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Niklas Backman
Personal information
Full name Niklas Alexander Backman
Date of birth (1988-11-13) 13 November 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Västerås, Sweden
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
AGF
Number 3
Youth career
Skiljebo SK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Skiljebo SK
2008–2009 Väsby United 56 (0)
2010–2013 AIK 92 (2)
2014–2015 Dalian Aerbin 59 (5)
2016– AGF 97 (3)
International career
2009–2010 Sweden U21 5 (0)
2011–2014 Sweden 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 April 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 January 2014

Niklas Backman (born 13 November 1988 in Västerås) is a Swedish footballer who plays for the Danish Superliga side AGF.[1]

Career

Backman started playing football for local Västerås team Skiljebo SK as a youth. He played with Skiljebo SK until 2008 when he was transferred to Väsby United in the Swedish second division Superettan. He played 56 games for the club and completed the 2009 season in style at Väsby keeping them in the Superettan. During the summer of 2009, his playing rights were transferred to AIK, but he continued playing matches for Väsby. He made no appearances for AIK during their championship-winning campaign. In 2010, he played his first match for AIK.

On 19 January 2011, he made his debut for Sweden in a 2-1 away win over Botswana.[2]

Career statistics

Season Club Division League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2008 Väsby United Superettan 30 0 30 0
2009 26 0 26 0
2010 AIK Allsvenskan 24 0 3 0 4 0 31 0
2011 30 1 1 0 31 1
2012 28 1 2 0 8 0 38 1
2013 10 0 1 0 11 0
2014 Dalian Aerbin Chinese Super League 29 2 0 0 - 29 2
2015 China League One 30 3 1 0 - 31 3
2016 AGF Danish Superliga 14 1 4 0 - 18 1
2016-17 AGF Danish Superliga 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
Career Total 207 7 8 0 12 0 227 7

Honours

AIK

References