Tobias Salquist (born 18 May 1995) is a Danish footballer who plays as a centre-back for FC Nordsjælland.
Salquist joined Silkeborg IF from FC Midtjylland at the age of 16 as an U17-player.
Salquist had his Superliga debut on 25 April 2015, in a 0–1 defeat against FC Nordsjælland, where he replaced an injured Thorbjørn Holst Rasmussen in the 25th minute.[2]
On 19 May 2015, Salquist signed a new three-year contract with Silkeborg.[3]
On 30 May 2018, Silkeborg confirmed, that Salquist would leave the club in the summer, where his contract expired.[4] At this time, there were rumors linking him together with a transfer to the Belgian club Waasland-Beveren. One day later, Salquist confirmed, that he was joining a Belgian club, without revealing which club.[5]
On 2 March 2016, Salquist was loaned out to Icelandic club Fjölnir.[6]
On 11 June 2018, Waasland-Beveren confirmed that they had signed Salquist on a three-year contract.[7]
On 7 January 2019, Lillestrøm SK confirmed that they had signed Salquist on a three-year contract.[8] His former Silkeborg teammate Daniel A. Pedersen accidentally confirmed the transfer a few hours before the club itself released the news.[9] On 7 September 2020 the club confirmed, that Salquist had agreed to terminate his contract so he could return to Denmark and be closer to his girlfriend, who was pregnant.[10]
After returning to Denmark, Salquist went on a trial at Esbjerg fB, but ended up joining Hobro IK on 9 September 2020, signing a deal for the rest of the year.[11]
On 13 January 2021 Silkeborg IF confirmed, that Salquist had returned to the club on a three-year deal.[12]
In January 2024, after three years at Silkeborg, Salquist moved to American club Chicago Fire FC on a deal until the end of 2025 with an option for one year further.[13]
On 2 January 2025, Salquist returned to Denmark, signing with Nordsjælland on a deal until June 2028.[14][15] Although all indications were that he would be loaned out to Chicago Fire for the rest of the season after his move to Nordsjælland, the club confirmed on January 21, 2025 that Salquist would stay in Nordsjælland after the sale of Lucas Hey.[16]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Silkebog | 2014–15 | Danish Superliga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | Danish 1st Division | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | Danish Superliga | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | Danish Superliga | 22 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 30 | 3 | |||
| Total | 38 | 2 | 9 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 49 | 3 | ||||
| Fjölnir (loan) | 2016 | Besta deild karla | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 24 | 3 | ||
| Beveren | 2018–19 | Belgian First Division A | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Lillestrøm | 2019 | Eliteserien | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2[b] | 0 | 29 | 3 | ||
| 2020 | Eliteserien | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 39 | 3 | ||||
| Hobro | 2020–21 | Danish 1st Division | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 3 | |||
| Silkeborg | 2020–21 | Danish 1st Division | 14 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Danish Superliga | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 34 | 3 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Danish Superliga | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 8[c] | 0 | — | 42 | 2 | |||
| 2023–24 | Danish Superliga | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 92 | 6 | 9 | 1 | — | 8 | 0 | — | 109 | 7 | ||||
| Chicago Fire | 2024 | MLS | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2[d] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Nordsjælland | 2024–25 | Danish Superliga | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| 2025–26 | Danish Superliga | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||||
| Career total | 237 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 288 | 20 | ||
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