David Weiss (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Tomasz Weiss | ||
| Date of birth | 29 May 2007 | ||
| Place of birth | Finland | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sassuolo | ||
| Youth career | |||
| TuPS | |||
| –2023 | PKKU | ||
| 2023–2024 | → Sassuolo (loan) | ||
| 2024– | Sassuolo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | PKKU | 6 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Finland U15 | 3 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Finland U16 | 9 | (1) |
| 2023– | Finland U17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2024– | Finland U18 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024 | |||
David Tomasz Weiss (born 29 May 2007) is a Finnish football player who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Sassuolo U18 academy team. Born and raised in Finland, Weiss is of Polish descent.
Early years
[edit]Weiss was born in Finland to Polish parents from Gdansk, who had moved to Finland to work in the early 2000s.[1][2]
Weiss started to play football in youth teams of TuPS and PK Keski-Uusimaa in Tuusula.[3]
Career
[edit]On 23 July 2022, Weiss made his senior debut with the PK Keski-Uusimaa first team, in the third-tier Kakkonen at the age of 15, playing the second half in a 4–4 home draw against Reipas Lahti.[4] In the first half of the 2023 Kakkonen season, he made five more appearances for his team.
On 2 September 2023, it was announced that Weiss was loaned out to Italian club Sassuolo on a one-year loan deal. He was registered to the club's U17 academy squad.[5][6] After the season, his transfer was made permanent and he was promoted to the U18 team.
International career
[edit]Weiss is a regular Finnish youth international, having represented the country at under-15, under-16 and under-17 youth national team levels.[7][8][9]
Weiss was part of the Finland U16 squad that won the friendly tournament Baltic Cup in July 2023.[10]
On 4 October 2023, he was named in the Finland U17 squad in the 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification tournament. In the tournament Finland drew with Ukraine and Germany, 2–2 and 1–1 respectively, before winning Liechtenstein 3–0, placing 2nd in the group and advancing to the Elite round.[11][12]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 18 August 2024.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| PK Keski-Uusimaa | 2022 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | Kakkonen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ David Weiss wychował się w Finlandii, ale może grać dla Polski. "To byłby zaszczyt" WYWIAD, sport.tvp.pl
- ^ David Weiss: "Sassuolo, mi chiamano carro armato e mi ispiro a Kanté", sassuolonews.net
- ^ Tulospalvelu Palloliitto, D.Weiss, Football Association of Finland/Palloliitto
- ^ PKKU VS. REIPAS 4 - 4, int.soccerway.com
- ^ DAVID WEISS SIIRTYY ITALIAAN!, pkku.fi, 2 September 2023
- ^ Italia kutsuu! David Weiss, 16 ottaa askeleet kohti Serie A:ssa pelaavaan organisaatioon Archived 2023-09-23 at the Wayback Machine, keski-uusimaa.fi, 2 September 2023
- ^ U17-pojat selvitti tiensä EM-jatkokarsintoihin, Football Association of Finland/Palloliitto, 21 October 2023
- ^ U16-poikien avaus Walesia vastaan nimetty, Football Association of Finland/Palloliitto, 6 May 2023
- ^ Finlandia Under 17: convocati i neroverdi Sonosi Daldum e David Weiss Archived 2023-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, canalesassuolo.it, 4 October 2023
- ^ U16-pojat marssi Baltic Cupin mestaruuteen, Football Association of Finland/ Palloliitto, 2 July 2023
- ^ U17-pojat nimetty lokakuun EM-karsintaturnaukseen, Football Association of Finland/ Palloliitto, 4 October 2023
- ^ U17-pojat selvitti tiensä EM-jatkokarsintoihin, Football Association of Finland/ Palloliitto, 21 October 2023
External links
[edit]- David Weiss at Soccerway
- David Weiss at WorldFootball.net
- Living people
- 2007 births
- Finnish men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Kakkonen players
- US Sassuolo Calcio players
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Finnish people of Polish descent
- Pallokerho Keski-Uusimaa players
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Tuusulan Palloseura players