Early career Tibbling started out playing football at age six when his mother brought him to play with the local lower league club Grödinge SK. At age nine Tibbling was invited by
Stockholm based club
IF Brommapojkarna, known for its youth academy to come train with them and six months later he joined them permanently. During his years there Tibbling drew a lot of attention from some of the biggest clubs in the world. He went on trials with
Manchester United,
Bayern Munich and
Ajax. In the summer of 2010 Ajax met and negotiated with Brommapojkarna, but Tibbling wanted to stay in Sweden. Before the 2011 season Tibbling instead chose to move to the bigger Stockholm club
Djurgårdens IF.
Djurgården . Simon Tibbling made his senior debut in
Djurgårdens IF coming on as a sub in the top Swedish division
Allsvenskan against
Kalmar FF in the 91st minute. He then made his starting debut in the league against
IFK Göteborg on 3 July 2012. Four days after his 18th birthday Tibbling signed a first team contract, extending his deal with Djurgården by another 4.5 years.
Groningen On 28 November 2014, Tibbling was presented as a new
FC Groningen player on 1 January 2015 before helping the Green-White Army win the
KNVB Cup in the 2014–15 season against defending champions
PEC Zwolle. It was their first major trophy and they qualified for the
UEFA Europa League. Tibbling was voted "Player of the Season" of the 2015–16 season by the fans of the club.
Brøndby On 21 July 2017, Tibbling signed a five-year deal with
Danish top tier side
Brøndby. He scored his first goal for the club in his Superliga debut, a 1–0 victory against rivals
FC Copenhagen, after having come on as a substitute for
Besar Halimi in the 88th minute. Tibbling quickly established himself in head coach
Alexander Zorniger's side, and was nominated for a goal he scored against
Silkeborg IF in October 2017, which ended up being awarded ‘Goal of the Season’ by the
Danish Football Union, beating out fellow nominees including
Christian Eriksen and
Peter Ankersen. His first season in Brøndby was highly successful, making 35 appearances across all competitions and scoring three goals, However, Tibbling appeared as a starter as Brøndby beat
Silkeborg IF 3–1 in the
2017–18 Danish Cup final. In his second season at Brøndby, controversy arose in September 2018, as tabloid
B.T. revealed a confrontation between Tibbling and head coach Zorniger after a match in October the previous year. This had led to Tibbling contacting
director of football,
Troels Bech the following day. The case came a month after league rivals Midtjylland had offered
DKK 7.5 million (€1 million) in an effort to sign him, efforts which were not immediately dismissed by Tibbling and his agent, fuelling doubts about his commitment to his club. Tibbling would personally experience a strong
2018–19 season, making 43 appearances in which he scored five goals, In the
following season, Tibbling slowly saw his playing time diminished under new head coach
Niels Frederiksen, as a foot injury suffered in August 2019 kept him out for three months.
Emmen On 27 July 2020, Tibbling agreed to sign for Dutch
Eredivisie club
FC Emmen, joining the club on a two-year contract with an option of another year.
Randers In May 2021, Tibbling returned to the Danish Superliga, signing a four-year contract with
Randers FC.
Sarpsborg 08 On 29 July 2022, Randers announced that Tibbling had been sold to the Norwegian
Eliteserien club
Sarpsborg 08. He signed a two-year contract with the club. He made his debut for
08 on 7 August, starting in a 3–1 away loss to
Strømsgodset. On 11 September, he scored his first goal for the club, helping his side to a 3–1 away victory against
Aalesund.
Fram On 20 March 2025, Icelandic club Fram announced the signing of Tibbling. ==International career==