About Isaac Kiese Thelin

Isaac Kiese Thelin (born 24 June 1992) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Malmö FF and the Sweden national team. A full international since 2014, he has won more than 30 caps for Sweden and represented his country at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Kiese Thelin made his full international debut on 15 November 2014 against Montenegro, replacing Erkan Zengin in the 86th minute of a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying game that ended 1–1. He scored his first international goal on 15 November 2016, in a friendly 2–0 win against Hungary. In May 2018, he was named in the Sweden national team's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. He came on as a substitute in four of the games as Sweden reached the quarter-finals in a FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1994.

Kiese Thelin was born to a Swedish mother and a Congolese father.