Malick Thiaw

What draws me to Malick Thiaw is the quiet versatility. A Düsseldorf-born defender holding down center-back for Newcastle and Germany, yet equally comfortable at right-back or in defensive midfield, is the kind of profile coaches quietly treasure. Defenders rarely get the headlines forwards do, but the ones who can read three positions at once tend to define a team's spine for a decade. Still in his mid-twenties, Thiaw feels like a player on the upward slope of a long Premier League and international arc. I find myself rooting for understated builders like him, and I'll be watching closely.

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Name (English)

Malick Thiaw

Name (Japanese)

マリック・チャウ

Reading

まりっく・ちゃう

Born

August 8, 2001 (age 25)

Origin

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Height

194 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Snake

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/malick.laye/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malick%20Thiaw
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%82%A6
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87268125

Tags

• North Rhine-Westphalia
• association football player

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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