Niklas Hult

Personal information
Full name	Bo Niklas Hult
Date of birth	(1990-02-13) 13 February 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Värnamo, Sweden
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	IF Elfsborg
Number	23
Youth career
1999–2008	IFK Värnamo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	( Gls)
2007–2008	IFK Värnamo	22	(1)
2009–2014	IF Elfsborg	92	(11)
2014–2016	Nice	45	(2)
2016	→ Nice II	1	(0)
2016–2018	Panathinaikos	42	(0)
2018–2020	AEK Athens	44	(0)
2020–2022	Hannover 96	57	(3)
2022–	IF Elfsborg	42	(1)
International career‡
2007	Sweden U17	3	(0)
2008–2009	Sweden U19	8	(0)
2011–2012	Sweden U21	13	(0)
2012–	Sweden	8	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:40, 15 November 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:26, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

Bo Niklas Hult (born 13 February 1990) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a left back for IF Elfsborg. ^[1] Beginning his career with IFK Värnamo in 2008, he went on to represent IF Elfsborg, Nice, Panathinaikos, AEK Athens, and Hannover 96 before returning to Swedish football in 2022. A full international since 2012, he has won eight caps for the Sweden national team.

Club career

Nice

In May 2014 Niklas Hult was signed by OGC Nice for a fee around €1 million, the French Ligue 1 club as they looked to strengthen for the 2014–15 season. He was described as a midfield workhorse with attacking and defensive qualities. ^[2]

Panathinaikos

On 30 June 2016, he signed a three-years contract with Greek Super League club Panathinaikos for a transfer fee of €300,000. His contract, which ran until 2019, was worth €250,000 per year. ^{[3] [4]}

During the summer of 2017, the Swedish international rejected a suggestion from Standard Liège, and at the same time he filed an appeal claiming his late payment from Panathinaikos. Later in the summer, the player's side claimed that the international left-back could leave as free from the club, either for Konyaspor or Standard Liège that was once again interested in his acquisition. Hult had no trouble withdrawing his appeal as long as he had a raise in his annual salary and extending his contract for another year. The greens put all the odds down, and as they figured that the player was one of the best player in the roster, on 21 July 2017, took the decision to table a new proposal for co-operation and increase his annual earnings by more than €100,000 while expanding his contract by 2020, that make the player's side to respond positively. ^[5] Unfortunately during the 2017–18 season the financial problems of the club remained unresolved with Hult reportedly looking his next step in his career. ^[6]

On 30 January 2018, after his first appeal, Hult took again legal actions against Panathinaikos because of the money the Greens owe to him. He had not received his December's fee and in order to ensure his money decided to sue financially struggling greens. Nevertheless, between two sides there are negotiations in order to find a mutual solution and Panathinaikos receive money from his possible transfer in January's window. ^[7]

AEK Athens

On 31 January 2018, Hult signed a two-and-half-year contract with rivals AEK Athens for an estimated amount of €200,000. ^[8] In the 2019–20 season Hult competed in 18 matches for AEK across all competitions, with the 30-year-old Swedish having previously won the Super League two years ago after transferring from Panathinaikos in January 2018. On 30 June 2020, he mutually solved his contract with the club. ^[9]

Hannover 96

On 28 August 2020, Hult signed a two-year contract with German club Hannover 96. ^{[10] [11]}

Return to Sweden

After his contract with Hannover expired, Hult signed a three-year contract with IF Elfsborg, where he had previously played from 2009 to 2014. ^[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 July 2022

International

Honours

IF Elfsborg

• Allsvenskan: 2012

AEK Athens

• Super League: 2017–18

References

External links

• Niklas Hult at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
• Niklas Hult at Elite Football ( archive)