Niclas Kindvall

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Niclas Kindvall
Personal information
Full name Bengt Niclas Kindvall
Date of birth (1967-02-19) 19 February 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1973 Hagahöjdens BK
1974–1982 Hovås IF
1983–1986 Älvsjö AIK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1990 AIK 76 (13)
1991–1994 IFK Norrköping 69 (33)
1994–1996 Hamburger SV 19 (2)
1997–2000 Malmö FF 83 (23)
Total247(71)
International career
1987 Sweden U21 1 (0)
1992–1994 Sweden 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bengt Niclas Kindvall (born 19 February 1967) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. [1]

Contents

Career

Kindvall was the 1994 Allsvenskan top scorer with IFK Norrköping, which won him a contract with Hamburger SV in the German Bundesliga. A full international between 1992 and 1994, Kindvall won six caps for the Sweden national team. [2]

Personal life

He is the son of Ove Kindvall and brother of Tina Kindvall. [3]

Honours

Individual

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References

  1. "Niclas Kindvall". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  2. "Niclas Kindvall - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  3. ""Sluta jämför med pappa"". 23 October 1997.