Niklas Vesterlund
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Niklas Brøndsted Vesterlund Nielsen | ||
Date of birth | 6 June 1999 | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Utrecht | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
Vanløse[1] | |||
Copenhagen | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2021 | Trelleborg | 49 | (2) |
2021–2024 | Tromsø | 78 | (9) |
2024– | Utrecht | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2016 | Denmark U17 | 6 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Denmark U19 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2021 |
Niklas Vesterlund (born 6 June 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a right back for Dutch Eredivisie club Utrecht.[2]
Career
[edit]Tromsø
[edit]In May 2021, Vesterlund signed for Norwegian team Tromsø. Originally he signed a contract lasting until the end of the 2023 season, but in late 2022 he extended his contract with an additional two years, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2025 season.[3]
Utrecht
[edit]At the start of 2024, Vesterlund signed for Eredivisie club Utrecht. He signed a contract until mid-2027 with an option to extend the contract one additional year.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 5 February 2024[4]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Trelleborgs | 2019 | Superettan | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |
2020 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2[a] | 0 | 31 | 3 | ||
2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
Total | 49 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 3 | ||
Tromsø | 2021 | Eliteserien | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 25 | 2 | |
2022 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 26 | 2 | |||
2023 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 32 | 5 | |||
Total | 78 | 9 | 5 | 0 | — | 83 | 9 | |||
Utrecht | 2023/2024 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Career total | 128 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 140 | 12 |
- ^ Appearances in Superettan Playoffs
References
[edit]- ^ Fotbolltransfers
- ^ a b "Rechtsback vastgelegd: Niklas Vesterlund naar FC Utrecht" (in Dutch). FC Utrecht. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "Den perfekte historien" (in Norwegian). Tromsø IL. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ Niklas Vesterlund at Soccerway
Categories:
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Danish men's footballers
- Denmark men's youth international footballers
- Trelleborgs FF players
- Tromsø IL players
- FC Utrecht players
- Danish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Superettan players
- Eliteserien players
- Eredivisie players
- Men's association football defenders
- Danish football defender stubs