Simon Tibbling

Early career

Tibbling started out playing football at age six when his mother brought him to play with the local lower league club Grödinge SK. At age nine 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. During his years there Tibbling drew a lot of attention from some of the biggest clubs in the world. He went on trials with Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Ajax. In the summer of 2010 Ajax met and negotiated with Brommapojkarna, but Tibbling wanted to stay in Sweden. Before the 2011 season Tibbling instead chose to move to the bigger Stockholm club Djurgårdens IF.

Djurgården

Simon Tibbling made his senior debut in Djurgårdens IF coming on as a sub in the top Swedish division Allsvenskan against Kalmar FF in the 91st minute. He then made his starting debut in the league against IFK Göteborg on 3 July 2012. Four days after his 18th birthday Tibbling signed a first team contract, extending his deal with Djurgården by another 4.5 years.

Groningen

On 28 November 2014, Tibbling was presented as a new FC Groningen player on 1 January 2015 before helping the Green-White Army win the KNVB Cup in the 2014–15 season against defending champions PEC Zwolle. It was their first major trophy and they qualified for the UEFA Europa League. Tibbling was voted "Player of the Season" of the 2015–16 season by the fans of the club.

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Youth

Tibbling represented Sweden at the U17, U19 and U21 levels. In the final group match against Portugal in the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Tibbling scored an equalizer in 89th minute which put Sweden through to the semi-final. He again scored in a 4–1 victory in the semi-final against Scandinavian rival Denmark, which saw Sweden advance to the final for the first time since 1992. He also started the final against Portugal. The game ended 0–0 and eventually went to penalties, where Sweden won 4–3, securing their first under-21 title.

Senior

On 8 January 2019, Tibbling made his senior international debut for the Sweden in a 1–0 loss against Finland.

Club

As of match played 3 December 2023

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