Nicklas Helenius
 Helenius playing for AaB in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicklas Helenius Jensen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 May 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Svenstrup, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Aston Villa | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Svenstrup-Godthåb IF | |||
| 2005–2010 | AaB | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2010–2013 | AaB | 95 | (34) |
| 2013– | Aston Villa | 3 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011 | Denmark U20 | 2 | (1) |
| 2011–2013 | Denmark U21 | 11 | (4) |
| 2012– | Denmark | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 June 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 June 2013 | |||
Nicklas Helenius Jensen (born 8 May 1991) is a Danish footballer who plays as a striker for Aston Villa in the Premier League.
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[show]Career[edit]
Aalborg BK[edit]
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.[2]
After the great 2009/2010 season, he made his professional football debut for Aalborg BK on 16 May 2010 against HB Køge.[3]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.[4]
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 tuneEviva Espana.[5]
Aston Villa[edit]
On 18 June 2013, Helenius signed for Aston Villa on a three year deal believed to be in the region of £1.2m.[6] He scored a header on his debut in Villa's first pre-season game of the season, against German team SV Rodinghausen. He followed this up with another headed goal against VfL Bochum on his second appearance for the club.[7] 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 againstSheffield United in an FA Cup third round tie at Villa Park.[8]
International career[edit]
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.[9] 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.[10]
On 15 August 2012 he made his debut for the Denmark national football team against Slovakia.
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