| Khaly Thiam | |
| Fullname: | Khaly Iyane Thiam |
| Birth Date: | 1994 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Dakar, Senegal |
| Currentclub: | MTK Budapest |
| Clubnumber: | 23 |
| Position: | Defensive midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | Racing Club Dakar |
| Years1: | 2012–2014 |
| Caps1: | 25 |
| Goals1: | 4 |
| Years2: | 2012–2014 |
| Caps2: | 13 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 2014–2018 |
| Clubs3: | MTK Budapest |
| Caps3: | 47 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Years4: | 2016 |
| Clubs4: | → Chicago Fire (loan) |
| Caps4: | 20 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 2017 |
| Clubs5: | → Gaziantepspor (loan) |
| Caps5: | 11 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2017 |
| Clubs6: | → Dynamo Moscow (loan) |
| Caps6: | 6 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2018 |
| Clubs7: | → Levski Sofia (loan) |
| Caps7: | 10 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2018–2020 |
| Clubs8: | Levski Sofia |
| Caps8: | 51 |
| Goals8: | 4 |
| Years9: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs9: | Altay |
| Caps9: | 54 |
| Goals9: | 3 |
| Years10: | 2022 |
| Clubs10: | Pendikspor |
| Caps10: | 12 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Years11: | 2023– |
| Clubs11: | MTK Budapest |
| Caps11: | 23 |
| Goals11: | 2 |
| Pcupdate: | 12 June 2024 |
Khaly Thiam (born 7 January 1994) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Hungarian club MTK Budapest.
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. In 2014, Thiam joined fellow Hungarian top-flight club MTK Budapest and subsequently made his debut on 26 July in a league match against Pécsi MFC. 47 appearances and 3 goals in his first two seasons came prior to him leaving MTK to complete a loan move to Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire on 4 May 2016.[1] He scored one goal, vs. Philadelphia Union, in twenty games in the United States before returning to Hungary.On 25 January 2017, Thiam joined Süper Lig side Gaziantepspor on a three-and-a-half-year contract.[2]
On 21 August 2017, Russian club FC 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.[3] The loan was terminated on 12 February 2018 by mutual consent after Thiam failed to establish his position in the Dynamo squad.[4]
On 14 February 2018, he was loaned to the Bulgarian club Levski Sofia until the end of the season.[5] 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 the 2:1 away win over Beroe in a First League game, which had been announced beforehand to be his last match for the "bluemen".[6]
In August 2020 Thiam joined Turkish club Altay.[7] In July 2022, Thiam joined Pendikspor[8] where he remained until December 2022.[9]
On 31 January 2023, Thiam returned to MTK Budapest, now in the second-tier NB II. He signed a two-and-a-half-year contract.[10]
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| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| - | - | - | - | Kaposvári Rákóczi | ||||||||
| 2012–13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| 2013–14 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 25 | 4 | |||
| Total | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | 36 | 5 | |||
| Kaposvári Rákóczi II | ||||||||||||
| 2012–13 | 13 | 3 | — | — | — | 13 | 3 | |||||
| 2013–14 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 13 | 3 | — | — | — | 13 | 3 | |||||
| MTK Budapest | ||||||||||||
| 2014–15 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | — | 27 | 2 | |||
| 2015–16 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 35 | 2 | |||
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 47 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 4 | ||
| Chicago Fire (loan) | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 2 | ||||
| Gaziantepspor (loan) | ||||||||||||
| 2016–17 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||||
| FC Dynamo Moscow (loan) | ||||||||||||
| 2017–18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Career Total | 122 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 151 | 15 | ||
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.[11]