Tesfaldet Tekie
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.jpg) Tekie playing for IFK Norrköping in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tesfaldet Simon Tekie | ||
| Date of birth | 4 June 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Asmara, Eritrea | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hammarby IF | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2010 | Marieholm BoIK | ||
| 2010–2013 | Gunnilse IS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013 | Gunnilse IS | 6 | (0) |
| 2013–2016 | IFK Norrköping | 32 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → IF Sylvia (loan) | 20 | (4) |
| 2017–2019 | Gent | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Östersunds FK (loan) | 27 | (2) |
| 2019–2022 | Fortuna Sittard | 80 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | Go Ahead Eagles | 8 | (0) |
| 2023– | Hammarby IF | 72 | (7) |
| 2023–2024 | → Apollon Limassol (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Sweden U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Sweden U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2018 | Sweden U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | Sweden | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 January 2019 | |||
Tesfaldet Simon Tekie (born 4 June 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Allsvenskan club Hammarby IF. Born in Eritrea, he represents Sweden internationally.
Born in Eritrea, Tekie moved to Gothenburg, Sweden, as a nine-year-old.[1] He started to play youth football with local club Marieholms BoIK, before joining Gunnilse IS in 2010.[2][3][4] In 2013, at age 15, Tekie made his debut in senior football with Gunnilse, making six league appearances in Division 3, Sweden's fifth tier.[5]
Club career
IFK Norrköping
On 6 August 2013, Tekie moved to IFK Norrköping, together with his teammate Ihab Naser from Gunnilse.[6] In 2014, he was sent on loan to affiliated club IF Sylvia in Division 1, the domestic third tier, making 11 appearances.[5]
In 2015, Tekie made six appearances for IFK Norrköping in Allsvenskan, being part of the squad that won the Swedish championship.[7] On 19 July the same year, he signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract with the club.[8]
In 2016, Tekie made 26 league appearances for IFK Norrköping, that finished 3rd in the Allsvenskan table.[5][9] He also featured in both legs as the club was knocked out in the second qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, losing 4–5 on aggregate to Rosenborg.[10]
Gent
On 19 January 2017, Tekie transferred to Belgian First Division A club Gent, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract.[11] The transfer fee was reportedly set at around €1.6 million.[12] Tekie failed to make any competitive appearances for Gent, before leaving the club by mutual consent on 3 September 2019.[13]
Loan to Östersunds FK
Tekie failed to make any competitive appearances for Gent. On 1 January 2018, he was sent on a one-and-a-half-year loan to Östersunds FK in Allsvenskan.[14] In February, Tekie played in both legs as Östersund was knocked out in the round of 32 in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, losing 2–4 on aggregate to Arsenal.[15][16] He went on to make 15 league appearances for the club in 2018, before his season was cut short in September due to an injury.[17]
In 2019, Tekie remained with Östersund during the first half of the season, making 12 appearances, before returning to Gent in June.[18][19]
Fortuna Sittard
On 9 September 2019, Tekie signed a two-year contract with the option of a third with Fortuna Sittard in the Dutch Eredivisie.[20][21] In his debut season in 2019–20, he established himself as a starter for his new club and played 20 games, before the league was abandoned in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[22]
In 2020–21, Tekie made 33 league appearances, helping Fortuna Sittard to finish 11th in the Eredivisie table.[22] On 30 March 2021, the club decided to exercise their option to extend his contract for one further season.[23]
In 2021–22, Fortuna Sittard finished 15th in the league, one place above the relegation zone, with Tekie making 27 appearances.[22] In May 2022, it was announced that he would leave the club during the summer at the expiration of his contract.[24]
Go Ahead Eagles
On 8 September 2022, Tekie signed a one-year contract with Go Ahead Eagles.[25] He made eight appearances in the 2022–23 Eredivisie, before leaving on 31 January 2023 by mutual consent after he had struggled to find motivation at the club.[26]
Hammarby IF
On 9 February 2023, Tekie returned to Sweden and signed a four-year contract with Hammarby IF.[27] After establishing himself as a regular for the club, making 16 league appearances during the first half of the season, he fell out of favor with head coach Martí Cifuentes in August the same year.[28][29][30][31] He returned to Hammarby on 31 January 2024, by request of new head coach Kim Hellberg.[32]
Loan to Apollon Limassol
On 28 August 2023, he joined Apollon Limassol in the Cypriot First Division on a one-year loan, with an option to buy.[33][34] On 31 January 2024, the loan agreement was terminated. In total, he made 12 league appearances for Apollon Limassol. [35]