| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Filston Mawana | ||
| Date of birth | 21 March 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | DR Congo | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | BK Olympic | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2016 | Malmö FF | ||
| 2017–2018 | 1899 Hoffenheim | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | → 1899 Hoffenheim II | 1 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Hammarby IF | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → IK Frej (loan) | 17 | (6) |
| 2021 | → Hammarby TFF (res.) | 2 | (0) |
| 2022 | Åtvidabergs FF | 21 | (2) |
| 2023 | IFK Malmö | 15 | (3) |
| 2023 | FC Rosengård 1917 | 3 | (3) |
| 2024 | Husqvarna FF | 25 | (10) |
| 2025– | BK Olympic | 5 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2017 | Sweden U17 | 21 | (14) |
| 2017 | Sweden U19 | 3 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 September 2017 | |||
Filston Mawana (born 21 March 2000) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a forward for BK Olympic. [1]
Mawana was born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, but moved to Sweden and the city of Malmö together with his family in 2006. [2] [3]
He started to play football with local club Malmö FF at nine years old after only playing street football beforehand, and was first called up to the Swedish national under 17-team in 2015. [4]
In December 2016, Mawana transferred to 1899 Hoffenheim, signing a four-and-a-half-year contract. [5] He impressed in the youth system of the Bundesliga club and in 2017 The Guardian rated him as one of the 60 most promising football players in Europe born in 2000. [2] Reportedly, Mawana attracted interest from clubs like Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Chelsea and Juventus. [6]
He made his senior debut for 1899 Hoffenheim II in the Regionalliga Südwest on 12 May 2018, coming on as a substitute in a 3–0 win against VfB Stuttgart II. [7] However, Mawana suffered a serious cruciate ligament injury during a training session the following summer. [8]
On 19 March 2019, Mawana returned to Sweden, signing a three-year contract with Hammarby IF. [9] He spent the first half of the season nursing his knee injury, but made his competitive debut for Hammarby on 21 August, coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 away win against IFK Luleå in the Svenska Cupen. [10] During the fall of 2019, he went out on loan to IK Frej in Superettan, Sweden's second tier. Mawana scored a brace, his first senior goals, for the club in a 3–0 win against Syrianska FC on 14 September. [11]
On 17 February 2022, Mawana joined Åtvidabergs FF in Ettan, Sweden's third tier, after terminating his contract with Hammarby following three seasons plagued by injuries. [12] [13]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| 1899 Hoffenheim II | 2017–18 | Regionalliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hammarby IF | 2019 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| IK Frej (loan) | 2019 | Superettan | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 3 | |
| 2020 | Ettan | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 3 | ||
| Hammarby TFF (loan) | 2021 | Ettan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | ||
| Åtvidabergs FF | 2022 | Ettan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | ||