Simon Skrabb

Simon Skrabb

Skrabb with Kalmar FF in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Simon Ivar Alexander Skrabb
Date of birth	(1995-01-19) 19 January 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth	Jakobstad, Finland
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Volos
Number	14
Youth career
2001–2011	Jaro[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2017	Jaro	62	(4)
2014–2015	→ Åtvidaberg (loan)	46	(4)
2016	→ Gefle (loan)	28	(7)
2017–2020	IFK Norrköping	71	(12)
2020–2021	Brescia	20	(0)
2022–2024	Kalmar	85	(18)
2025–	Volos	1	(0)
International career^‡
2010	Finland U-15	4	(0)
2010–2011	Finland U-16	11	(2)
2012	Finland U-17	2	(1)
2012–2013	Finland U-18	10	(1)
2014	Finland U-20	2	(1)
2014–2016	Finland U-21	16	(1)
2016–	Finland	14	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2019

Simon Skrabb (born 19 January 1995) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Super League Greece club Volos.

Club career

Jaro

On 12 May 2011, he became the youngest player to score a goal in a Veikkausliiga match.[2]

Skrabb is also noted for having scored a scorpion kick in an away match against Gefle IF while playing for Åtvidaberg in the 2015 Allsvenskan.[3] In spite of this, Skrabb's team were relegated from the Swedish top flight at the end of the season after finishing bottom of the table.

Skrabb with the Finland U21 national team in 2015

Skrabb with Åtvidaberg in 2015

IFK Norrköping

On 9 December 2016 it was reported that Skrabb had signed a four-year contract with IFK Norrköping.[4]

Brescia

On 13 January 2020, he signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Italian club Brescia,[5] for a transfer fee of €2.8 million plus bonuses.[6] His time with Brescia was plagued by multiple consecutive injuries. The team was also coached by six different head coaches during 18 months span due to a turmoil in the club, and eventually his contract was terminated by mutual consent on 22 October 2021.[7] Skrabb played only 21 games with Brescia.

Kalmar

On 26 January 2022, Skrabb signed with Kalmar FF in Sweden for the 2022 season.[8] During the 2023 season, Skrabb occasionally wore the captain's armband with Kalmar. He finished the 2023 season scoring 9 goals and giving 8 assists in 30 Allsvenskan matches.

On 17 February 2024, Skrabb was officially named the captain of Kalmar FF for the 2024 season.[9]

Volos

Skrabb left Kalmar after the relegation and signed with Super League Greece club Volos, starting in January 2025.[10] He made his Greek league debut on 5 January, as a starter in a 4–2 away defeat against AEK Athens.

International career

He made his debut for the Finland national team on 10 January 2016 in a friendly match in Abu Dhabi against Sweden, entering the game as a substitute for Roope Riski.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of 5 January 2025[12][13]

Club	Season	League			Cup[a]		League cup[b]		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FF Jaro	2011	Veikkausliiga	25	2	0	0	1	0	—		26	2
	2012	Veikkausliiga	28	0	1	0	6	2	—		35	2
	2013	Veikkausliiga	9	2	1	0	4	1	—		14	3
	Total		62	4	2	0	11	3	0	0	75	7
Åtvidaberg (loan)	2014	Allsvenskan	18	0	4	0	—		—		22	0
	2015	Allsvenskan	28	4	4	0	—		—		29	4
	Total		46	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	51	4
Gefle (loan)	2016	Allsvenskan	28	7	3	1	—		—		31	8
Norrköping	2017	Allsvenskan	14	1	4	1	—		4[c]	1	22	3
	2018	Allsvenskan	29	7	0	0	—		—		29	7
	2019	Allsvenskan	28	4	1	0	—		6[c]	0	35	4
	Total		71	12	5	1	0	0	10	1	86	14
Brescia	2019–20	Serie A	10	0	0	0	—		—		10	0
	2020–21	Serie B	10	0	1	0	—		—		11	0
	Total		20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	0
Kalmar	2022	Allsvenskan	27	3	3	0	—		—		30	3
	2023	Allsvenskan	30	9	4	1	—		2[d]	0	36	10
	2024	Allsvenskan	28	6	4	0	—		—		32	6
	Total		85	18	11	1	0	0	2	0	99	19
Volos	2024–25	Super League Greece	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
Career total			314	45	22	3	11	3	12	1	359	52

1. Includes Suomen Cup, Svenska Cupen and Coppa Italia
2. Includes Finnish League Cup
3. Includes UEFA Europa League
4. Includes UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 18 November 2019[14]

Appearances and goals by national team, year and competition

Team	Year	Competitive		Friendly		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Finland	2016	0	0	1	0	1	0
	2017	2[a]	0	3	0	5	0
	2018	1[b]	0	2	0	3	0
	2019	3[c]	0	2	0	5	0
Total		6	0	8	0	14	0

Notes

1. Appearances in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.
2. Appearances in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League.
3. Appearances in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying.

Honours

Individual

• Fotbollsgalan Swedish Goal of the Year: 2015[15]

References

• (in Finnish) Profile at veikkausliiga.com

1. Simon Skrabbille monivuotinen sopimus Jaron kanssa Archived 2013-02-05 at archive.today
2. Skrabb kautta aikojen nuorin maalintekijä Veikkausliigassa Archived 2015-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
3. O'Leary, Conor (1 November 2015). "Your Thunderbastard Goal Of The Year Is A Better Scorpion Kick Than Higuita". Archived from the original on 17 February 2019.
4. "Scorpion-Skrabb klar för Peking" [Scorpion-Skrabb ready for Peking] (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
5. "Brescia Calcio ingaggia Simon Skrabb" (Press release) (in Italian). Brescia. 13 January 2020.
6. "Brescia strike Skrabb deal" (Press release) (in Italian). football-italia. 3 January 2020.
7. "Expressen: Simon Skrabb kertoi, mitä Italiassa todella tapahtui - katkaisi välit joukkuekaveriinsa: "En ole puhunut hänelle, enkä aio puhua jatkossakaan"" (Press release) (in Finnish). Suomifutis.com. 19 November 2021.
8. "VÄLKOMMEN TILL KALMAR FF, SIMON SKRABB!" (Press release) (in Swedish). Kalmar FF. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
9. SIMON SKRABB BLIR LAGKAPTEN I KALMAR FF, kalmarff.se, 17 February 2024
10. Υπέγραψε στον Βόλο ο Σιμόν Σκραμπ, volosfc.com, 30 December 2024
11. "Skrabb får landslagsdebutera i Abu Dhabi" [Skrabb will make his national team debut in Abu Dhabi] (in Swedish). Yle. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
12. "Simon Skrabb » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
13. "FF Jaro |".
14. "Simon Skrabb". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
15. "Klart: Gjorde årets mål - nu är Skrabb klar för Gefle" [Made this year's goal - now Skrabb is ready for Gefle] (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2023.

External links

• Kalmar FF official profile
• Simon Skrabb – SPL competition record
• Simon Skrabb at National-Football-Teams.com
• Simon Skrabb at BDFutbol