Noah Persson

Noah Persson
Personal information
Full name Noah Karl Anders Persson
Date of birth (2003-07-16) 16 July 2003 (age 21)
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Grasshopper Club Zürich
(on loan from Young Boys)
Number 16
Youth career
–2018 Asarums IF
2019–2021 Mjällby AIF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 Mjällby AIF 39 (1)
2023– Young Boys 25 (0)
2023 → Mjällby AIF (loan) 10 (0)
2024– → Grasshopper (loan) 11 (1)
International career‡
2022–2024 Sweden U21 14 (0)
2023– Sweden 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:58, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Noah Karl Anders Persson (born 16 July 2003) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss Super League club Grasshopper Club Zürich, on loan from Young Boys.

Club career

Noah Persson's childhood club is Asarums IF. As a 15-year-old, he made the move to Mjällby AIF.[1]

Shortly after his 18th birthday, he made his Allsvenskan debut in Mjällby AIF, when he made an appearance as a full-back in the 2-2 match against Örebro SK on 7 August 2021.[2] Later that month, Persson signed a first team contract with Mjällby AIF.

On 7 February 2023 Persson was sold to Swiss club BSC Young Boys for an undisclosed 'double digit million fee' which makes Persson the most expensive player ever sold by Mjällby. Persson was than loaned back to Mjällby until May 2023.[3]

On 2 September 2024, he was loaned to fellow Swiss Super League side Grasshopper Club Zürich for the rest of the 2024–25 season.[4] He debuted on 13 September 2024, in a 2–0 victory in the Swiss Cup against FC Thun, where he supplied the assist for the first goal.[5] He scored his first goal for Grasshoppers on 14 December 2024, scoring the only goal in a 0–1 away win against FC Basel, thus earning him a Man of the Match nomination.[6] It was also his first goal scored since he moved to Switzerland.

International career

Persson made his full international debut for Sweden on 9 January 2023, playing for 90 minutes in a friendly 2–0 win against Finland.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 December 2024[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Mjällby 2021 Allsvenskan 10 0 0 0 — 14 0
2022 29 1 3[a] 0 — 20 1
Mjällby (loan) 2023 10 0 6[a] 0 — 16 0
Total 49 1 9 0 0 0 58 1
Young Boys 2023–24 Swiss Super League 25 0 2[b] 0 6[c] 0 33 0
2024–25 5 0 0 0 2[d] 0 7 0
Grasshopper (loan) 2024–25 Swiss Super League 10 1 1[b] 0 — 11 0
Career total 89 2 12 0 8 0 109 1
  1. ^ a b Appearances in the Svenska Cupen
  2. ^ a b Appearances in the Swiss Cup
  3. ^ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League qualifying

International

As of 14 December 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2023 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Young Boys

References

  1. ^ "Mjällby AIF flyttar upp Otto och Noah" [Mjällby AIF moves up Otto and Noah] (in Swedish). Mjällby AIF. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Noah Persson om allsvenska debuten: "Något jag väntat på"" [Noah Persson about the Allsvenskan debut: "Something I was waiting for"] (in Swedish). Blekinge Läns Tidning. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. ^ Kjellander, Daniel; Ljungkvist, Matilda (8 February 2023). "Mjällbys rekordförsäljning av Noah Persson: "En affär som får MVG på alla plan"" [Mjällby's record sale of Noah Persson: "A deal that gets MVG on all levels"]. Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Noah Persson joins GC Zurich on loan". Grasshopper Club Zurich. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Sieg in der Stockhorn Arena" [Victory in the Stockhorn Arena] (in Swiss High German). Grasshopper Club Zurich. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Basel unterliegt GC und verpasst den Sprung an die Tabellenspitze". www.bluewin.ch (in German). Bluewin. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Sverige - Finland - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Noah Persson". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 February 2024.