Isherwood began his youth career with Fruängens IFm and his senior career with

, making one appearance in the Swedish Cup in 2014. He moved to Germany to play for

in July 2015, and made senior appearances in the

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with Bayern's second team. In 2015 he was linked with English club

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. In April 2018 he was linked with a transfer to Scottish club

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, and he also trialled with Scottish club

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at the end of the 2017–18 season. In June 2018 he signed a two-year contract with English

. He said the club's youth player development appealed to him. In January 2019 he was linked with a transfer away from the club, back to Sweden. He later left the club by mutual consent. Later that month he signed for Swedish club

. In January 2021, he signed for

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side

for an undisclosed fee on a contract until 2024.

International career

Isherwood represented Sweden at youth international levels from under-17 to under-21. He is also eligible to represent England.

References

1998 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Sweden men's youth international footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Allsvenskan players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players IF Brommapojkarna players FC Bayern Munich footballers FC Bayern Munich II players Bradford City A.F.C. players Östersunds FK players SV Darmstadt 98 players English Football League players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England Swedish people of English descent {{Sweden-footy-defender-stub