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Biography
Nicklas Helenius Jensen (born 8 May 1991) is a Danish footballer who plays as a striker for the Danish club Silkeborg IF in the Danish Superliga. He is on loan from AaB .
Helenius will join OB on a 3-year contract on 1 July 2017.
Club career
Aalborg BK
Helenius joined the Aalborg BK youth squad at the age of 13 and received his first contract while in the U19 squad. In the 2009–2010 season, he became the top goalscorer of the Aalborg BK under-19 squad in the Danish under-19 league with 22 goals. This was enough for him to finish second on the overall goal scorer list, only beaten by Brent McGrath who scored 29 goals for Brøndby IF.
After the 2009-10 season, he made his professional football debut for Aalborg BK on 16 May 2010 against HB Køge. Helenius scored his first goal for Aalborg BK in the Danish Superliga on 10 September 2010 against AC Horsens and got his first breakthrough in the AaB lineup after scoring a total of four goals in four consecutive league games and one goal in the Danish Cup in October and November 2010.
Following the 2012–13 season, he was selected as player of the season in the Danish Superliga on the UEFA website.
A popular chant amongst the AaB supporters was "vi elsker vold og kokain – og Nicklas Helenius", directly translated to "we love violence and cocaine – and Nicklas Helenius", as a sarcastic reference to the hooligan culture. The chant was based on the tune Eviva Espana.
Aston Villa
On 18 June 2013, Helenius signed for Aston Villa on a three-year deal believed to be in the region of £1.2m. He scored a header on his debut in Villa's first pre-season game of the season, against German team SV Rödinghausen. He followed this up with another headed goal against VfL Bochum on his second appearance for the club. He made his Premier League debut on 24 August 2013 at Villa Park against Liverpool which ended in a 1–0 defeat. Helenius scored his first goal for the club on 4 January 2014 against Sheffield United in an FA Cup third round tie at Villa Park.
AaB return
On 9 July 2014, Helenius returned to his previous club AaB on loan before joining them full-time.
SC Paderborn 07
On February 1, 2016, it was confirmed, that Helenius will play for SC Paderborn on loan from AaB.
International career
Helenius got his first international call up in January 2010 for the Danish under-19, but had to leave it due to an ankle sprain. One year later, he was called up to the Denmark U21 squad for a training camp in Dubai. He got his under-21 debut on 20 January 2011 in a training match against China. Helenius' goals at U-21 Level include the opening goal of the 3–0 victory over Northern Ireland in September 2011.
On 15 August 2012 he made his debut for the Denmark national football team against Slovakia.
Career statistics
- As of match played 4 January 2014
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Aalborg BK | 2009–10 | Danish Superliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010–11 | Danish Superliga | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 6 | |
| 2011–12 | Danish Superliga | 32 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 14 | |
| 2012–13 | Danish Superliga | 33 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 16 | |
| 2014–15 | Danish Superliga | 32 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 44 | 10 | |
| 2015–16 | Danish Superliga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 130 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 145 | 46 | ||
| Aston Villa | 2013–14 | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 133 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 151 | 47 | ||