Benjamin Nygren

Nygren plays as a centre-attacking midfielder for Celtic and in the 2026–27 Premiership he has made four appearances, all starts, and scored three goals — a goals-to-games ratio that underlines an immediate attacking influence and a role as a starting offensive outlet. He has also contributed across cup competitions, with one goal from one League Cup appearance, one goal from two Champions League Qualifiers appearances and one goal in five Scottish Cup appearances, indicating involvement across domestic and European matchdays.

Nygren's season average rating is 7.91 with a high of 9 and a low of 6.57, a profile that points to generally strong performances with some variance between matches; the rating profile aligns with an early-season run of constructive attacking contributions in starts.

Nygren's career began as a trainee at IFK Gothenburg (January 2017) and progressed to a €3.4m move to Genk in July 2019, followed by an October 2020 loan to Heerenveen, a January 2022 transfer to FC Nordsjaelland for €540,000 and a July 2025 move to Celtic for €1,500,000. That trajectory records an early high valuation, a period of development via loan, and subsequent transfers within northwestern Europe that culminated in his current role at Celtic.

Key transfers: IFK Gothenburg to Genk for €3.4m in July 2019; a loan to Heerenveen in October 2020; Genk to FC Nordsjaelland for €540,000 in January 2022; and FC Nordsjaelland to Celtic for €1,500,000 in July 2025. The sequence includes a notable initial fee, a temporary loan move, a lower-fee transfer and a later fee-based move that recovered part of his earlier market value.