Isak Hien

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Isak Hien
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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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2020 Vasalund 80 (4)
2021–2022 Djurgården 22 (2)
2021 → Vasalund (loan) 12 (0)
2022–2024 Hellas Verona 42 (0)
2024– Atalanta 9 (0)
International career‡
2022– Sweden 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:43, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:20, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

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.

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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]

Djurgårdens IF

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 15 April 2024 [8] [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vasalunds IF 2017 Division 1 Norra 17030——200
2018 Division 2 Norra Svealand 15110——161
2019 Division 1 Norra22220——242
2020 Ettan Norra26110——271
Total80470——874
Djurgårdens IF 2021 Allsvenskan 5010——60
2022 Allsvenskan172406 [lower-alpha 2] 1—273
Total2225061—333
Vasalunds IF (loan) 2021 Superettan 120———120
Hellas Verona 2022–23 Serie A 32000—1 [lower-alpha 3] 0320
2023–24 Serie A10010——110
Total42010—10440
Atalanta 2023–24 Serie A90203 [lower-alpha 4] 0—140
Career total165615091101907
  1. ↑ Includes Svenska Cupen, Coppa Italia
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ↑ Appearance in Serie A relegation tie-breaker
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 25 March 2024 [10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 202240
202340
202420
Total100

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "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. 1 2 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 (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  9. ↑ Isak Hien at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  10. ↑ "Isak Hien". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
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