Niklas Castro

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Niklas Castro
File:Niklas Castro Brann-AZ 2023.png
Niklas Castro with Brann in 2023
Personal information
Full name Niklas Fernando Nygård Castro[1]
Date of birth (1996-01-08) 8 January 1996 (age 30)
Place of birth Oslo, Norway[2]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Position Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Brann
Number 9
Youth career
Manglerud Star
Vålerenga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Vålerenga 9 (0)
2017–2018 Kongsvinger 53 (22)
2019–2022 Aalesund 73 (28)
2022– Brann 95 (31)
International career‡
2020 Chile 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 December 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 November 2020

Niklas Fernando Nygård Castro (born 8 January 1996) is a professional footballer who currently plays for Brann. Born in Norway, he has represented the Chile national team.

Club career

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He played youth football for Manglerud Star.[4] Ahead of the 2016 he was drafted into the senior team of first-tier club Vålerenga. He made his Norwegian top division debut in April 2016 against Stabæk.

Already on 15 June 2018, Castro signed with Aalesund for the 2019 season. The contract was until 2021.[5]

International career

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Due to his Chilean heritage, on 3 October 2019, Castro was officially called up to the Chile national team for the friendly matches against Colombia and Guinea.[6] Since he did not have Chilean nationality at the time, he was included in the squad as a "special guest" according to manager Reinaldo Rueda.[7]

On 27 February 2020, it was confirmed Castro officially acquired the Chilean nationality and may be called up to the national team according to Ambassador of Chile to Norway, Waldemar Coutts.[8][9] So, in November 2020, he received his first official call up to the Chile senior team for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Venezuela,[10] making his international debut in the first match at the minute 83 by replacing Mauricio Isla.[11]

Personal life

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His father, Miguel, is a Chilean who came to Norway in 1994 and his mother, Anne, is Norwegian. He has a sister, Lene, and a brother, Fabian.[12] His paternal grandfather, Óscar Castro, was a football referee who first involved Niklas' uncles, and later Niklas himself, in football.[13]

Career statistics

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As of match played 11 December 2025[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Norwegian Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vålerenga 2016 Tippeligaen 9 0 4 1 – 13 1
Kongsvinger 2017 Norwegian First Division 25 12 3 3 – 28 15
2018 28 10 2 2 – 30 12
Total 53 22 5 5 – 58 27
Aalesund 2019 Norwegian First Division 24 17 3 3 – 27 20
2020 Eliteserien 24 4 0 0 – 24 4
2021 Norwegian First Division 25 7 2 0 – 27 7
Total 73 28 5 3 – 78 31
Brann 2022 Norwegian First Division 29 11 2 2 – 31 13
2023 Eliteserien 20 7 4 1 4[a] 1 28 9
2024 29 9 3 2 6[a] 0 38 11
2025 17 4 1 0 9[b] 1 27 5
Total 95 31 10 5 19 2 124 38
Career total 230 81 24 14 19 1 273 97
  1. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

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Individual

References

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  1. ^ Niklas Fernando Nygård Castro - Player Profile - Football - Eurosport, eurosport.com
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  5. ^ Castro klar for AaFK, 15 June 2018
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  11. ^ CHILE 2-0 PERU
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  • Niklas Castro at WorldFootball.netLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Aalesunds FK profile
  • Niklas Castro at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).


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