Isak Hien
Hien playing for Sweden in 2022
Personal information
Full name Isak Malcolm Kwaku Hien
Date of birth (1999-01-13) 13 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, right-back
Team information
Current team
 Atalanta
Number 4
Youth career
0000–2010 Kista SC
2010–2014 AIK
2015 FC Djursholm
2016–2017 Vasalund
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Vasalund 80 (4)
2021–2022 Djurgården 22 (2)
2021 → Vasalund (loan) 12 (0)
2022–2024 Hellas Verona 43 (0)
2024– Atalanta 2 (0)
International career‡
2022– Sweden 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:26, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 September 2023

Isak Malcolm Kwaku Hien (born 13 January 1999) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for Italian Serie A club Atalanta and the Sweden national team.

Club career

Early career

Hien played youth football for AIK, where he played alongside future professional players Alexander Isak and Leopold Wahlstedt.[1] In 2016, he signed with Vasalunds IF with which he made his senior debut in Division 1 Norra in 2017.[1] Up until the age of 21, he operated mainly as a striker, but was convinced to switch to centre-back, and flourished in that new position.[1] In 2021, he signed with Djurgårdens IF before going back to Vasalund on loan during the 2021 Superettan season.[1] During the 2022 season, Hien played in 17 games and scored two goals in Allsvenskan before he was signed by Serie A side Hellas Verona.[1]

Hellas Verona

On 27 August 2022, Hien joined Italian club Hellas Verona on a permanent deal, signing a four-year contract.[2]

Atalanta

On 2 January 2024, Hien joined Serie A side Atalanta, signing a contract until June 2028.[3][4] The transfer commanded a reported fee of €9 million.[4]

International career

On 14 September 2022, Hien was selected for the Sweden national team for the first time ahead of their 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B games against Serbia and Slovenia.[5] On 24 September 2022, he made his full international debut in a 4–1 loss against Serbia in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B, playing the full 90 minutes at centre-back alongside national team captain Victor Lindelöf.[6]

Personal life

Hien's mother is Swedish, while his father was born in Ghana to parents from Burkina Faso.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[8][9]
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup Continental[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vasalunds IF 2017 Division 1 Norra 17 0 3 0 — — — 20 0
2018 Division 2 Norra Svealand 15 1 1 0 — — — 16 1
2019 Division 1 Norra 22 2 2 0 — — — 24 2
2020 Ettan Norra 26 1 1 0 — — — 27 1
Total 80 4 7 0 — — — 87 4
Djurgårdens IF 2021 Allsvenskan 5 0 1 0 — — — 6 0
2022 Allsvenskan 17 2 4 0 — 6 1 — 27 3
Total 22 2 5 0 — 6 1 — 33 3
Vasalunds IF (loan) 2021 Superettan 12 0 — — — — 12 0
Hellas Verona 2022–23 Serie A 32 0 0 0 — — 1[c] 0 32 0
2023–24 Serie A 10 0 1 0 — — — 11 0
Total 42 0 1 0 — — 1 0 43 0
Career total 156 6 13 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 186 7
  1. ^ Includes Svenska Cupen
  2. ^ Includes UEFA Conference League
  3. ^ Appearances in Serie A – Relegation tie-breaker

International

As of 12 September 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden
2022 4 0
2023 4 0
Total 8 0

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Hiens pojkdröm - i landslaget med AIK-kompisarna: "Extremt kul"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Per la difesa gialloblù c'è Isak Hien!" (in Italian). Hellas Verona. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  3. ^ "New Year, New Signing! Isak Hien is a Nerazzurro!". Atalanta BC. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b Dolci, Stefano (2 January 2024). "Ufficiale, Isak Hien è dell'Atalanta: cifre, dettagli, durata contratto, quanto guadagnerà, quanto incassa il Verona". Eurosport.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  5. ^ Sport, SVT (14 September 2022). "Fotboll: Tre frågor om Nations League-uttagningen: "Hien ett väldigt spännande namn"". SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Beröm av "VNL" - men Hien splittrad efter debuten". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  7. ^ Badia, Tommaso (14 September 2022). "Hien: "Quest'anno ci sarà da divertirsi!"". Calcio Hellas (in Italian). Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Isak Hien - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  9. ^ Isak Hien at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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