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Mikael Ishak

Mikael Ishak, Swedish footballer

Born
March 31, 1993
Age in 2026
33
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1993

About Mikael Ishak

Mikael Ishak (Arabic: ميكائيل إسحاق; born 31 March 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań. Beginning his career with Assyriska FF in 2010, he has gone on to play professionally in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, and Poland. In 2020, he signed for Lech Poznań and has since won three league titles and reached the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League quarter-finals as club captain. He is the third-best foreign goalscorer in Ekstraklasa history (with 90 goals), all-time best foreign scorer for Lech (124) and all-time best scorer for any Polish club in European competitions (32). A full international since 2015, he has won seven caps and scored one goal for the Sweden national team. He represented the Sweden Olympic team at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2020, he signed for Lech Poznań and has since won two league titles and reached the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League quarter-finals as club captain. After being used mostly as a substitute during his first month in Köln, Ishak made his first start for the club on 18 March following a suspension for regular striker Lukas Podolski, playing the entire match in a 4–1 away loss at Hannover 96.

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Mikael Ishak timeline

  1. A full international since 2015, he has won seven caps and scored one goal for the Sweden national team.
  2. In 2020, he signed for Lech Poznań and has since won two league titles and reached the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League quarter-finals as club captain.

The world when Mikael Ishak was born

Mikael Ishak was born in 1993. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1993

  • #1 song"I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston
  • Top movieSchindler's List
  • Top TV show60 Minutes
  • Best-selling bookThe Client – John Grisham

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentMichael Jordan retires (first time) to play baseball
  • Top headlineWorld Trade Center bombing
  • Technology milestoneMosaic browser makes the web accessible to everyone
  • Defining fadBeanie Babies (early)
  • Notable inventionMosaic web browser
  • World population5.53 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderBill Clinton
  • Sports championToronto Blue Jays (World Series)
  • Also wonChicago Bulls (NBA)
  • U.S. population257.8M

1993 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Mikael Ishak's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19932026
Gas$1.11$3.45/gal
Average home$104,000$435,000
Average income$38,651$67,500
Minimum wage$4.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$4.14$11.95
Postage stamp$0.29$0.73
Population257.8M341 million

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