Olivier Thill

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Olivier Thill
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Thill with Ufa in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-12-17) 17 December 1996 (age 27)
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*
YearsTeamApps(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 17 (2)
International career‡
2016–2018 Luxembourg U21 7 (0)
2017– Luxembourg 43 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 October 2024
‡ 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]

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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.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
110 October 2017 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, LuxembourgFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1–01–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
28 September 2018Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, LuxembourgFlag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 2–04–0 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D
34 September 2021 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, SerbiaFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 1–21–4 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

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References

  1. ↑ Olivier Thill at Soccerway OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 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.


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