Isak Hien

Isak Malcolm Kwaku Hien (born 13 January 1999) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Italian Serie A club Hellas Verona and the Sweden national team.

Isak Hien
Hien playing for Sweden in 2022
Personal information
Full name Isak Malcolm Kwaku Hien
Date of birth (1999-01-13) 13 January 1999
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Hellas Verona
Number 6
Youth career
–2014 AIK
2015 FC Djursholm
2016–2017 Vasalund
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Vasalund 80 (4)
2021–2022 Djurgården 22 (2)
2021 → Vasalund (loan) 12 (0)
2022– Hellas Verona 32 (0)
International career‡
2022– Sweden 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:56, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Hien played youth football for AIK, where he played alongside future professional players Alexander Isak and Leopold Wahlstedt.[1] In 2016, he signed with Vasalunds IF with which he made his senior debut in Division 1 Norra in 2017.[1] Up until the age of 21, he operated mainly as a striker, but was convinced to switch to centre-back, and flourished in that new position.[1] In 2021, he signed with Djurgårdens IF before going back to Vasalund on loan during the 2021 Superettan season.[1] During the 2022 season, Hien played in 17 games and scored two goals in Allsvenskan before he was signed by Serie A side Hellas Verona.[1]

Hellas Verona

On 27 August 2022, Hien signed a four-year contract with Hellas Verona in Italy for a sum of €3,5 million which can raise up to €5 million.[2]

International career

On 14 September 2022, Hien was selected for the Sweden national team for the first time ahead of their 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B games against Serbia and Slovenia.[3] On 24 September 2022, he made his full international debut in a 1–4 loss against Serbia, playing the full 90 minutes at centre back alongside national team captain Victor Lindelöf.[4]

Personal life

Hien's mother is Swedish, while his father was born in Ghana to parents from Burkina Faso.[5]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 15 April 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[6][7]
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup Continental[lower-alpha 2] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vasalund 2017 Division 1 Norra 17 0 3 0 — — — 20 0
2018 Division 2 Norra Svealand 15 1 1 0 — — — 16 1
2019 Division 1 Norra 22 2 2 0 — — — 24 2
2020 Ettan Norra 26 1 1 0 — — — 27 1
Total 80 4 7 0 — — — 87 4
Djurgården 2021 Allsvenskan 5 0 1 0 — — — 6 0
2022 17 2 4 0 — 6 1 — 27 3
Total 22 2 5 0 — 6 1 — 33 3
Vasalunds (loan) 2021 Superettan 12 0 — — — — 12 0
Hellas Verona 2021–22 Serie A 24 0 0 0 — — — 24 0
Career total 138 6 12 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 156 7
  1. Includes Svenska Cupen
  2. Includes UEFA Conference League

International
As of 12 September 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden
2022 4 0
2023 4 0
Total 8 0

References
  1. "Hiens pojkdröm - i landslaget med AIK-kompisarna: "Extremt kul"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  2. "Per la difesa gialloblù c'è Isak Hien!" (in Italian). Hellas Verona. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  3. Sport, SVT (14 September 2022). "Fotboll: Tre frågor om Nations League-uttagningen: "Hien ett väldigt spännande namn"". SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  4. "Beröm av "VNL" - men Hien splittrad efter debuten". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  5. Badia, Tommaso (14 September 2022). "Hien: "Quest'anno ci sarà da divertirsi!"". Calcio Hellas (in Italian). Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  6. "Isak Hien - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  7. Isak Hien at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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