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
0000–2010 Kista SC
2010–2014 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 38 (0)
International career‡
2022– Sweden 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 September 2023

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.

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 10 November 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 2022–23 Serie A 32 0 0 0 — — 1[lower-alpha 3] 0 32 0
2023–24 6 0 1 0 — — — 7 0
Total 38 0 1 0 — — 1 0 40 0
Career total 152 6 13 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 172 7

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. 1 2 3 4 5 "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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