Nicklas Carlsson
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Nicklas Carlsson | ||
Personal information | ||
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 | |