Nicolai Skoglund
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicolai Alexander Georgsen Skoglund | ||
| Date of birth | 16 May 2003 | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2012 | Nordby | ||
| 2012–2015 | Asia Pacific | ||
| 2015–2018 | British International School | ||
| 2019–2023 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2024 | Doxa Katokopias | 14 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Norway U15 | 5 | (1) |
| 2019 | Norway U16 | 11 | (6) |
| 2020 | Norway U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021 | Norway U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | Norway U19 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 December 2023 | |||
Nicolai Skoglund (born 3 January 2003) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a forward.
Hailing from Vinterbro in Ås, Skoglund started playing football as a child in the local club Nordby. When he was 12 years old, the family moved to Hong Kong where his father had a job offer. Skoglund played for Asia Pacific Soccer Club, until 2015 when he was offered to attend British International School in Phuket, Thailand. Skoglund accepted, leaving the rest of his family behind in Hong Kong. When his school team participated in the 2017 Iber Cup, Skoglund was scouted by several Portuguese elite teams. The Skoglund family moved to Lisbon in 2018.[2] Skoglund praised the football culture abroad.[3]
Skoglund joined the youth section of Sporting CP in 2019. He made it through their youth teams, reaching the U23 team. Following a lengthy hamstring injury, he returned to score several goals in the autumn of 2022. Playing for several youth international teams in Norway, he was especially noted for scoring 6 goals in 11 games for Norway U16 in 2019.[4][5]
In October 2023 Skoglund joined Doxa Katokopias FC in the Cypriot First Division, making his debut against Anorthosis in the same month.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Nicolai Skoglund at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Stenseth, Knut Andreas (17 July 2019). "Nicolai (16) går i Ronaldos fotspor". Østlandets Blad (in Norwegian). pp. 18–19.
- ^ Ould-Saada, Arilas (22 June 2021). "Sporting-spiller Nicolai Skoglund (18): Der det var lov å vinne". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ Lübeck, Even (2 November 2022). "Nicolai Skoglund trener med verdensstjerner i storklubben Sporting: – Tror jeg får debuten snart" (in Norwegian). Eurosport. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ Nicolai Skoglund at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ^ Nicolai Skoglund at Soccerway
- 2003 births
- Living people
- People from Ås, Akershus
- Footballers from Akershus
- Norwegian men's footballers
- Doxa Katokopias FC players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Men's association football forwards
- Norway men's youth international footballers
- Norwegian expatriates in Hong Kong
- Norwegian expatriates in Thailand
- Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus