Paul Arne Niclas Nylén (; born 21 March 1966) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He won eight caps for the Sweden national team and was a squad member at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
Club career After some early experiences at local BK Olympic and Yugoslav team 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.
In 1990, he changed his name to Nylén, before that he was known as Niclas Larsson.
International career Nylén played for the Sweden national team between 1989 and 1990, and played a total of eight matches and scored once. He was member of the Swedish team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
Career statistics
International +Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsSweden198951199030Total81
Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nyhlén goal.
+List of international goals scored by Niclas NyhlénNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition17 May 1989Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden2–12–11990 FIFA World Cup qualifier
Honours Malmö FF Allsvenskan: 1987, 1988, 1989 Svenska Cupen: 1988–89
Dalian Wanda FC Jia A: 1997 Chinese Super Cup: 1997
References
External links Profile and stats at KickersArchiv.de