Niklas Friberg

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Niklas Friberg
Niklas Friberg.jpg
Friberg with TPS in 2018.
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-03-14) 14 March 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Halikko, Finland [1]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Haka
Number 3
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2014 SalPa 41 (0)
2014 Inter Turku 0 (0)
2014 SalPa 13 (0)
2014–2018 TPS 92 (4)
2016SalPa (loan) 2 (0)
2019– Haka 138 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 August 2024

Niklas Friberg (born 14 March 1996) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Veikkausliiga club Haka. [3]

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Club career

On 18 December 2018, he agreed to join Haka for the 2019 season. [4]

Career statistics

As of 28 August 2024. [5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SalPa 2011 Kakkonen 1010
2012 Kakkonen180180
2013 Kakkonen220220
Total410000000410
Inter Turku 2014 Veikkausliiga 00001010
SalPa 2014 Kakkonen13010140
TPS 2014Veikkausliiga110110
2015 Ykkönen 22230252
2016 Ykkönen19220212
2017 Ykkönen20020220
2018 Veikkausliiga22050270
Total94412000001064
SalPa (loan) 2016 Kakkonen2020
Haka 2019 Ykkönen25450304
2020 Veikkausliiga19180271
2021 Veikkausliiga24130271
2022 Veikkausliiga2703050350
2023 Veikkausliiga24110502 [lower-alpha 3] 0321
2024 Veikkausliiga1915150292
Total1388251150201809
Career total288123811602034413

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References

  1. Yrittävä futari – Halikossa varttunut Niklas Friberg kipparoi Veikkausliigassa Valkeakosken Hakaa ja pyörittää ohessa vaatealan yritystä, Salon Seudun Sanomat, 25 April 2022
  2. Niklas Friberg profile, fchaka.fi
  3. Niklas Friberg at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  4. "NIKLAS FRIBERG SOPIMUKSEEN FC HAKAN KANSSA – ANTTO HILSKA JATKAA" (in Finnish). Haka. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  5. Niklas Friberg stats, Finnish FA