Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jan Niclas Elving | ||
Date of birth | 6 February 1986 39) | (age||
Place of birth | Sweden | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Nol IK [1] | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2009 | Gunnilse IS | ||
2009–2011 [2] | Örgryte IS [3] [4] | 12 | (1) |
2011 | Ahlafors IF [5] [6] | ||
2012 | Gunnilse IS [7] | 22 | (7) |
2012–2014 | Ahlafors IF [8] | ||
2014 | C.D. Walter Ferretti | 18 | (1) |
2014 | Ahlafors IF [9] [10] | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Niclas Elving (alternatively spelled Nicklas Elving or Niclas Elfving; born 6 February 1986) is a Swedish former professional footballer. A left-footed offensive midfielder, he can also operate on the wings. [11] [12] Besides Sweden, he has played in Nicaragua. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
Concluding a transfer to C.D. Walter Ferretti of the Nicaraguan Primera División in January 2014 after impressing their coach, [18] Elving debuted in their second round meeting Real Madriz [19] and fared well, [20] forming a duo with frontman Javier Dolmus by supplying him with assists near the end of the season. [21]
Experienced the cataclysmic April 2014 Nicaragua earthquake while in Managua. [22]
Comparing the league in Nicaragua to the Swedish Superettan, he stated that football there is very physical. [18] [12]
Elving idolizes Ronaldinho [12] as well as retired Swedish international Marcus Allbäck. [1]