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Niclas Eliasson ([ˈnɪ̌kːlas ɛˈlîːaˌsɔn]; born 7 December 1995) is a Swedish football player who plays for Bristol City as a midfielder.
Club career
Falkenbergs FF
Eliasson graduated from the youth academy into the senior team in 2013. He played 29 games, scoring once but assisting 13 times.
AIK
On 1 January 2014, Eliasson signed for AIK for an undisclosed fee. From 2014 to 2016, he played 31 times, scoring once.
Loan to IFK Norrköping
On 28 July 2016, Eliasson joined IFK Norrköping on loan for the season. He featured 13 times and scored once.
IFL Norrköping
After a successful loan spell, IFK Norrköping signed Eliasson on a permanent transfer for an undisclosed fee. He played 13 times, scoring three goals.
Bristol City
Eliasson signed for Bristol City in August 2017 for an undisclosed fee – reported to be around £1,800,000. He made his debut against Birmingham City and scored his first goal for the club in a League Cup win against Premier League Watford on 22 August 2017. After only making sporadic appearances in his debut season, Eliasson revealed how he worked hard over the summer to make sure that he was in the best condition possible for the next season. Eliasson scored his first league goal that season – an 89th minute winner away at Brentford. Eliasson finished the 2018–19 season with 3 goals and was the top assister at the club with 6 assists.
Style of play
Eliasson's main skill is undoubtedly his crossing ability. He uses this to great effect against defenders as he can successfully cross the ball in tight areas. His preferred foot is his left, however Eliasson can comfortably use his weaker foot as well. After scoring against Brentford, Eliasson revealed how he has been working on becoming more effective in front of goal.Since then, he improved greatly and his trademark goal of cutting onto his left foot and bending it to the far corner – doing this against QPR and Bolton.
Career statistics
- As of match played 20 June 2020
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Falkenberg | 2012 | Superettan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | Superettan | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 1 | |||
| Falkenberg total | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 1 | ||||
| AIK | 2014 | Allsvenskan | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |
| 2015 | Allsvenskan | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 5 | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
| 2016 | Allsvenskan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| AIK total | 31 | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | 5 | 0 | 43 | 2 | |||
| Norrköping (loan) | 2016 | Allsvenskan | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 14 | 3 | ||
| Norrköping | 2017 | Allsvenskan | 17 | 3 | 6 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 27 | 5 | |
| Norrköping total | 30 | 4 | 7 | 3 | — | 4 | 1 | 41 | 8 | |||
| Bristol City | 2018–19 | Championship | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 18 | 1 | |
| 2018–19 | Championship | 33 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 36 | 3 | ||
| 2019–20 | Championship | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 37 | 3 | ||
| Bristol City Total | 81 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 91 | 7 | |||
| Career total | 171 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 208 | 18 | ||
