Thomas Isherwood

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Thomas Isherwood
Thomas Isherwood June 2018.jpg
Isherwood in 2018
Personal information
Full name Thomas Mattias Poppler Isherwood [1]
Date of birth (1998-01-28) 28 January 1998 (age 27)
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) [2]
Position Central defender
Team information
Current team
 AIK
Number 3
Youth career
Fruängens IF
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014 Brommapojkarna 0 (0)
2015–2017 Bayern Munich 0 (0)
2017–2018 Bayern Munich II 18 (0)
2018–2019 Bradford City 3 (0)
2019–2020 Östersund 44 (4)
2021–2024 Darmstadt 98 52 (0)
2024– AIK 30 (2)
International career‡
2013–2015 Sweden U17 18 (2)
2015–2017 Sweden U19 16 (2)
2019–2020 Sweden U21 7 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 October 2020

Thomas Mattias Poppler Isherwood (born 28 January 1998) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for AIK.

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Isherwood has played in Sweden, Germany and England for Brommapojkarna, Bayern Munich, Bradford City and Östersund. He is also a former Sweden youth international.

Early and personal life

Isherwood's father is English and his mother is Swedish. [3]

Club career

Isherwood playing for Bayern Munich U19 in October 2015 Thomas Isherwood October 2015.jpg
Isherwood playing for Bayern Munich U19 in October 2015

Isherwood began his youth career with Fruängens IFm [4] and his senior career with Brommapojkarna, making one appearance in the Swedish Cup in 2014. [5] He moved to Germany to play for Bayern Munich in July 2015, [6] and made senior appearances in the Regionalliga with Bayern's second team. [2]

In 2015 he was linked with English club Manchester City. [3] In April 2018 he was linked with a transfer to Scottish club Celtic, [7] and he also trialled with Scottish club Rangers at the end of the 2017–18 season. [8]

In June 2018 he signed a two-year contract with English Bradford City. [3] [8] He said the club's youth player development appealed to him. [9] In January 2019 he was linked with a transfer away from the club, back to Sweden. [10] He later left the club by mutual consent. [11] Later that month he signed for Swedish club Östersund. [12]

In January 2021, he signed for 2. Bundesliga side Darmstadt 98 for an undisclosed fee on a contract until 2024. [13] On 12 May 2024, the club announced that Isherwood would be one of several players who would leave the club at the end of the 2023–24 season. [14]

On 26 August 2024, Isherwood signed a contract with AIK until 30 June 2025. [15] On 6 November 2025, AIK announced that Isherwood would leave the club when his contract ends on 31 December 2025. [16]

International career

Isherwood represented Sweden at youth international levels from under-17 to under-21. [17] He is also eligible to represent England. [3]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 May 2024 [2] [1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bayern Munich II 2017–18 Regionalliga Bayern 180—180
Bradford City 2018–19 League One 300030
Östersunds FK 2019 Allsvenskan 18210192
2020 Allsvenskan26230292
Total44440484
SV Darmstadt 98 2020–21 2. Bundesliga 100010
2021–22 2. Bundesliga24010250
2022–23 2. Bundesliga15010160
2023–24 Bundesliga 12000120
Total52020540
Career Total1174601234

References

  1. 1 2 Thomas Isherwood at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 3 Thomas Isherwood at Soccerway . Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Mike Crowther (12 June 2018). "Bantams sign Thomas Isherwood from Bayern Munich". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Fotbolltransfers profile
  5. ↑ "Club profile: Thomas Poppler Isherwood" (in Swedish). Svensk Fotboll. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  6. ↑ ""Det jag lyckats med kan man inte köpa..."" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 27 July 2016. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  7. ↑ David Gunn (22 April 2018). "Celtic linked with 20-year-old Bayern Munich defender". The Scotsman. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Thomas Isherwood: Bradford City sign Bayern Munich II defender on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 12 June 2018. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  9. ↑ Mike Crowther (13 June 2018). "Bantams vision a big influence for Isherwood". Telegraph & Argus. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  10. ↑ Simon Parker (23 January 2019). "Bradford City: Isherwood on way as club pursue new defender". Telegraph & Argus. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  11. ↑ "BANTAMS SNAP UP WOODS". Bradford City A.F.C. 23 January 2019. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  12. ↑ Daniel Sörensen (25 January 2019). "Östersund dubbelvärvar: "Gick på magkänslan"" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  13. ↑ "Darmstadt sichert sich die Dienste von Isherwood". kicker (in German). 3 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  14. ↑ "Before kick-off SV 98 says goodbye to 15 players". SV Darmstadt. 21 May 2024.
  15. ↑ "Thomas Isherwood till AIK Fotboll" [Thomas Isherwood to AIK Football] (in Swedish). AIK. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  16. ↑ "Thomas Isherwood lämnar AIK Fotboll". AIK (in Swedish). AIK Fotboll. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
  17. ↑ "Thomas Poppler Isherwood — svenskfotboll.se". svenskfotboll.se.
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