Olivier Thill

Olivier Thill

Thill with Ufa in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-12-17) 17 December 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	LNZ Cherkasy
Number	1
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2018	Progrès Niederkorn	67	(16)
2018–2020	Ufa	50	(1)
2021–2022	Vorskla Poltava	29	(10)
2022	→ Eyüpspor (loan)	8	(1)
2022–2024	Eyüpspor	14	(0)
2023–2024	→ Şanlıurfaspor (loan)	17	(2)
2024–	LNZ Cherkasy	22	(2)
International career‡
2016–2018	Luxembourg U21	7	(0)
2017–	Luxembourg	43	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 March 2024

Olivier Thill (born 17 December 1996) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ukrainian club LNZ Cherkasy. ^[1]

Club career

As a senior player, Thill started playing club football for FC Progrès Niederkorn from 2015 ^{[2] [3]} to 2018.

On 31 August 2018, he signed a four-year contract with the Russian Premier League club FC Ufa. ^[4] Three weeks before that, he scored a goal for his previous club Progrès against FC Ufa in the Europa League qualifier. ^[5] On 17 October 2020, his contract with Ufa was terminated by mutual consent. ^[6]

On 30 December 2020, Ukrainian Premier League side Vorskla Poltava announced that they had signed a 2-year deal with Thill. ^[7]

On 7 March 2022, FIFA announced that, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, all the contracts of foreign players in Ukraine are suspended until 30 June 2022 and they are allowed to sign with clubs outside Ukraine until that date. ^[8] On 30 March 2022, Thill signed with Turkish club Eyüpspor until 30 June 2022 using the new rule. ^[9]

On 18 February 2024, Thill returned to Ukraine and signed with LNZ Cherkasy. ^[10]

International career

Thill made his international debut for the Luxembourg national team on 31 August 2017 in a 1–0 win over Belarus. ^[2]

Personal life

Olivier is the brother of Sébastien Thill and Vincent Thill. Sébastien plays for Stal Rzeszów, while Vincent is on the books at Sabah. The three are the sons of former international footballer Serge Thill. ^[11]

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Thill goal.

List of international goals scored by Olivier Thill

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 October 2017	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Bulgaria	1–0	1–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	8 September 2018	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Moldova	2–0	4–0	2018–19 UEFA Nations League D
3	4 September 2021	Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia	Serbia	1–2	1–4	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

External links

• Olivier Thill at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)

References

1. Olivier Thill at Soccerway
2. Olivier Thill at National-Football-Teams.com
3. Olivier Thill at Soccerway
4. "ФК "Уфа" подписал контракт с игроком национальной сборной Люксембурга" (in Russian). FC Ufa. 31 August 2018. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
5. "Ufa-Progress game report". UEFA. 9 August 2018.
6. "Оливье Тилль покидает ФК "Уфа"" (in Russian). FC Ufa. 17 October 2020.
7. ""Ворскла" підсилилась гравцем збірної Люксембургу" (in Ukrainian). Vorskla Poltava. 30 December 2020.
8. "FIFA adopts temporary employment and registration rules to address several issues in relation to war in Ukraine". FIFA. 7 March 2022.
9. "Eyüpspor'umuza Hoş Geldiniz Gerson Rodrigues ve Olivier Thill!" (in Turkish). Eyüpspor. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
10. "ОЛІВʼЄ ТІЛЛЬ – НОВАЧОК ЛНЗ" [Olivier Thill is a newcomer to LNZ] (in Ukrainian). FC LNZ Cherkasy. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
11. "Vincent Thill, l'avenir lui appartient" (in French). Le Quotidien. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2018.