Nicklas Carlsson

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Nicklas Carlsson
Personal information
Full name Nicklas Lars Carlsson
Date of birth November 13, 1979
Place of birth    Stockholm, Sweden
Height 182 cm
Playing position Centre Back
Club information
Current club AIK
Number 24
Youth clubs
1985
1986-1990
1991-1998
Brommapojkarna
Delsbo IF
Brommapojkarna
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999-2003
2003-2004
2005-present
Brommapojkarna
AGF
AIK
Overall
124 (9)
39 (0)
29 (7)
192 (16)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 1 January 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Nicklas Carlsson (born November 13, 1979 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a professional footballer at AIK. He started out his career at local outfit Brommapojkarna before moving to Delsbo with his family at age 5. A few years later he returned to his native club with which he pursued a career taking him from the youth ranks all the way up to the senior team.

In 2003 he left for Danish first division side AGF Århus. He became a regular there until the winter of 2004/2005 when he told his adviser he wanted to leave. His stated desire was to play for his father's old team and in March 2005 he signed a three-year contract.

He quickly became a regular for the relegated 10-times Swedish champions as a central defender. But he also became joint second top scorer in the team for the 2005 season by scoring seven goals. Many came through set-pieces with Carlsson's ability to score with his head proving a deciding factor.

Nicklas Carlsson scored both goals in the 2-1 win against Västerås SK on October 3, 2005, a win which earned AIK an Allsvenskan berth for the 2006 campaign. Carlsson is now a successful part of the 2006 squad which is within reach of claiming a shock 11th championship title.


AIK Fotboll - Current Squad

1 Örlund | 2 Pat. Karlsson | 3 Sandberg | 4 Per Karlsson | 5 Rønning | 6 Östlundh | 7 Haynes | 8 Tjernström | 9 Burgič | 10 Figueiredo | 11 Hulsker | 13 Arnefjord | 14 Pavey | 16 Bengtsson | 17 Tamandi | 18 Jonsson | 19 Åhman-Persson | 21 Gerndt | 22 Stephenson | 23 Rubarth | 24 Carlsson | 25 Nouri | 26 Mendes | 27 Westberg | 29 Özkan | 30 Johnson |
Manager: Norling

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