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Benjamin Nygren

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Benjamin Nygren
Nygren playing for Nordsjælland in 2023
Personal information
Full name Erik Benjamin Nygren
Date of birth (2001-07-08) 8 July 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right winger[1]
Team information
Current team
 Nordsjælland
Number 10
Youth career
2007–2012 Utbynäs SK
2013–2018 IFK Göteborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 IFK Göteborg 15 (6)
2019–2022 Genk 5 (1)
2020–2022 → Heerenveen (loan) 45 (4)
2022– Nordsjælland 69 (15)
International career‡
2016–2018 Sweden U17 24 (10)
2018–2019 Sweden U19 8 (6)
2020–2022 Sweden U21 13 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:57, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

Erik Benjamin Nygren (born 8 July 2001) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Danish Superliga club FC Nordsjælland.[2]

Club career

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IFK Göteborg

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Nygren began playing football at Utbynäs SK when he was 5–6 years old. In 2013, at the age of 12, he joined IFK Göteborg. After impressing in the youth teams, Nygren made his first-team debut for IFK Göteborg in a friendly game against Örgryte IS on 24 March 2018.[3] Two months after his debut, in May 2018, Nygren signed his first professional contract with Göteborg, a deal running until the end of 2020, despite interest from foreign clubs such as Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Inter.[4] The new contract also saw the 16-year old Nygren promoted to the first team squad.[5]

Nygren's official debut for Göteborg came against Torns IF in the Swedish Cup on 23 August 2018, where he made a brief appearance in the 4–0 win.[6] Before the season ended, Nygren also made his Allsvenskan debut in a game against Djurgårdens IF on 31 October 2018, and he played in the last three games of the season. In the following match against Malmö FF, Nygren started the game[7] and was in the starting line-up in the final game of the season against Örebro SK, scoring twice in Göteborg's 3–1 victory.[8]

Genk

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On 20 June 2019, 17-year old Nygren joined Belgian club Genk in a record deal for a fee around five million euros.[9][10] He signed a deal until June 2024.[11] Nygren made his debut for Genk in a Belgian Super Cup win against K.V. Mechelen on 20 July 2019.[12] Nygren also scored Genk's first goal in his home debut on 27 July in a 2–1 win over K.V. Kortrijk.[13]

To get some more playing time and experience, Nygren was loaned out to Dutch side SC Heerenveen on 6 October 2020 for two seasons.[14] In his first season, Nygren scored seven goals in 32 games (16 from start and 16 from the bench). Already after the first season, there was talk that he was on his way out of the club because he wasn't getting enough playing time, but he ended up staying and started the 2021–22 season out at the Dutch club.[15]

Nordsjælland

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On 30 January 2022, Nygren got his loan-spell at SC Heerenveen terminated and joined Danish Superliga club FC Nordsjælland on a deal until the end of 2025.[16]

Career statistics

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As of match played 3 November 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Göteborg 2018 Allsvenskan 3 2 0 0 — — 3 2
2019 Allsvenskan 12 4 0 0 — — 12 4
Total 15 6 0 0 — — 15 6
Genk 2019–20 Belgian Pro League 2 1 1 0 0 0 1[b] 0 4 0
2020–21 Belgian Pro League 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Total 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
Heerenveen (loan) 2020–21 Eredivisie 28 4 4 3 — — 32 7
2021–22 Eredivisie 17 0 2 0 — — 19 0
Total 45 4 6 3 0 0 0 0 51 7
Nordsjælland 2021–22 Danish Superliga 12 1 — — — 12 1
2022–23 Danish Superliga 25 3 6 3 0 0 — 31 6
2023–24 Danish Superliga 20 6 2 1 9[c] 5 — 31 12
2024–25 Danish Superliga 12 5 2 1 — — 14 6
Total 69 15 9 4 9 5 0 0 88 25
Career total 134 26 17 8 9 5 1 0 161 38
  1. ^ Includes Svenska Cupen, KNVB Cup, Danish Cup
  2. ^ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

References

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  1. ^ Benjamin Nygren at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Benjamin Nygren at Soccerway
  3. ^ 16-åring frälste Blåvitt, aftonbladet.se, 24 March 2018
  4. ^ ”Jag tackade nej till Manchester City”, expressen.se, 23 May 2018
  5. ^ A-lagskontrakt för Benjamin, ifkgoteborg.se, 23 May 2018
  6. ^ Nu väntar gruppspel i cupen, ifkgoteborg.se, 23 August 2018
  7. ^ 17-åringen Nygren gjorde sin första allsvenska start i Blåvitt: ”Betyder väldigt mycket”, fotbollskanalen.se, 5 November 2011
  8. ^ 17-åringen matchvinnare – blev tvåmålsskytt, aftonbladet.se, 11 November 2018
  9. ^ Klart med Genk för Benjamin, ifkgoteborg.se, 20 June 2019
  10. ^ Rekordaffären: Lämnar Sverige för 50 miljoner, expressen.se, 20 June 2020
  11. ^ BENJAMIN NYGREN CHOOSES GENK!, krcgenk.be, 20 June 2019
  12. ^ GENK VS. MECHELEN 3 - 0, Soccerway, 20 July 2019
  13. ^ Nygrens drömdebut: ”En jävligt go start”, expressen.se, 26 July 2019
  14. ^ Svenske U21-stjärnan byter klubb: ”Kvalitet”, expressen.se, 6 October 2020
  15. ^ Benjamin Nygren öppnar för att lämna Heerenveen, fotbolltransfers.com, 1 June 2021
  16. ^ FC NORDSJÆLLAND KØBER SVENSK ANGRIBER I BELGIEN Archived 2022-01-31 at the Wayback Machine, fcn.dk, 30 January 2022
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