Khaly Thiam

Khaly Thiam (born 7 January 1994) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.

Career Thiam started his senior footballing career in 2012 in Hungary with Kaposvári Rákóczi, making 25 appearances and scoring 4 goals in two years with the Nemzeti Bajnokság I team; he also played 13 times for the team's reserves in the second tier Nemzeti Bajnokság II. He scored one goal, vs. Philadelphia Union, in twenty games in the United States before returning to Hungary.

On 21 August 2017, Russian club Dynamo Moscow announced the signing of Thiam on a one-year loan deal from MTK Budapest (as Gaziantepspor did not activate a buyout option). The Dynamo contract included a buyout option. The loan was terminated on 12 February 2018 by mutual consent after Thiam failed to establish his position in the Dynamo squad.

On 14 February 2018, he was loaned to the Bulgarian club Levski Sofia until the end of the season. On 2 June 2018, Thiam was permanently transferred to Levski, where he established himself as a regular starter. On 28 June 2020, he captained the team in a 2–1 away win over Beroe in a First League game, which had been announced beforehand to be his last match for the "bluemen".

In August 2020 Thiam joined Turkish club Altay. In July 2022, Thiam joined Pendikspor where he remained until December 2022.

On 31 January 2023, Thiam returned to MTK Budapest, now in the second-tier Nemzeti Bajnokság II. He signed a two-and-a-half-year contract.

Personal life In an interview for Hungarian media in July 2019, Thiam announced he had sent his documents for a Hungarian passport since he moved to the country at age 18 and his wife, with whom they have two kids, is also Hungarian, and he also showed a desire to represent Hungary at international level.

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