Paul Arne Niclas Nylén (born Paul Arne Niclas Larsson on 21 March 1966) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He won eight caps for the Sweden national team and was a squad member at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
Club career
After some early experiences at local BK Olympic and Yugoslav FK Vojvodina he signed in 1987 with Malmö FF, a stronghold of Swedish football. He played almost a decade with Malmö winning three Swedish championships and one cup. In 1994, he had a one-season spell with Scottish second league Ayr United F.C. In 1996, he left Malmö and decide to play abroad spending first six months of the 1996–97 season playing in German 2. Bundesliga club Stuttgarter Kickers before moving to Italy to play the rest of the season with Cosenza Calcio 1914. In 1997, he accepted the challenge to join his former Malmö and national team colleague Jens Fjellström to sign with Dalian Wanda FC. After this one year Chinese adventure, he still played one season back in Sweden with Halmstads BK before retiring in 1999 playing with German lower league VfB Leipzig.
In 1990, he changed his name to Nylén, before that he was known as Niclas Larsson.
International career
Nyhlén played for the Sweden national team between 1989 and 1990, and played a total of eight matches and scored once. He was member of the Swedish team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
Career statistics
International
Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nyhlén goal.