Niklas Backman

Niklas Backman

Personal information
Full name	Niklas Backman
Date of birth	13 November 1988 (1988-11-13) (age 22)
Place of birth	Västerås, Sweden
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	AIK
Number	2
Youth career
	Skiljebo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005–2007	Skiljebo	0	(0)
2008–2009	Väsby United	43	(0)
2010–	AIK	54	(1)
National team‡
2009–2010	Sweden U21	5	(0)
2011–	Sweden	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:02, 24 October 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:51, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Niklas Backman (born 13 November 1988, Västerås) is a Swedish footballer who currently plays for AIK in the Swedish Allsvenskan.

Career

Niklas 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 has played around 50 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.

Honours

AIK

• Supercupen: 2010

References

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Swedish Wikipedia.

External links

• Swedish FA's profile

Persondata
Name	Backman, Niklas
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	13 November 1988
Place of birth	Västerås, Sweden
Date of death
Place of death