FC Utrecht
Niklas Vesterlund

Niklas Vesterlund

Defender · FC Utrecht · 27 · Denmark

Season score
39.4
Eredivisie 26/27, 8 matches
Last 5 weeks
37.8
average of weeks with 60+ minutes
Market value
€1.5M
+€700k (+88%) since 2 Dec 2025
Transfermarkt, 28 May 2026

Photo: Rolandhino1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Born
6 Jun 1999
Height
185 cm
Foot
R
Contract until
30 Jun 2027
Wikipedia views
124 4 weeks

Every week

1–7 Jul 2025 to 20–26 Oct 2026

22 of 69 weeks with 60+ minutes, averaging 40.4 (minutes-weighted); 0 of them 70 or better.

Form bars show the weekly score: no matchunder 60′under 4545–5555–7070+

Every week as a table
WeekMatchesMinutesScoreExpectedUnderlying
13–19 Oct 202619446.643.846.7
6–12 Oct 202616831.444.231.3
15–21 Sep 202619041.144.241.0
8–14 Sep 202618135.544.535.4
25–31 Aug 202615644.044.443.9
18–24 Aug 202619032.145.032.0
11–17 Aug 202619436.345.536.1
4–10 Aug 202619047.245.247.3
19–25 May 2026221040.045.539.9
12–18 May 202617244.345.544.7
5–11 May 202619053.644.749.4
28 Apr – 4 May 202617448.944.350.5
21–27 Apr 202619038.544.539.1
7–13 Apr 202619045.944.245.8
31 Mar – 6 Apr 202619045.543.845.9
17–23 Mar 202619036.044.236.7
10–16 Mar 202619036.644.636.5
17–23 Feb 202614534.544.834.4
10–16 Feb 2026218037.945.737.8
3–9 Feb 202618236.746.436.5
27 Jan – 2 Feb 2026218043.147.343.1
20–26 Jan 202629947.346.548.3
9–15 Dec 202518136.947.437.9
2–8 Dec 202511252.947.252.8
30 Sep – 6 Oct 202523850.046.850.0
23–29 Sep 2025212530.849.230.6

Against expectation

How it's expected

Each week's score beside what the player's earlier matches led to expect. Over the last 10 weeks with 60+ minutes: −4.0 a week below expectation.

30.040.050.060.023 Sep27 Jan10 Mar7 Apr5 May4 Aug8 Sep13 OctScore 46.6Expected 43.8
Transfermarkt €1.5M +€700k (+88%) since 2 Dec 2025 28 May 2026 · its own valuation, revised a few times a year
Current estimate €1.5M no change recorded 22 Oct 2026 · BSD, seen when squads refresh
Next summer, if it goes like similar cases €1.0M–€1.6M −10% median of 40 similar past cases; players the same age −14% Closest cases, what their Transfermarkt value then did in a year: Pol Lirola at 26 (€1.8M, scoring 42.7) +122%; Pedro Amaral at 27 (€1.0M, scoring 41.3) +100%; Fatih Aksoy at 27 (€1.6M, scoring 42.6) −38%.
0€500K€1.0M€1.5M201820192020202120222023202420252026€1.5M€1.5M
Every value as a table
DateSourceValue
22 Oct 2026Current estimate (BSD)€1.5M
28 May 2026Transfermarkt€1.5M
2 Dec 2025Transfermarkt€800k
28 May 2025Transfermarkt€1.0M
17 Dec 2024Transfermarkt€1.0M
31 May 2024Transfermarkt€1.2M
15 Dec 2023Transfermarkt€1.2M
7 Sep 2023Transfermarkt€800k
29 Jun 2023Transfermarkt€600k
9 Dec 2022Transfermarkt€400k
3 Jan 2022Transfermarkt€300k
25 Oct 2020Transfermarkt€100k
21 Dec 2018Transfermarkt€50k
6 Sep 2017Transfermarkt€50k

Two different estimates, so each is its own line and each change is measured within its own line.

DateMoveFee
31 Jan 2024Tromsø IL Utrecht€600k

What the score is made of

Eredivisie 26/27: each part per 90 minutes against the average defender in the top five leagues (0), in standard deviations.

  • Shooting −0.37
  • Creating +0.14
  • Progressing −0.47
  • Keeping the ball −0.69
  • Defending −0.33
  • Aerial −0.30
  • Finishing +0.00

Attention

English Wikipedia views per week, the article and its redirects, last 52 weeks.

