Thomas Isherwood
Isherwood in 2018
Personal information
Full name Thomas Mattias Poppler Isherwood[1]
Date of birth (1998-01-28) 28 January 1998 (age 26)
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s) Central defender
Team information
Current team
 Darmstadt 98
Number 3
Youth career
Fruängens IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Brommapojkarna 0 (0)
2015–2017 Bayern Munich 0 (0)
2017–2018 Bayern Munich II 18 (0)
2018–2019 Bradford City 3 (0)
2019–2020 Östersund 44 (4)
2021– Darmstadt 98 47 (0)
International career‡
2013–2015 Sweden U17 18 (2)
2015–2017 Sweden U19 16 (2)
2019–2020 Sweden U21 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2020

Thomas Mattias Poppler Isherwood (born 28 January 1998) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Darmstadt 98 as a centre-back.

Isherwood has played in Sweden, Germany and England for Brommapojkarna, Bayern Munich, Bradford City and Östersund. He is also a former Sweden youth international.

Early and personal life

Isherwood's father is English and his mother is Swedish.[3]

Club career

Isherwood playing for Bayern Munich U19 in October 2015

Isherwood began his youth career with Fruängens IFm[4] and his senior career with Brommapojkarna, making one appearance in the Swedish Cup in 2014.[5] He moved to Germany to play for Bayern Munich in July 2015,[6] and made senior appearances in the Regionalliga with Bayern's second team.[2]

In 2015 he was linked with English club Manchester City.[3] In April 2018 he was linked with a transfer to Scottish club Celtic,[7] and he also trialled with Scottish club Rangers at the end of the 2017–18 season.[8]

In June 2018 he signed a two-year contract with English Bradford City.[3][8] He said the club's youth player development appealed to him.[9] In January 2019 he was linked with a transfer away from the club, back to Sweden.[10] He later left the club by mutual consent.[11] Later that month he signed for Swedish club Östersund.[12]

In January 2021, he signed for 2. Bundesliga side Darmstadt 98 for an undisclosed fee on a contract until 2024.[13]

International career

Isherwood represented Sweden at youth international levels from under-17 to under-21.[14] He is also eligible to represent England.[3]

Career statistics

As of match played 31 March 2024[2][1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bayern Munich II 2017–18 Regionalliga Bayern 18 0 — 18 0
Bradford City 2018–19 League One 3 0 0 0 3 0
Östersunds FK 2019 Allsvenskan 18 2 1 0 19 2
2020 Allsvenskan 26 2 3 0 29 2
Total 44 4 4 0 48 4
SV Darmstadt 98 2020–21 2. Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 1 0
2021–22 2. Bundesliga 24 0 1 0 25 0
2022–23 2. Bundesliga 15 0 1 0 16 0
2023–24 Bundesliga 10 0 0 0 10 0
Total 50 0 2 0 52 0
Career Total 115 4 6 0 121 4

References

  1. ^ a b Thomas Isherwood at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b c Thomas Isherwood at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d Mike Crowther (12 June 2018). "Bantams sign Thomas Isherwood from Bayern Munich". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  4. ^ Fotbolltransfers profile
  5. ^ "Club profile: Thomas Poppler Isherwood" (in Swedish). Svensk Fotboll. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  6. ^ ""Det jag lyckats med kan man inte köpa..."" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 27 July 2016. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  7. ^ David Gunn (22 April 2018). "Celtic linked with 20-year-old Bayern Munich defender". The Scotsman. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Thomas Isherwood: Bradford City sign Bayern Munich II defender on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 12 June 2018. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  9. ^ Mike Crowther (13 June 2018). "Bantams vision a big influence for Isherwood". Telegraph & Argus. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  10. ^ Simon Parker (23 January 2019). "Bradford City: Isherwood on way as club pursue new defender". Telegraph & Argus. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  11. ^ "BANTAMS SNAP UP WOODS". Bradford City A.F.C. 23 January 2019. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  12. ^ Daniel Sörensen (25 January 2019). "Östersund dubbelvärvar: "Gick på magkänslan"" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  13. ^ "Darmstadt sichert sich die Dienste von Isherwood". kicker (in German). 3 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  14. ^ "Thomas Poppler Isherwood — svenskfotboll.se". www2.svenskfotboll.se.


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