Malick Thiaw
Malick Thiaw is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the German club Schalke 04.Professional career
In his childhood Thiaw played for TV Kalkum-Wittlaer, a club in Düsseldorf. Via Fortuna Düsseldorf, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, and Borussia Mönchengladbach he joined the youth academy of Schalke 04 in 2015. He made his professional debut with Schalke in a 1–1 draw against Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga on 7 March 2020.International career
Thiaw was born in Germany to a Senegalese father and Finnish mother and holds a Finnish passport. In 2017, he was called up to represent the Finland U17s.
