17 Facts About Simon Tibbling

Simon Hjalmar Friedel Tibbling was born on 7 September 1994 and is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fram in the Besta deildin.

Simon Tibbling has made one appearance for the Sweden national team.

Simon Tibbling debuted in the Allsvenskan in 2012, and moved to Eredivisie club FC Groningen in 2015.

Simon Tibbling moved back to the Netherlands in 2020 where he signed with FC Emmen.

Simon Tibbling has represented Sweden at different youth levels and made his under-21 debut in 2012.

Simon Tibbling won the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship with Sweden.

Simon Tibbling started out playing football at age six when his mother brought him to play with the local lower league club Grodinge SK.

At age nine Simon Tibbling was invited by Stockholm based club IF Brommapojkarna, known for its youth academy to come train with them and six months later he joined them permanently.

Simon Tibbling went on trials with Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Ajax.

Simon Tibbling then made his starting debut in the league against IFK Goteborg on 3 July 2012.

Four days after his 18th birthday Simon Tibbling signed a first team contract, extending his deal with Djurgarden by another 4.5 years.

Simon Tibbling quickly established himself in head coach Alexander Zorniger's side, and was nominated for a goal he scored against Silkeborg IF in October 2017, which ended up being awarded 'Goal of the Season' by the Danish Football Union, beating out fellow nominees including Christian Eriksen and Peter Ankersen.

On 27 July 2020, Simon Tibbling agreed to sign for Dutch Eredivisie club FC Emmen, joining the club on a two-year contract with an option of another year.

In May 2021, Simon Tibbling returned to the Danish Superliga, signing a four-year contract with Randers FC.

On 29 July 2022, Randers announced that Simon Tibbling had been sold to the Norwegian Eliteserien club Sarpsborg 08.

Simon Tibbling represented Sweden at the U17, U19 and U21 levels.

Simon Tibbling credited his mother bribing him with Pokemon cards as the reason he kept his motivation to attend football training sessions when he was a child.