Tesfaldet Tekie

Tesfaldet Tekie
	Tekie playing for IFK Norrköping
Personal information
Full name	Tesfaldet Simon Tekie
Date of birth	4 June 1997 (age 24)
Place of birth	Asmara, Eritrea
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Fortuna Sittard
Number	14
Youth career
2010	Marieholm BoIK
2010–2013	Gunnilse IS
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013–2016	IFK Norrköping
2013–2014	→ IF Sylvia (loan)
2017–2019	Gent
2018–2019	→ Östersunds FK (loan)
2019–	Fortuna Sittard
National team‡
2012	Sweden U17
2015–2016	Sweden U19
2018	Sweden U21
2019	Sweden
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:38, 17 January 2022 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 January 2019

Tesfaldet Simon Tekie (born 4 June 1997) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Fortuna Sittard in the Eredivisie as a midfielder.

Club career[]

On 9 September 2019, Tekie signed a two-year contract with the option of a third for Fortuna Sittard.^[1]

He made his debut for the Sweden national football team on 11 January 2019 in a friendly against Iceland, as a starter.^[2]

Tekie was born in Eritrea, but moved to Gothenburg, Sweden, as a nine-year-old.^[3]

^ "Fortuna Sittard Haalt Enkelvoudig Zweeds International Binnen". fortunasittard.nl (in Dutch). 9 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
^ "Sweden v Iceland game report". Eurosport. 11 January 2019.
^ "Fotbollen mer än en livsstil för "Tess"". Norrköpings Tidningar. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

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