Niclas Nyhlén

Niclas Nyhlén
Personal information
Full nameNiclas Larsson-Nyhlén
Date of birth21 March 1966
Place of birthMalmö, Sweden
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionDefensive midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1984BK Olympic7(1)
1984–1985FK Vojvodina2(0)
1985–1987BK Olympic42(8)
1987–1994Malmö FF159(15)
1994–1995Ayr United2(0)
1995–1996Malmö FF38(1)
1996Stuttgarter Kickers12(1)
1997Cosenza7(0)
1997Dalian Wanda FC15(2)
1998Halmstads BK9(2)
1998–1999VfB Leipzig32(2)
National team
1989–1990Sweden8(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Niklas Larsson-Nyhlén, better known simply as Niclas Nyhlén or Nylen, (born 23 March 1966 in Malmö) is a retired Swedish international football player.

Career

After some early experiences at local BK Olympic and Yugoslav FK Vojvodina he signed in 1987 with Malmö FF, a stronghold of Swedish football. He played almost a decade with Malmö winning three Swedish championships and one cup. In 1994, he had a one season spell with Scottish second league Ayr United F.C.. In 1996, he left Malmö and decide to play abroad spending first six months of the 1996–97 season playing in German 2. Bundesliga club Stuttgarter Kickers before moving to Italy to play the rest of the season with Cosenza Calcio 1914. In 1997, he accepted the challenge to join his former Malmö and national team colleague Jens Fjellström to sign with Dalian Wanda FC. After this one year Chinese adventure, he still played one season back in Sweden with Halmstads BK before retiring in 1999 playing with German lower league VfB Leipzig.[1]

In 1990 he changed his name to Nylén, before that he was known as Niclas Larsson.[1]

National team

Nyhlén played for the Swedish national team between 1989 and 1990, having played a total of eight matches having scored once.[2] He was member of the Swedish team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Honours

Malmö FF
Dalian Wanda FC

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Niclas Nyhlén". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  2. Niclas Nyhlén at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Torbjörn Persson
Malmö FF
Captain

1996
Succeeded by
Jonnie Fedel