Simon Skrabb

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Simon Skrabb
Halmstads BK vs Kalmar FF in November 2023.jpg
Skrabb with Kalmar FF in 2023
Personal information
Full name Simon Ivar Alexander Skrabb
Date of birth (1995-01-19) 19 January 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth Jakobstad, Finland
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Volos
Number 14
Youth career
2001–2011 Jaro [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2017 Jaro 62 (4)
2014–2015 → Åtvidaberg (loan) 46 (4)
2016 → Gefle (loan) 28 (7)
2017–2020 IFK Norrköping 71 (12)
2020–2021 Brescia 20 (0)
2022–2024 Kalmar 85 (18)
2025– Volos 5 (1)
International career‡
2010 Finland U-15 4 (0)
2010–2011 Finland U-16 11 (2)
2012 Finland U-17 2 (1)
2012–2013 Finland U-18 10 (1)
2014 Finland U-20 2 (1)
2014–2016 Finland U-21 16 (1)
2016– Finland 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 February 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2019

Simon Skrabb (born 19 January 1995) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Super League Greece club Volos.

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Club career

Jaro

On 12 May 2011, he became the youngest player to score a goal in a Veikkausliiga match. [2]

Skrabb is also noted for having scored a scorpion kick in an away match against Gefle IF while playing for Åtvidaberg in the 2015 Allsvenskan. [3] In spite of this, Skrabb's team were relegated from the Swedish top flight at the end of the season after finishing bottom of the table.

Skrabb with the Finland U21 national team in 2015 AUT U-21 vs. FIN U-21 2015-11-13 (191).jpg
Skrabb with the Finland U21 national team in 2015
Skrabb with Atvidaberg in 2015 Simon Skrabb.jpg
Skrabb with Åtvidaberg in 2015

IFK Norrköping

On 9 December 2016 it was reported that Skrabb had signed a four-year contract with IFK Norrköping. [4]

Brescia

On 13 January 2020, he signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Italian club Brescia, [5] for a transfer fee of €2.8 million plus bonuses. [6] His time with Brescia was plagued by multiple consecutive injuries. The team was also coached by six different head coaches during 18 months span due to a turmoil in the club, and eventually his contract was terminated by mutual consent on 22 October 2021. [7] Skrabb played only 21 games with Brescia.

Kalmar

On 26 January 2022, Skrabb signed with Kalmar FF in Sweden for the 2022 season. [8] During the 2023 season, Skrabb occasionally wore the captain's armband with Kalmar. He finished the 2023 season scoring 9 goals and giving 8 assists in 30 Allsvenskan matches.

On 17 February 2024, Skrabb was officially named the captain of Kalmar FF for the 2024 season. [9]

Volos

Skrabb left Kalmar after the relegation and signed with Super League Greece club Volos, starting in January 2025. [10] He made his Greek league debut on 5 January, as a starter in a 4–2 away defeat against AEK Athens. Skrabb scored his first goal in the league on 1 February, in a 1–1 draw against Panserraikos.

International career

He made his debut for the Finland national team on 10 January 2016 in a friendly match in Abu Dhabi against Sweden, entering the game as a substitute for Roope Riski. [11]

Career statistics

Club

As of 2 February 2025 [12] [13]
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] League cup [b] ContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FF Jaro 2011 Veikkausliiga 2520010—262
2012 Veikkausliiga2801062—352
2013 Veikkausliiga921041—143
Total6242011300757
Åtvidaberg (loan) 2014 Allsvenskan 18040——220
2015 Allsvenskan28440——294
Total464500000514
Gefle (loan) 2016 Allsvenskan28731——318
Norrköping 2017 Allsvenskan14141—4 [c] 1223
2018 Allsvenskan29700——297
2019 Allsvenskan28410—6 [c] 0354
Total711251001018614
Brescia 2019–20 Serie A 10000——100
2020–21 Serie B 10010——110
Total200100000210
Kalmar 2022 Allsvenskan27330——303
2023 Allsvenskan30941—2 [d] 03610
2024 Allsvenskan28640——326
Total851811100209919
Volos 2024–25 Super League Greece 5100——51
Career total3184622311312136353

International

As of match played 18 November 2019 [14]
Appearances and goals by national team, year and competition
TeamYearCompetitiveFriendlyTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Finland 2016001010
20172 [a] 03050
20181 [b] 02030
20193 [c] 02050
Total6080140

Notes

Honours

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ Simon Skrabbille monivuotinen sopimus Jaron kanssa Archived 2013-02-05 at archive.today
  2. ↑ Skrabb kautta aikojen nuorin maalintekijä Veikkausliigassa Archived 2015-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ O'Leary, Conor (1 November 2015). "Your Thunderbastard Goal Of The Year Is A Better Scorpion Kick Than Higuita". Archived from the original on 17 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "Scorpion-Skrabb klar för Peking" [Scorpion-Skrabb ready for Peking] (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "Brescia Calcio ingaggia Simon Skrabb" (Press release) (in Italian). Brescia. 13 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Brescia strike Skrabb deal" (Press release) (in Italian). football-italia. 3 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Expressen: Simon Skrabb kertoi, mitä Italiassa todella tapahtui - katkaisi välit joukkuekaveriinsa: "En ole puhunut hänelle, enkä aio puhua jatkossakaan"" (Press release) (in Finnish). Suomifutis.com. 19 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "VÄLKOMMEN TILL KALMAR FF, SIMON SKRABB!" (Press release) (in Swedish). Kalmar FF. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  9. ↑ SIMON SKRABB BLIR LAGKAPTEN I KALMAR FF, kalmarff.se, 17 February 2024
  10. ↑ Υπέγραψε στον Βόλο ο Σιμόν Σκραμπ, volosfc.com, 30 December 2024
  11. ↑ "Skrabb får landslagsdebutera i Abu Dhabi" [Skrabb will make his national team debut in Abu Dhabi] (in Swedish). Yle. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  12. ↑ "Simon Skrabb » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  13. ↑ "FF Jaro |".
  14. ↑ "Simon Skrabb". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  15. ↑ "Klart: Gjorde årets mål - nu är Skrabb klar för Gefle" [Made this year's goal - now Skrabb is ready for Gefle] (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
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