| years3 = 2024–
| years3 = 2024–
| clubs3 = [[FC Utrecht|Utrecht]]
| clubs3 = [[FC Utrecht|Utrecht]]
| caps3 = 18
| caps3 =
| goals3 = 1
| goals3 = 1
| pcupdate = 6 June 2025
| pcupdate = 2025
| nationalyears1= 2016
| nationalyears1= 2016
| nationalteam1 = [[Denmark national under-17 football team|Denmark U17]]
| nationalteam1 = [[Denmark national under-17 football team|Denmark U17]]
| nationalyears2= 2017–2018
| nationalyears2= 2017–2018
| nationalteam2 = [[Denmark national under-19 football team|Denmark U19]]
| nationalteam2 = [[Denmark national under-19 football team|Denmark U19]]
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalcaps2 =
| nationalgoals2= 0
| nationalgoals2= 0
| nationalyears3= 2018–2019
| nationalteam3 = [[Denmark national under-20 football team|Denmark U20]]
| nationalcaps3 = 3
| nationalgoals3= 0
| ntupdate = 5 June 2021
| ntupdate = 5 June 2021
}}
}}
==Career statistics==
==Career statistics==
{{updated|5 February 2024}}<ref>{{Soccerway|niklas-brondsted-vesterlund-nielsen/441234}}</ref>
{{updated| }}<ref>{{Soccerway|niklas-brondsted-vesterlund-nielsen/441234}}</ref>
{| class=”wikitable” style=”text-align: center;”
{| class=”wikitable” style=”text-align: center;”
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
!colspan=”3″|League
!colspan=”3″|League
!colspan=”2″|National cup
!colspan=”2″|National cup
!colspan=”2″|Europe
!colspan=”2″|Other
!colspan=”2″|Other
!colspan=”2″|Total
!colspan=”2″|Total
|-
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|-
|rowspan=”4″ |[[Trelleborgs FF|Trelleborg]]
|rowspan=”4″ |[[Trelleborgs FF|Trelleborg]]
|[[2019 Superettan|2019]]
|[[2019 Superettan|2019]]
|rowspan=”3″ |[[Superettan]]
|[[Superettan]]
|21||0||0||0||colspan=”2″|—||21||0
|21||0||0||0||colspan=”2″|—||21||0
|-
|-
|[[2020 Superettan|2020]]
|[[2020 Superettan|2020]]
|24||2||5||1||2{{efn|Appearances in [[2020 Superettan|Superettan Playoffs]]}}||0||31||3
|24||2||5||1||2{{efn|Appearances in [[2020 Superettan|Superettan Playoffs]]}}||0||31||3
|-
|-
|[[2021 Superettan|2021]]
|[[2021 Superettan|2021]]
|Superettan
|4||0||0||0||colspan=”2″|—||4||0
|4||0||0||0||colspan=”2″|—||4||0
|-
|-
!colspan=”2″|Total
!colspan=”2″|Total
!49!!2!!5!!1!!2!!0!!56!!3
!49!!2!!5!!1!!2!!0!!56!!3
|-
|-
|rowspan=”4″ |[[Tromsø IL|Tromsø]]
|rowspan=”4″ |[[Tromsø IL|Tromsø]]
|[[2021 Tromsø IL season|2021]]
|[[2021 Tromsø IL season|2021]]
|rowspan=”3″ |[[Eliteserien]]
|[[Eliteserien]]
|25||2||0||0||colspan=”2″|—||25||2
|25||2||0||0||colspan=”2″|—||25||2
|-
|-
|[[2022 Tromsø IL season|2022]]
|[[2022 Tromsø IL season|2022]]
|Eliteserien
|23||2||3||0||colspan=”2″|—||26||2
|23||2||3||0||colspan=”2″|—||26||2
|-
|-
|[[2023 Tromsø IL season|2023]]
|[[2023 Tromsø IL season|2023]]
|Eliteserien
|30||5||2||0||colspan=”2″|—||32||5
|30||5||2||0||colspan=”2″|—||32||5
|-
|-
!colspan=”2″|Total
!colspan=”2″|Total
!78!!9!!5!!0!!colspan=”2″|—!!83!!9
!78!!9!!5!!0!!colspan=”2″|—!!83!!9
|-
|-
|[[FC Utrecht|Utrecht]]
|[[FC Utrecht|Utrecht]]
|[[2023–24 FC Utrecht season|2023/2024]]
|[[2023–24 FC Utrecht season|]]
|[[Eredivisie]]
|[[Eredivisie]]
|1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0
|||0||0||0||||0||||0
|-
|[[2024–25 FC Utrecht season|2024–25]]
|Eredivisie
|8||1||2||0||colspan=”2″|—||colspan=”2″|—||10||0
|-
|[[2025–26 FC Utrecht season|2025–26]]
|Eredivisie
|3||0||0||0||5{{efn|Appearances in [[UEFA Europa League]]}}||0||colspan=”2″|—||8||0
|-
!colspan=”2″|Total
!20!!1!!2!!0!!5!!0!!1!!0!!28!!1
|-
|-
!colspan=”3″|Career total
!colspan=”3″|Career total
!128!!11!!10!!1!!2!!0!!140!!12
!!!!!!!1!!!!0!!!!12
|}
|}
{{notelist}}
{{notelist}}
Danish footballer (born 1999)
 |
|||
| Full name | Niklas Brøndsted Vesterlund Nielsen | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1999-06-06) 6 June 1999 | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Right back | ||
|
Current team |
Utrecht | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Vanløse[1] | |||
| Copenhagen | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Trelleborg | 49 | (2) |
| 2021–2024 | Tromsø | 78 | (9) |
| 2024– | Utrecht | 21 | (1) |
| 2016 | Denmark U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Denmark U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Denmark U20 | 3 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 June 2021 |
|||
Niklas Vesterlund (born 6 June 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a right back for Dutch Eredivisie club Utrecht.[2]
Career
Tromsø
In May 2021, Vesterlund signed for Norwegian team Tromsø. Originally he signed a contract lasting until the end of the 2023 season, but in late 2022 he extended his contract with an additional two years, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2025 season.[3]
Utrecht
At the start of 2024, Vesterlund signed for Eredivisie club Utrecht. He signed a contract until mid-2027 with an option to extend the contract one additional year.[2]
Career statistics
- As of 7 December 2025[4]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Trelleborg | 2019 | Superettan | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | Superettan | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 31 | 3 | |||
| 2021 | Superettan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 49 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 56 | 3 | ||||
| Tromsø | 2021 | Eliteserien | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 2 | |||
| 2022 | Eliteserien | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | ||||
| 2023 | Eliteserien | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 78 | 9 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 83 | 9 | |||||
| Utrecht | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Appearance in [[Eredivisie] European playoffs}} | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 147 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 167 | 12 | ||
