Khaly Thiam
Senegalese footballer
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Khaly Iyane Thiam | ||
| Date of birth | (1994-01-07) 7 January 1994 (age 30) | ||
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | MTK Budapest | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Racing Club Dakar | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Kaposvári Rákóczi | 25 | (4) |
| 2012–2014 | Kaposvári Rákóczi II | 13 | (3) |
| 2014–2018 | MTK Budapest | 47 | (3) |
| 2016 | → Chicago Fire (loan) | 20 | (1) |
| 2017 | → Gaziantepspor (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2017 | → Dynamo Moscow (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Levski Sofia (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Levski Sofia | 51 | (4) |
| 2020–2022 | Altay | 54 | (3) |
| 2022 | Pendikspor | 12 | (0) |
| 2023– | MTK Budapest | 18 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2023 | |||
Khaly Thiam (born 7 January 1994) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Hungarian club MTK Budapest.[1]
Career
Club
Thiam started his senior footballing career in 2012 in Hungary with Kaposvári Rákóczi, making 25 appearances and scoring 4 goals in two years with the Nemzeti Bajnokság I team; he also played 13 times for the team's reserves in the second tier Nemzeti Bajnokság II.[1] In 2014, Thiam joined fellow Hungarian top-flight club MTK Budapest and subsequently made his debut on 26 July in a league match against Pécsi MFC.[1] 47 appearances and 3 goals in his first two seasons came prior to him leaving MTK to complete a loan move to Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire on 4 May 2016.[2] He scored one goal, vs. Philadelphia Union, in twenty games in the United States before returning to Hungary.[1]
On 25 January 2017, Thiam joined Süper Lig side Gaziantepspor on a three-and-a-half year contract.[3]
On 21 August 2017, Russian club FC Dynamo Moscow announced the signing of Thiam on a one-year loan deal from MTK Budapest (as Gaziantepspor did not activate a buyout option). The Dynamo contract included a buyout option.[4] The loan was terminated on 12 February 2018 by mutual consent after Thiam failed to establish his position in the Dynamo squad.[5]
On 14 February 2018, he was loaned to the Bulgarian club Levski Sofia until the end of the season.[6] On 2 June 2018, Thiam was permanently transferred to Levski, where he established himself as a regular starter. On 28 June 2020, he captained the team in the 2:1 away win over Beroe in a First League game, which had been announced beforehand to be his last match for the "bluemen".[7]
In August 2020 Thiam joined Turkish club Altay.[8] In July 2022, Thiam joined Pendikspor[9] where he remained until December 2022.[10]
On 31 January 2023, Thiam returned to MTK Budapest, now in the second-tier NB II. He signed a two-and-a-half-year contract.[11]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 8 December 2017.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kaposvári Rákóczi | |||||||||||
| 2012–13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 25 | 4 | ||
| Total | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | 36 | 5 | ||
| Kaposvári Rákóczi II | |||||||||||
| 2012–13 | 13 | 3 | — | — | — | 13 | 3 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 13 | 3 | — | — | — | 13 | 3 | ||||
| MTK Budapest | |||||||||||
| 2014–15 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | — | 27 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 47 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 4 | |
| Chicago Fire (loan) | |||||||||||
| 2016 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 2 | |||
| Total | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 2 | |||
| Gaziantepspor (loan) | |||||||||||
| 2016–17 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| Total | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| FC Dynamo Moscow (loan) | |||||||||||
| 2017–18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Career Total | 122 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 151 | 15 | |
Personal life
In an interview for Hungarian media in July 2019, Thiam announced he had sent his documents for a Hungarian passport since he moved to the country at age 18 and his wife, with whom they have two kids, is also Hungarian, and he also showed a desire to represent Hungary at international level.[12]
References
- ^ a b c d e Khaly Thiam at Soccerway
- ^ "Chicago Fire Acquire Senegalese Midfielder Khaly Thiam". Chicago Fire Soccer Club. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ "Khaly Thiam Gaziantepspor"da". Gaziantepspor. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ Хали Тиам – в «Динамо»! (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 21 August 2017.
- ^ Хали Тиам покинул «Динамо» (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 12 February 2018.
- ^ "Khaly Thiam signs with Levski" (in Bulgarian). PFC Levski Sofia. 14 February 2018. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ Dimitrov, Ivaylo (28 June 2020). "Левски" спечели гостуването си на Берое с 2:1" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ "Transfer haberleri: Khaly Thiam, Altay'da!" (in Turkish). hurriyet.com. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Pendiksporlu Khaly Thiam'ın hedefi Süper Lig!" (in Turkish). Cumhuriyet. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ @PendiksporK (28 December 2022). "📢 Kamuoyuna Duyuru" (Tweet) (in Turkish). Retrieved 28 December 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "THIAM ÚJRA AZ MTK-BAN!" [THIAM IS BACK IN MTK!] (in Hungarian). MTK Budapest. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ Fradi helyett Moszkva és Szófia, de kérte magyar honosítását a szenegáli
External links
- Player profile at HLSZ (in Hungarian)
- Profile in the official MLSZ database
- Khaly Thiam at Major League Soccer
- Profile at Levskisofia.info
