Niklas Larsson-Nyhlén , better known simply as Niclas Nyhlén or Nylen, (born March 23, 1966 in Malmö

Malmö

Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...

) is a retired Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 international football player.

Career

After some early experiences at local BK Olimpik and Yugoslav FK Vojvodina

FK Vojvodina

FK Vojvodina is a football club from Novi Sad, Serbia. The club currently competes in the Serbian SuperLiga. FK Vojvodina is the third oldest football club in Serbia's SuperLiga, after OFK Beograd which was founded in 1911 and FK Javor which was founded in 1912.-History:FK Vojvodina was founded...

 he signed in 1987 with Malmö FF

Malmö FF

Malmö Fotbollförening, also known simply as Malmö FF, are a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö. The club is affiliated with Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Swedbank Stadion. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are sky blue and white...

, a stronghold of Swedish football. He will play almost a decade with Malmö winning 3 Swedish championships

Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...

 one one cup. In 1994 he had a one season spell with Scottish second league Ayr United F.C.

Ayr United F.C.

Ayr United Football Club are a Scottish association football team based in Ayr, South Ayrshire, that plays in the First Division of the Scottish Football League. Formed in 1910 after the merger of former clubs Ayr Parkhouse F.C. and Ayr 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

2. Fußball-Bundesliga

- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...

 club Stuttgarter Kickers

Stuttgarter Kickers

Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers...

 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

Jens Fjellström

Jens Fjellström is a Swedish former footballer and current football commentator.-Career:Fjellström started his career at local Umeå club Gimonäs CK. After the bigger clubs noticed his skills he moved to Stockholm and Djurgårdens IF. He remained at Djurgården for five seasons before moving to...

 to sign with Dalian Shide F.C.

Dalian Shide F.C.

Dalian Shide , also known as Dalian Haichang International Football Team Shide FC or previously as Dalian Wanda , is a Chinese Super League football club owned by Shide Group...

, named Dalian Wanda back then. After this one year Chinese adventure, he still played one season back in Sweden with Halmstads BK

Halmstads BK

Halmstads Bollklubb, also called HBK or just Halmstad, is a Swedish football club located in Halmstad in the southwest of Sweden. The club, formed 6 March 1914, competes in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, and has won 4 national championship titles and 1 national cup title...

 before retireing in 1999 playing with German lower league VfB Leipzig.

National team

Niclas Nyhlén played for the Swedish national team

Sweden national football team

The Swedish national football team represents Sweden in association football and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body for Football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is Råsunda Stadium in Stockholms län and their head coach is Erik Hamrén. Sweden made their first...

 between 1989 and 1990, having played a total of 8 matches having scored once. He was member of the Swedish team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup

1990 FIFA World Cup

The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...

.

Honours

• Malmö FF
  • Allsvenskan
    Allsvenskan
    Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...
    
    : 1987, 1988 and 1989
  • Swedish Cup
    Svenska Cupen
    Svenska Cupen , is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. Svenska Cupen usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also held. Each year 98 teams compete, comprising the 16 teams from Allsvenskan and the 16 teams of Superettan...
    
    : 1988-89
• Dalian Shide
  • Chinese Super League: 1997
  • Chinese Super Cup: 1997

External sources

• Profile and stats at KickersArchiv.