Malick Thiaw

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Malick Thiaw
Personnel
birthday August 8, 2001
place of birth Dusseldorf ,  Germany
size 191 cm
position Central defense
Juniors
Years station
2006-2009 TV Kalkum-Wittlaer
2009-2010 Fortuna Dusseldorf
2010-2011 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2011-2015 Borussia Monchengladbach
2015-2020 FC Schalke 04
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2020– FC Schalke 04 4 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of August 5, 2020

Malick Thiaw (born August 8, 2001 in Düsseldorf ) is a Finnish football player born and raised in Germany . The central defender is under contract with FC Schalke 04 .

Career

society

The son of a Senegalese father and a Finnish mother was born and raised in Düsseldorf, but has only Finnish citizenship. He began playing soccer at the Düsseldorf district association TV Kalkum-Wittlaer and moved from there to Fortuna Düsseldorf . He came to FC Schalke 04 as a C-youth through the Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Borussia Mönchengladbach junior performance centers, and subsequently played regularly in their U17 and U19 teams. In the 2018/19 season , the central defender made it as a regular with Schalke to the second round of the junior cup and the semi-finals of the championship finals. There you had to admit defeat to the future champions and arch-rivals Borussia Dortmund . Born in Düsseldorf, he played all group games in the UEFA Youth League , but was eliminated with the team.

During the winter break of the 2019/20 Bundesliga season, Thiaw took part in the professional team's training camp and was in the squad for the first time in early 2020 in the 0: 1 against FC Bayern Munich in the DFB Cup quarter-finals . On the 25th Bundesliga matchday , the defender came on for Jonjoe Kenny shortly before the end of the 1-1 home game against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim . This was followed by three more substitutions and a contract extension until June 2024. For the 2020/21 season, Thiaw was firmly promoted to the professional squad.

National team

In 2017 Thiaw was nominated for the Finnish U17 national team , for which he was not used.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Urheilulehti 50: Masennuksesta toipuva Justyna Kowalczyk yes ainutlaatuinen Mikko Rantanen. December 13, 2017, accessed March 8, 2020 (Finnish).
  2. ↑ Schalke talent Thiaw in Liverpool focus - player has a choice between DFB and Finland. April 7, 2020, accessed April 7, 2020 .
  3. ↑ FC Schalke 04: Will BVB nightmare Malick Thiaw become the new Joel Matip? , ruhr24.de, accessed on March 8, 2020
  4. ↑ Schalke 04 takes two Elgert talents to Spain , Iserlohner Kreisanzeiger and Zeitung , accessed on December 24, 2019
  5. ↑ S04 talent Thiaw benefits from staff shortage , liga-insider.de, accessed on March 8, 2020
  6. ↑ The VAR cheers quickly fall silent: Baumgartner annoys Schalke. In: Kicker sports magazine . Olympia Verlag GmbH, March 7, 2020, accessed on March 7, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Long-term professional contract: Malick Thiaw extended until 2024 , schalke04.de, accessed on July 5, 2020
  8. ↑ Training start under special conditions , schalke04.de, August 3, 2020, accessed on August 5, 2020.
  9. ↑ U17 pojat nimetty Toto Cupiin Itävaltaan. August 15, 2017, accessed March 8, 2020 (Finnish).
personal data
SURNAME Thiaw, Malick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 2001
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf , Germany