Benjamin Nygren
Nygren playing for Nordsjælland in 2023
Personal information
Full name Erik Benjamin Nygren
Date of birth (2001-07-08) 8 July 2001
Place of birth Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right winger[1]
Team information
Current team
Nordsjælland
Number 9
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)
2020–2022Heerenveen (loan) 45 (4)
2022– Nordsjælland 52 (7)
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 13 December 2023
‡ 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

IFK Göteborg

Nygren started playing football in Utbynäs SK when he was 5–6 years old. At the age of 12 in 2013, he joined IFK Göteborg. After impressing on 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 until the end of 2020 - turning down foreign clubs such as Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Inter.[4] The new contract also meant that 16-year old Nygren was 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, when Benjamin Nygren 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 ended up getting playing time in the last three games of the season. In the following match against Malmö FF, Nygren was given a chance from the start[7] and he was also 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

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

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

As of match played 14 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Göteborg 2018 Allsvenskan 320032
2019 Allsvenskan 12400124
Total 15600156
Genk 2019–20 Belgian Pro League 2110001[lower-alpha 2]040
2020–21 Belgian Pro League 3000000030
Total 5110001070
Heerenveen (loan) 2020–21 Eredivisie 28443327
2021–22 Eredivisie 17020190
Total 454630000517
Nordsjælland 2021–22 Danish Superliga 121121
2022–23 Danish Superliga 2536300316
2023–24 Danish Superliga 153219[lower-alpha 3]5269
Total 5277495006916
Career total 11718157951014229

References

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