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Thomas Joseph Delaney (born 3 September 1991) is a Danish professional footballer, who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga club Sevilla and the Denmark national team.

Thomas Delaney

Delaney training with Werder Bremen in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Joseph Delaney[1]
Date of birth	(1991-09-03) 3 September 1991 (age 31)
Place of birth	Frederiksberg, Denmark
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	Sevilla
Number	18
Youth career
1993–2008	Copenhagen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2016	Copenhagen	172	(19)
2017–2018	Werder Bremen	45	(7)
2018–2021	Borussia Dortmund	62	(4)
2021–	Sevilla	34	(2)
National team‡
2008–2009	Denmark U18	3	(0)
2009–2010	Denmark U19	11	(1)
2011	Denmark U20	2	(0)
2010–2012	Denmark U21	11	(0)
2013–	Denmark	71	(7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:55, 9 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:03, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Delaney began his career at Copenhagen, making 249 total appearances and scoring 24 goals, while winning the Danish Superliga five times and the Danish Cup on four occasions. He then played in Germany for Werder Bremen and Borussia Dortmund, making 107 total Bundesliga appearances before a move to Sevilla in 2021.

Delaney made his international debut for Denmark in 2013. He was part of their squads at the 2018 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2020, reaching the semi-finals of the latter.

Club career

Copenhagen

Delaney started playing youth football at Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, the reserve team of Danish club F.C. Copenhagen.[3]

Delaney made his debut for Copenhagen in an unofficial friendly in August 2008. After playing the first half of the 2008–09 season in the KB youth team, he was a part of the FCK squad in the Danish Cup that campaign. He made his official debut in the first leg of the semi-finals against Nordvest FC in April, where he substituted Hjalte Nørregaard in the middle of second half.[3] In the return leg two weeks later Delaney was among the starting eleven playing the first 60 minutes before he was substituted with Şaban Özdoğan.

In the summer break 2009, he was promoted to the first team squad together with Özdoğan. He scored on his continental debut on 22 July 2009, playing the full second leg in Copenhagen's Champions League second qualifying round victory over FK Mogren.[4][5] His first Superliga match was on 9 August 2009 against SønderjyskE replacing Atiba Hutchinson near the end of the match.[6] On 29 December 2011, signed a contract extension keeping him at Copenhagen until the end of 2014.[3] At the time, Delaney had the distinction of being the longest serving current player at the club, despite being only 20.[3]

On 6 July 2013, Delaney extended his contract with the club to 2015. At the same time, he got jersey number 8.[7] In the following season, he became a regular starter in his favorite position, including UEFA Champions League matches against Juventus F.C., Real Madrid and Galatasaray. On 23 January 2014, he again extended his contract, until 2017.[6] At the same time, he was officially named vice-captain of the team.[6] Half a year later, Delaney was promoted to club captain.

On 14 May 2015 he was named Man of the Match as his side won the Danish Cup final 3–2 after extra-time against fellow Superliga side FC Vestsjælland.[8][9]

On 27 September 2016, Delaney contributed to a comfortable 4–0 victory for his side with a left-footed half-volley from 30 yards against Belgian side Club Brugge KV[10] in the UEFA Champions League.[11] The goal came third in the vote for goal of the season in the UEFA Champions League.[12]

Werder Bremen

On 17 August 2016, Werder Bremen announced Delaney would be joining the club in January 2017.[13][14] On 18 February 2017, he scored his first goal for the club, a free kick, in Werder Bremen's 2–0 win away to Mainz 05 before being stretchered off the pitch with a suspected concussion. It was the club's first win of the new year following four straight defeats.[15]

On 1 April 2017, Delaney scored a hat-trick, the first of his career, in Werder Bremen's 5–2 win away against SC Freiburg.[16]

Borussia Dortmund

On 7 June 2018, Delaney signed for Borussia Dortmund on a four-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Werder Bremen was reported as €20 million.[17][18]

On 13 May 2021, Delaney was a second-half substitute for Dortmund in their 4–1 victory over RB Leipzig in the 2021 DFB-Pokal Final.[19]

Sevilla

On 25 August 2021, Delaney moved to Spain to join La Liga side Sevilla on a four-year deal for a fee reported by Diario de Sevilla as €7 million.[20]

International career

Delaney made his debut for the Denmark under-18 team in October 2008, and went on to play three matches in total. He played 11 games for the Denmark U-19 team. On 11 August 2010, he made his debut for the Denmark U-21 team in a friendly against the Italy U-21 team.

Delaney made his debut for the senior national team on 15 October 2013 in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Malta. He played the full 90 minutes of the 6–0 home win.[21] His second cap did not come until 25 March 2015, as a half-time substitute in a 3–2 friendly win over the United States in Aarhus.[22]

Delaney scored his first international goal on 1 September 2017 to open a 4–0 home win over Poland in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.[23] Three days later, he scored a hat-trick as the team came from behind to win 4–1 away to Armenia.[24]

In June 2018, he was named in Denmark's squad for the World Cup in Russia.[25] He was also named in the 26-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020.[26] He scored the first goal in the 2–1 quarter-final game against the Czech Republic.[27]

Personal life

Delaney was born in Denmark and spent his youth there. His father was also born in Denmark but has American citizenship due to his own father (Thomas Delaney's paternal grandfather) being born in the United States.[28] Delaney also has Irish roots through his paternal great-grandfather who moved from Ireland to the United States in the 1840s during the Great Famine.[29]

Delaney is red-green colour blind.[30]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 November 2022[31]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Copenhagen	2008–09	Danish Superliga	—		2	0	—		—		2	0
	2009–10	Danish Superliga	9	0	3	0	3	1	—		12	1
	2010–11	Danish Superliga	16	1	2	0	2	0	—		20	1
	2011–12	Danish Superliga	19	1	1	0	7	0	—		27	1
	2012–13	Danish Superliga	21	1	3	0	8	0	—		32	1
	2013–14	Danish Superliga	32	3	5	0	6	0	—		43	3
	2014–15	Danish Superliga	27	2	5	1	10	0	—		42	3
	2015–16	Danish Superliga	29	5	5	1	4	0	—		38	6
	2016–17	Danish Superliga	19	6	0	0	11	2	—		30	8
	Total		172	19	26	2	51	3	—		249	24
Werder Bremen	2016–17	Bundesliga	13	4	—		—		—		13	4
	2017–18	Bundesliga	32	3	4	0	—		—		36	3
	Total		45	7	4	0	—		—		49	7
Borussia Dortmund	2018–19	Bundesliga	30	3	2	0	6	0	—		38	3
	2019–20	Bundesliga	11	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	14	0
	2020–21	Bundesliga	20	1	6	0	7	0	1	0	34	1
	2021–22	Bundesliga	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		62	4	9	0	16	0	1	0	88	4
Sevilla	2021–22	La Liga	26	2	2	0	7	0	—		35	2
	2022–23	La Liga	8	0	0	0	4	0	—		12	0
	Total		34	2	2	0	11	0	—		47	2
Career total			313	32	41	2	78	3	1	0	433	37

International

As of match played 25 September 2022[32]

Denmark
Year	Apps	Goals
2013	1	0
2014	0	0
2015	4	0
2016	9	0
2017	9	4
2018	11	0
2019	9	1
2020	7	0
2021	15	2
2022	6	0
Total	71	7

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first.[33]

List of international goals scored by Thomas Delaney

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	1 September 2017	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark	Poland	1–0	4–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	4 September 2017	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	Armenia	1–1	4–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.				3–1
4.				4–1
5.	5 September 2019	Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar	Gibraltar	4–0	6–0	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
6.	3 July 2021	Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan	Czech Republic	1–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 2020
7.	7 September 2021	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark	Israel	4–0	5–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Copenhagen

• Danish Superliga: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2016–17
• Danish Cup: 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

Borussia Dortmund

• DFB-Pokal: 2020–21
• DFL-Supercup: 2019

Individual

• Arla's Talent Award: 2009[3]
• Danish Cup Fighter: 2015
• F.C. Copenhagen Player of the Year: 2015, 2016[34]

References

External links

• Danish national team profile (in Danish)
• Thomas Delaney at Soccerway
• F.C. Copenhagen profile (in Danish)
• Thomas Delaney on Twitter
• Profile at Football-Lineups.com

На других языках

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[de] Thomas Delaney

Thomas Joseph Delaney (* 3. September 1991 in Frederiksberg) ist ein dänischer Fußballspieler. Er steht in Spanien beim FC Sevilla unter Vertrag und ist A-Nationalspieler.

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- [en] Thomas Delaney

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[es] Thomas Delaney

Thomas Joseph Delaney Hansen (Frederiksberg, Dinamarca, 3 de septiembre de 1991) es un futbolista danés. Juega de centrocampista y su equipo es el Sevilla F. C. de la Primera División de España.

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[fr] Thomas Delaney

Thomas Delaney, né le 3 septembre 1991 à Frederiksberg au Danemark, est un footballeur international danois. Il évolue actuellement au poste de milieu relayeur au Séville FC.

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[it] Thomas Delaney

Thomas Joseph Delaney (Frederiksberg, 3 settembre 1991) è un calciatore danese, centrocampista del Siviglia e della nazionale danese.

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[ru] Дилейни, Томас

Томас Джозеф Дилейни (дат. Thomas Joseph Delaney; род. 3 сентября 1991[1][2][3], Фредериксберг, Столичный регион) — датский футболист, полузащитник клуба «Севилья» и сборной Дании. Полуфиналист чемпионата Европы 2020 года.

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