22 Facts About Nicklas Helenius

Nicklas Helenius Jensen was born on 8 May 1991 and is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Danish Superliga club AaB.

Nicklas 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.

Nicklas Helenius scored a header on his debut in Villa's first pre-season game of the season, against German team SV Rodinghausen.

Nicklas Helenius followed this up with another headed goal against VfL Bochum on his second appearance for the club.

Nicklas 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.

Nicklas Helenius failed to become a regular part of the match day squad and would often not even be included.

Nicklas Helenius' agent revealed in May 2014, that Nicklas Helenius was not a part of Aston Villa's future plans and therefore had to leave the club.

Nicklas Helenius revealed that a reason behind his struggles were a bacterial infection and an addiction to sleeping pills.

Nicklas Helenius had many clubs interested, like IFK Goteborg and AaB.

On 9 July 2014, Nicklas Helenius returned to his previous club AaB on a season long loan deal.

Nicklas Helenius was very happy to be back and expected a turbulent season with a two-digit number of goals.

Nicklas Helenius had a good season with 14 goals in 43 games and he was set to make the transfer permanent, as Aston Villa did not want to keep him.

Nicklas Helenius joined AaB on a permanent transfer in July 2015.

On 1 February 2016, it was confirmed that Nicklas Helenius would play for SC Paderborn on loan from AaB.

Nicklas Helenius got some playing time, and scored 4 league goals in 14 games.

Nicklas Helenius played the first three season games for AaB, one from start and two from the bench.

On 10 August 2016, it was confirmed, that Nicklas Helenius was loaned out to Silkeborg IF for the whole season.

Nicklas Helenius played 29 league games and scored 10 goals in this season.

On 7 July 2019, Nicklas Helenius joined AGF on a three-year contract.

In January 2023, Nicklas Helenius returned to AaB, signing a deal until the end of 2025.

Nicklas 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.

Nicklas Helenius got his under-21 debut on 20 January 2011 in a training match against China.