Simon Skrabb

Simon Skrabb (born 19 January 1995) is a Finnish footballer who plays for Swedish Allsvenskan side Kalmar FF.

Simon Skrabb
Skrabb with Finland U-21 in 2015
Personal information
Full name Simon Ivar Alexander Skrabb
Date of birth (1995-01-19) 19 January 1995
Place of birth Jakobstad, Finland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Kalmar
Number 11
Youth career
2001–2011 Jaro[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2017 Jaro 62 (4)
2014–2015 → Åtvidaberg (loan) 46 (4)
2016 → Gefle (loan) 28 (7)
2017–2020 IFK Norrköping 71 (12)
2020–2021 Brescia 20 (0)
2022– Kalmar 54 (10)
International career‡
2010 Finland U-15 4 (0)
2010–2011 Finland U-16 11 (2)
2012 Finland U-17 2 (1)
2012–2013 Finland U-18 10 (1)
2014 Finland U-20 2 (1)
2014–2016 Finland U-21 16 (1)
2016– Finland 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:09, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Jaro

On 12 May 2011, he became the youngest player to score a goal in a Veikkausliiga match.[2]

Skrabb is also noted for having scored a scorpion kick in an away match against Gefle IF while playing for Åtvidaberg in the 2015 Allsvenskan.[3] In spite of this, Skrabb's team were relegated from the Swedish top flight at the end of the season after finishing bottom of the table.

IFK Norrköping

On 9 December 2016 it was reported that Skrabb had signed a four-year contract with IFK Norrköping.[4]

Brescia

On 13 January 2020, he signed a three-and-a-half year contract with Italian club Brescia,[5] for a transfer fee of €2.8 million plus bonuses.[6] His time with Brescia was plagued by multiple consecutive injuries. The team was also coached by six different head coaches during 1,5 years due to turmoil in the club, and eventually his contract was terminated by mutual consent on 22 October 2021.[7] Skrabb played only 21 games with Brescia.

Kalmar

On 26 January 2022, Skrabb signed with Kalmar FF in Sweden for the 2022 season.[8] During the 2023 season, Skrabb occasionally wore the captain's armband with Kalmar.

International career

He made his debut for the Finland national team on 10 January 2016 in a friendly match in Abu Dhabi against Sweden when he entered the game as a substitute for Roope Riski.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of 21 October 2023[10][11]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FF Jaro 2011 Veikkausliiga 2520010—262
2012 2801062—352
2013 921041—143
Total 6242011300757
Åtvidaberg (loan) 2014 Allsvenskan 18040——220
2015 28440——294
Total 464500000514
Gefle (loan) 2016 Allsvenskan 28731——318
Norrköping 2017 14141—4[lower-alpha 1]1223
2018 29700——297
2019 28410—6[lower-alpha 1]0354
Total 711251001018614
Brescia 2019–20 Serie A 10000——100
2020–21 Serie B 10010——110
Total 200100000210
Kalmar 2022 Allsvenskan 27330——303
2023 27741—2[lower-alpha 2]0338
Total 54107100206311
Career total 2813719311312132344

International
As of match played 18 November 2019[12]
Appearances and goals by national team, year and competition
Team Year Competitive Friendly Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Finland 2016 0 0 1 0 1 0
2017 2[lower-alpha 3] 0 3 0 5 0
2018 1[lower-alpha 4] 0 2 0 3 0
2019 3[lower-alpha 5] 0 2 0 5 0
Total 6 0 8 0 14 0

Notes

  1. Includes UEFA Europa League
  2. Includes UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. Appearances in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.
  4. Appearances in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League.
  5. Appearances in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying.

Honours

Individual

References
  1. Simon Skrabbille monivuotinen sopimus Jaron kanssa Archived 2013-02-05 at archive.today
  2. Skrabb kautta aikojen nuorin maalintekijä Veikkausliigassa Archived 2015-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
  3. O'Leary, Conor (1 November 2015). "Your Thunderbastard Goal Of The Year Is A Better Scorpion Kick Than Higuita". Archived from the original on 17 February 2019.
  4. "Scorpion-Skrabb klar för Peking" [Scorpion-Skrabb ready for Peking] (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  5. "Brescia Calcio ingaggia Simon Skrabb" (Press release) (in Italian). Brescia. 13 January 2020.
  6. "Brescia strike Skrabb deal" (Press release) (in Italian). football-italia. 3 January 2020.
  7. "Expressen: Simon Skrabb kertoi, mitä Italiassa todella tapahtui - katkaisi välit joukkuekaveriinsa: "En ole puhunut hänelle, enkä aio puhua jatkossakaan"" (Press release) (in Finnish). Suomifutis.com. 19 November 2021.
  8. "VÄLKOMMEN TILL KALMAR FF, SIMON SKRABB!" (Press release) (in Swedish). Kalmar FF. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  9. "Skrabb får landslagsdebutera i Abu Dhabi" [Skrabb will make his national team debut in Abu Dhabi] (in Swedish). Yle. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  10. "Simon Skrabb » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  11. "FF Jaro |".
  12. "Simon Skrabb". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  13. "Klart: Gjorde årets mål - nu är Skrabb klar för Gefle" [Made this year's goal - now Skrabb is ready for Gefle] (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
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