Simon Tibbling is a Swedish football player who plays as a midfielder for Football Club Groningen in the Dutch Eredivisie.
Background
Tibbling started out playing football at age six when his mother brought him to play with the local lower league club Grödinge Saskatchewan. He initially wanted to quit playing after his first training session with them, but agreed to continue after his mother bribed him with Pokémon cards.
Career
Early career
At age nine Tibbling was invited by Stockholm based youth club IF Brommapojkarna to come train with them and six months later he joined them permanently. During his years there Tibbling drew a lot of attention from some of the biggest clubs in the world. He went on trials with Manchester United, Football Club Bayern Munich and AFC Ajax.
In the summer of 2010 Ajax met and negotiated with Brommapojkarna, but Tibbling wanted to stay in Sweden.
Before the 2011 season Tibbling instead chose to move to the bigger Stockholm club Djurgårdens IF. Djurgårdens IF
Simon Tibbling made his senior debut in Djurgårdens IF coming on as a sub in the top Swedish division Allsvenskan against Kalmar FF in the 91st minute. He then made his starting debut in the league against IFK Göteborg on the 3rd of July 2012.
Four days after his 18th birthday Tibbling signed a first team contract, extending his deal with Djurgården by another 4.5 years. Football Club Groningen
On 28 November 2014, Tibbling was presented as a new Football Club Groningen player, as of 1 January 2015.
Tibbling has represented Sweden at the U17, U19 and U21 levels.
In the final group match against Portugal in the 2015 Union of European Football Associations European Under-21 Championship, Tibbling scored an equalizer in 89th minute which put Sweden through to the semi-final. He again scored in a 4-1 victory in the semi-final against Scandinavian rival Denmark, which saw Sweden advance to the final for the first time since 1992. He also started the final against Portugal.