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Tobias Salquist
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-05-18) 18 May 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Ikast, Denmark
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Chicago Fire
Number 14
Youth career
2001–2011 Midtjylland
2011–2015 Silkeborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps ( Gls)
2015–2018 Silkeborg 38 (2)
2016–2017 → Fjölnir (loan) 21 (2)
2018–2019 Waasland-Beveren 5 (0)
2019–2020 Lillestrøm 35 (3)
2020–2021 Hobro 16 (3)
2021–2023 Silkeborg 92 (6)
2024– Chicago Fire 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 January 2024

Tobias Salquist (born 18 May 1995) is a Danish footballer who plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire.

Club career

Silkeborg IF

Salquist joined Silkeborg IF from FC Midtjylland at the age of 16 as a U17-player.

Salquist had his Superliga debut on 25 April 2015, in a 0–1 defeat against FC Nordsjælland, where he replaced an injured Thorbjørn Holst Rasmussen in the 25th minute. [2]

On 19 May 2015, Salquist signed a new three-year contract with Silkeborg. [3]

On 30 May 2018, Silkeborg confirmed, that Salquist would leave the club in the summer, where his contract expired. [4] At this time, there were rumors linking him together with a transfer to the Belgian club Waasland-Beveren. One day later, Salquist confirmed, that he was joining a Belgian club, without revealing which club. [5]

Loan to Fjölnir

On 2 March 2016, Salquist was loaned out to Icelandic club Fjölnir. [6]

Waasland-Beveren

On 11 June 2018, Waasland-Beveren confirmed that they had signed Salquist on a three-year contract. [7]

Lillestrøm SK

On 7 January 2019, Lillestrøm SK confirmed that they had signed Salquist on a three-year contract. [8] His former Silkeborg teammate Daniel A. Pedersen accidentally confirmed the transfer a few hours before the club itself released the news. [9] On 7 September 2020 the club confirmed, that Salquist had agreed to terminate his contract so he could return to Denmark and be closer to his girlfriend, who was pregnant. [10]

Hobro IK

After returning to Denmark, Salquist went on a trial at Esbjerg fB, but ended up joining Hobro IK on 9 September 2020, signing a deal for the rest of the year. [11]

Return to Silkeborg

On 13 January 2021 Silkeborg IF confirmed, that Salquist had returned to the club on a three-year deal. [12]

Chicago Fire FC

In January 2024, after three years at Silkeborg, Salquist moved to American club Chicago Fire FC on a deal until the end of 2025 with a option for one year further. [13]

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Tobias Salquist, statistik fra superligaen, all-time – SuperStats". www.superstats.dk.
  2. ^ "Silkeborg forfremmer forsvarstalent". bold.dk. 29 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Silkeborg forlænger med forsvarstalent". bold.dk. 19 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Flinta forlænger, Salquist forsvinder". Silkeborg IF. 30 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Salquist bekræfter: Jeg skal til Belgien". bold.dk. 31 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Silkeborg sender forsvarsspiller til Island". bold.dk. 2 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Tobias Salquist is de nieuwste versterking voor W-B!". Waasland-Bereven. 11 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Tobias Salquist signerte tre års kontrakt" (in Norwegian). LSK.no. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Røpets LSKs nysignering før overgangen var bekreftet" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen.no. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  10. ^ TOBIAS SALQUIST TAKKER FOR SEG I LILLESTRØM, lsk.no, 7 September 2020
  11. ^ Hobro IK henter Tobias Salquist, hikfodbold.dk, 9 September 2020
  12. ^ SIF henter Tobias Salquist på tre-årig kontrakt, silkeborgif.com, 13 January 2021
  13. ^ Chicago Fire FC Acquires Defender Tobias Salquist, chicagofirefc.com/, 14 January 2024
  14. ^ "Månedens Hold i Superligaen – september". Tipsbladet (in Danish). 3 October 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2024.

External links

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