010020030028 Oct16 Dec3 Feb24 Mar12 May30 Jun18 Aug6 Oct

Plays most like

same position, last 12 months: the shape of their play, not its level
PlayerRecent scoreValue nowLikeness
Ronnie Edwards Queens Park Rangers · 2345.7€7.0M92%Compare
Sebastien Ibeagha FC Dallas · 34 · cheaper36.3€210k89%Compare
Stefano Denswil AEL Limassol · 33––86%Compare
Bruno Melo Coritiba · 33 · cheaper43.9€250k86%Compare
Bas Kuipers Sparta Rotterdam · 32 · cheaper36.7€800k85%Compare
Felipe Andrade Houston Dynamo · 2439.2€2.0M85%Compare

Recent score: the last six months. Cheaper: valued at less than 60% of Niklas Vesterlund.

Seasons

SeasonCompetitionTeamMatchesMinutesScoreUnderlying
Eredivisie 26/27EredivisieFC Utrecht866339.439.3
VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 25/26EredivisieFC Utrecht201,46840.640.6
UEFA Europa League 25/26Europa LeagueFC Utrecht427043.843.8

Latest matches

32 since July 2025
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
18 Oct 2026Eredivisieat FC TwenteW 2–194000.020.0546.6
11 Oct 2026EredivisieWillem II TilburgW 3–16800–0.0831.4
20 Sep 2026Eredivisieat FeyenoordL 0–59000–0.0141.1
13 Sep 2026Eredivisieat ExcelsiorW 2–18100–0.0035.5
30 Aug 2026EredivisiePSV EindhovenL 1–65601–0.1844.0
22 Aug 2026Eredivisieat Sparta RotterdamD 3–39001–0.3732.1
15 Aug 2026EredivisieAZ AlkmaarL 1–49400–0.0136.3
9 Aug 2026Eredivisieat FC GroningenL 1–290000.020.0447.2
24 May 2026Eredivisieat AFC AjaxD 0–012000–0.0138.9
21 May 2026EredivisieSC HeerenveenW 3–29001–0.2141.4
All 32 matches
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
18 Oct 2026Eredivisieat FC TwenteW 2–194000.020.0546.6
11 Oct 2026EredivisieWillem II TilburgW 3–16800–0.0831.4
20 Sep 2026Eredivisieat FeyenoordL 0–59000–0.0141.1
13 Sep 2026Eredivisieat ExcelsiorW 2–18100–0.0035.5
30 Aug 2026EredivisiePSV EindhovenL 1–65601–0.1844.0
22 Aug 2026Eredivisieat Sparta RotterdamD 3–39001–0.3732.1
15 Aug 2026EredivisieAZ AlkmaarL 1–49400–0.0136.3
9 Aug 2026Eredivisieat FC GroningenL 1–290000.020.0447.2
24 May 2026Eredivisieat AFC AjaxD 0–012000–0.0138.9
21 May 2026EredivisieSC HeerenveenW 3–29001–0.2141.4
17 May 2026EredivisieFortuna SittardW 2–072000.060.0144.3
10 May 2026Eredivisieat AFC AjaxW 2–190100.46–53.6
2 May 2026EredivisieNAC BredaW 2–074000.170.0348.9
26 Apr 2026Eredivisieat ExcelsiorL 0–590000.100.0038.5
11 Apr 2026EredivisieSC TelstarW 4–19000–0.0545.9
4 Apr 2026Eredivisieat PSV EindhovenL 3–490010.060.1145.5
22 Mar 2026EredivisieGo Ahead EaglesW 2–090000.100.0336.0
15 Mar 2026Eredivisieat FC TwenteW 2–09000–0.0036.6
22 Feb 2026EredivisiePEC ZwolleD 1–14500–0.0134.5
14 Feb 2026Eredivisieat FC GroningenW 2–19000–0.0034.7
11 Feb 2026Eredivisieat NEC NijmegenW 3–19000–0.0041.1
8 Feb 2026EredivisieFeyenoordL 0–18200–0.0036.7
1 Feb 2026Eredivisieat SC HeerenveenD 1–19000–0.0134.7
29 Jan 2026Europa Leagueat CelticL 2–490010.030.0351.4
25 Jan 2026EredivisieSparta RotterdamL 0–19000.150.0066.1
22 Jan 2026Europa LeagueKRC GenkL 0–29000–0.0445.4
14 Dec 2025Eredivisieat NAC BredaD 1–181000.130.0236.9
7 Dec 2025EredivisieFC TwenteD 1–11200–0.0252.9
5 Oct 2025Eredivisieat FeyenoordL 2–32800–0.0047.9
2 Oct 2025Europa Leagueat SK BrannL 0–11000–0.0056.0
28 Sep 2025EredivisieSC HeerenveenD 2–24500–0.0028.9
25 Sep 2025Europa LeagueOlympique LyonnaisL 0–18000–0.0131.8