Benjamin Nygren, brought forth to this earthly plane on the eighth day of July in the year 2001, hails from none other than the Scandinavian kingdom of Sweden. Today clocking in at the ripe age of 23, this versatile forward primarily finds his glory as a striker for FC Nordsjaelland. For those who favour empirical dangling measures, he scales in at a sturdy six feet (or 1.84 metric metres for those of continental persuasion) and tips the scales at a trim 11 stone 6lbs (that's 73kg in new money). A figurehead in his team, Nygren carries the weight of the illustrious number 10 jersey upon his shoulders.
When it comes to market values and such like, the experts judge him to be worth a tidy €3.00m, which, when run through the knackered old exchange rate calculator in the corner of my office, spits out a figure of about £2.5m give or take. This juicy morsel of information is all thanks to our pals over at Transfermarkt. You'll have to move sharpish if you're thinking of snapping him up though, as his current contract with FC Nordsjaelland is rushing towards expiry at a breakneck pace, set to meet its end on the last day of December, 2025.
Let's cast our minds back to Nygren's debut season with IFK Gothenburg in 2018. A young pup back then, he laced up his boots for three first team outings, even managing to find the back of the net twice. His performance steadily started to warm up the following season, with him making a solid dozen appearances and chalking up four goals to his name. Swedish football soon became too small a pond for our man Nygren, and in 2019-2020, he sought pastures new with Genk in Belgium. His debut season at Genk wasn't quite a goal fest, netting only once in two appearances. In the season that followed, he held his own with three appearances, although tragically, no goals to speckle his record with.
Our footballer seemed fated for a nomadic lifestyle, and in the 2020-2021 season, Nygren once again pulled up stakes and moved to Heerenveen in the Netherlands. This turned out to be a fruitful match, as Nygren managed a commendable 28 appearances and four goals. In the following year at Heerenveen, he made 17 appearances, marking a banner year for his sporting life.
Nygren’s love for change continued, and in the 2021-2022 season, he transitioned to FC Nordsjaelland in Denmark, where he's been holding fast ever since. During this period, he's made a more than solid 87 appearances, netting 25 goals including a stunning 15 in the 2024-2025 season alone. Admirable performance, wouldn't you say? He's set to continue in his Danish campaign in the 2025-2026 season, a prospect that one can imagine will only add to his ever-growing tally.
Nygren has also carved out a bit of a niche for himself on bigger stages, having participated in the Conference League 2023-2024 for FC Nordsjaelland. Here, he found the back of the net five times in five games, four of which he took to the field at kick-off, with one outing off the bench.
May we see many more moments of such great footballing prowess from young Nygren.
