Niklas Backman
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Niklas Alexander Backman | ||
| Date of birth | 13 November 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Västerås, Sweden | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| 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) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009–2010 | Sweden U21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2011– | Sweden | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 January 2014 |
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Niklas Backman (born 13 November 1988 in Västerås) is a Swedish footballer who currently plays for Dalian Aerbin in the Chinese Super League.[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 camapign. 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 | ||
| Career Total | 207 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 227 | 7 | ||
Honours
AIK
References
External links
- Niklas Backman at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Swedish FA's profile
- Pages with broken file links
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Swedish footballers
- Association football defenders
- Sportspeople from Västerås
- AIK Fotboll players
- AFC United players
- Dalian Aerbin F.C. players
- Allsvenskan players
- Superettan players
- Sweden international footballers
- Sweden under-21 international footballers
- Expatriate footballers in China
- Chinese Super League players
- China League One players
