Simon Skrabb (born 19 January 1995) is a Finnish professional

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who plays as an

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for

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club

Volos Volos (; ) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about north of Athens and south of Thessaloniki. It is the capital of the Magnesia (regional unit), Magnesia regional unit of the Thessaly Region. Volos ...

Club career

Jaro

On 12 May 2011, he became the youngest player to score a goal in a

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agenc ...

match. Skrabb is also noted for having scored a scorpion kick in an away match against

Gefle IF Gefle Idrottsförening, also known simply as Gefle IF, Gefle (, as if spelled ''Gävle''), or locally Gif (), also known as Gefle IF FF by the Swedish Football Association, are a Swedish professional association football, football club based in G ...

while playing for

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in the

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. 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. Simon Skrabb

IFK Norrköping

On 9 December 2016 it was reported that Skrabb had signed a four-year contract with

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollför ...

Brescia

On 13 January 2020, he signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Italian club

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, for a transfer fee of €2.8 million plus bonuses. 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. Skrabb played only 21 games with Brescia.

Kalmar

On 26 January 2022, Skrabb signed with

Kalmar FF Kalmar Fotbollförening, more commonly known as Kalmar FF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Kalmar, Sweden. The club is affiliated to Smålands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Guldfågeln Arena. Formed on 15 June 1 ...

in Sweden for the 2022 season. 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

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matches. On 17 February 2024, Skrabb was officially named the

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of Kalmar FF for the 2024 season.

Volos

Skrabb left Kalmar after the relegation and signed with

club

, starting in January 2025. He made his Greek league debut on 5 January, as a starter in a 4–2 away defeat against

AEK Athens A.E.K. (; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople'') is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelfeia, Attica. The club is more commonly known in European competitions as A.E.K. Athens. Establishe ...

. Skrabb scored his first goal in the league on 1 February, in a 1–1 draw against

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International career

He made his debut for the Finland national team on 10 January 2016 in a

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against

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, entering the game as a substitute for

Roope Riski Roope Vilhelmi Riski (born 16 August 1991) is a Finnish professional association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for Veikkausliiga club Ilves (football), Ilves. He is known as a clinical, well-positio ...

Career statistics

Club

International

Notes

Honours

Individual *

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Swedish Goal of the Year: 2015

References

*
Profile at veikkausliiga.com

External links

Kalmar FF official profile

Simon Skrabb
– SPL competition record * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Skrabb, Simon 1995 births Living people Footballers from Jakobstad Men's association football midfielders Finnish men's footballers 21st-century Finnish sportsmen Finland men's international footballers Finland men's under-21 international footballers Finland men's youth international footballers FF Jaro players Veikkausliiga players Åtvidabergs FF players Gefle IF players IFK Norrköping players Brescia Calcio players Kalmar FF players Allsvenskan players Serie B players Volos F.C. players Super League Greece players Finnish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Greece