Olivier Thill

Olivier Thill
Thill with Ufa in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-12-17) 17 December 1996
Place of birth Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Käerjéng 97
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Progrès Niederkorn 67 (16)
2018–2020 Ufa 50 (1)
2021–2022 Vorskla Poltava 29 (10)
2022 → Eyüpspor (loan) 8 (1)
2022–2024 Eyüpspor 14 (0)
2023–2024 → Şanlıurfaspor (loan) 17 (2)
2024–2025 LNZ Cherkasy 32 (2)
2025 Progrès Niederkorn 4 (2)
2025 IMT 13 (2)
2026– Käerjéng 97 1 (0)
International career‡
2016–2018 Luxembourg U21 7 (0)
2017– Luxembourg 48 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 November 2025

Olivier Thill (born 17 December 1996) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for BGL Ligue club Käerjéng 97.[1]

Club career

As a senior player, Thill started playing club football for FC Progrès Niederkorn from 2015[2][3] to 2018.

On 31 August 2018, he signed a four-year contract with the Russian Premier League club FC Ufa.[4] Three weeks before that, he scored a goal for his previous club Progrès against FC Ufa in the Europa League qualifier.[5] On 17 October 2020, his contract with Ufa was terminated by mutual consent.[6]

On 30 December 2020, Ukrainian Premier League side Vorskla Poltava announced that they had signed a 2-year deal with Thill.[7]

On 7 March 2022, FIFA announced that, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, all the contracts of foreign players in Ukraine are suspended until 30 June 2022 and they are allowed to sign with clubs outside Ukraine until that date.[8] On 30 March 2022, Thill signed with Turkish club Eyüpspor until 30 June 2022 using the new rule.[9]

On 18 February 2024, Thill returned to Ukraine and signed with LNZ Cherkasy.[10]

Thill returned to Progrès Niederkorn in summer of 2025 on a three-year deal.[11]

After a stint in the Serbian SuperLiga with IMT in the latter half of 2025, Thill inked a two-year deal with Käerjéng 97 in Luxembourg for the 2026-2027 campaign.[12]

International career

Thill made his international debut for the Luxembourg national team on 31 August 2017 in a 1–0 win over Belarus.[2]

Personal life

Olivier is the brother of Sébastien Thill and Vincent Thill. Sébastien plays for Differdange, while Vincent is on the books at Waldhof Mannheim. The three are the sons of former international footballer Serge Thill.[13]

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Thill goal.
List of international goals scored by Olivier Thill
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
110 October 2017Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Bulgaria1–01–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
28 September 2018Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Moldova2–04–02018–19 UEFA Nations League D
34 September 2021Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia Serbia1–21–42022 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. ↑ Olivier Thill at Soccerway
  2. 1 2 Olivier Thill at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ↑ Olivier Thill at Soccerway
  4. ↑ "ФК "Уфа" подписал контракт с игроком национальной сборной Люксембурга" (in Russian). FC Ufa. 31 August 2018. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Ufa-Progress game report". UEFA. 9 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Оливье Тилль покидает ФК "Уфа"" (in Russian). FC Ufa. 17 October 2020.
  7. ↑ ""Ворскла" підсилилась гравцем збірної Люксембургу" (in Ukrainian). Vorskla Poltava. 30 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "FIFA adopts temporary employment and registration rules to address several issues in relation to war in Ukraine". FIFA. 7 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Eyüpspor'umuza Hoş Geldiniz Gerson Rodrigues ve Olivier Thill!" (in Turkish). Eyüpspor. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "ОЛІВʼЄ ТІЛЛЬ – НОВАЧОК ЛНЗ" [Olivier Thill is a newcomer to LNZ] (in Ukrainian). FC LNZ Cherkasy. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  11. ↑ "Annonce officielle retour de Olivier THILL au FC Progrès Niederkorn. Durée du contrat 3 saisons" [Official announcement of the return of Olivier Thill to FC Progrès Niederkorn on a three-year contract] (in French). FC Progrès Niederkorn YouTube channel. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  12. ↑ "Königstransfer: Olivier Thill wechselt zur UN Käerjeng 97" [Marquee signing: Olivier Thill joins UN Käerjeng 97] (in German). Lëtzebuerg Tageblatt. 7 April 2026. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "Vincent Thill, l'avenir lui appartient" (in French). Le Quotidien. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2018.


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