Niklas Vesterlund
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Niklas Brøndsted Vesterlund Nielsen | ||
| Date of birth | 6 June 1999 | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | 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 | 21 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Denmark U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Denmark U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Denmark U20 | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals 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 | edit source]Tromsø
[edit | edit source]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 | edit source]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 | edit source]- As of 7 December 2025[4]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Trelleborg | 2019 | Superettan | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | Superettan | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 31 | 3 | ||
| 2021 | Superettan | 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 | Eliteserien | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | |||
| 2023 | Eliteserien | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 5 | |||
| Total | 78 | 9 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 83 | 9 | ||||
| Utrecht | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[c] | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 147 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 167 | 12 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Superettan Playoffs
- ^ Appearance in Eredivisie European playoffs
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
References
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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
- 21st-century Danish sportsmen
- Vanløse IF players
- F.C. Copenhagen players
- Danish football defender stubs