Gustav Niklas Henriksson
Defender · Cracovia Krakow · №4
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
Cracovia Krakow
Gornik Zabrze
Ekstraklasa
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0:1 | |
Cracovia Krakow
Wieczysta Kraków
Ekstraklasa
|
3:2 | |
Cracovia Krakow
Raków Częstochowa
Ekstraklasa
|
2:1 | |
Śląsk Wrocław
Cracovia Krakow
Ekstraklasa
|
0:0 | |
Cracovia Krakow
Pogoń Szczecin
Ekstraklasa
|
0:2 | |
Lech Poznan
Cracovia Krakow
Ekstraklasa
|
0:0 | |
|
Raków Częstochowa
Cracovia Krakow
Ekstraklasa
|
4:1 | |
Cracovia Krakow
Arka Gdynia
Ekstraklasa
|
2:2 | |
|
Gornik Zabrze
Cracovia Krakow
Ekstraklasa
|
3:0 | |
Cracovia Krakow
GKS Katowice
Ekstraklasa
|
1:0 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Ekstraklasa | 2025 | 9 |
| Ekstraklasa | 2026 | 6 |
About the player
Henriksson took an unusually fast route into senior football, making his debut for Grebbestads IF in 2012 at the age of just 14. He joined the Elfsborg academy two years later and spent time with the club's under-21 side before being promoted to the first-team squad in August 2018, going on to make 14 appearances in the 2020 Allsvenskan season.
That form earned him a move to Austria in January 2021, when Wolfsberger AC paid roughly €0.492 million for the centre-back. He returned to Elfsborg on a free transfer in January 2022, though further injury setbacks — a shoulder dislocation and a concussion — followed that year.
Henriksson finally established himself as a regular starter in 2024, a run of form that helped Elfsborg reach the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. His former coach at the club, Oscar Hiljemark, described him afterwards as a mixture of Alessandro Nesta and Paolo Maldini.
The following month, Henriksson left Sweden again, signing for Polish side KS Cracovia on a free transfer until 30 June 2027. He made his debut for the club in the 2025/2026 season and has gone on to make 29 league appearances. At international level, he has represented Sweden at under-17 and under-21 level, scoring once in four caps for the U21s.
Career path
- 2025 — 2027 — now Cracovia Women 51 matches
- 2018 — 2025 IF Elfsborg 84 matches
- 2021 — 2022 Wolfsberger AC 16 matches
- 2016 — 2020 IF Elfsborg U21 28 matches
- 2015 — 2017 IF Elfsborg U19 44 matches
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/27 | Cracovia Women | PKO BP Ekstraklasa | 6 | 0 | 0 | 480 |
| 25/26 | Cracovia Women | PKO BP Ekstraklasa | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 538 |
| 25/26 | Cracovia Women | STS Polish Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 24/25 | Cracovia Women | PKO BP Ekstraklasa | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 350 |
| 24/25 | IF Elfsborg | UEFA Europa League Qualifying | 7 | 0 | 0 | 490 |
| 24/25 | IF Elfsborg | UEFA Europa League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 356 |
| 24/25 | IF Elfsborg | Svenska Cupen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 23/24 | IF Elfsborg | Svenska Cupen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 195 |
| 22/23 | IF Elfsborg | UEFA Conference League Qualifying | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| 22/23 | IF Elfsborg | Svenska Cupen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 21/22 | IF Elfsborg | Svenska Cupen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 369 |
| 21/22 | Wolfsberger AC | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 21/22 | Wolfsberger AC | Austria Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 2024 | IF Elfsborg | Allsvenskan | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 728 |
| 2023 | IF Elfsborg | Allsvenskan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 242 |
| 2022 | IF Elfsborg | Allsvenskan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 388 |
| 2020 | IF Elfsborg | Allsvenskan | 14 | 2 | 0 | 995 |
| 2020 | IF Elfsborg U21 | U21 Allsvenskan Mellersta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 2019 | IF Elfsborg | Allsvenskan | 13 | 0 | 0 | 953 |
| 2018 | IF Elfsborg U21 | Folksam U21 Allsvenskan Södra | 7 | 1 | 0 | 630 |
| 2018 | IF Elfsborg | Allsvenskan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
| 2017 | IF Elfsborg U19 | U19 Allsvenskan Södra | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 530 |
| 2017 | IF Elfsborg U21 | Folksam U21 Allsvenskan Södra | 11 | 0 | 0 | 990 |
| 2017 | IF Elfsborg U21 | U21 Allsvenskan Slutspelet | 7 | 0 | 0 | 630 |
| 2017 | IF Elfsborg U19 | U19 Allsvenskan Slutspelet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 210 |
| 2016 | IF Elfsborg U19 | U19 Allsvenskan Södra | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 957 |
| 2016 | IF Elfsborg U19 | U19 Allsvenskan Slutspelet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 210 |
| 2016 | IF Elfsborg U21 | U21 Allsvenskan Slutspelet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 2016 | IF Elfsborg U21 | Folksam U21 Allsvenskan Södra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 2015 | IF Elfsborg U19 | U19 Allsvenskan Södra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 20/21 | Wolfsberger AC | Bundesliga | 11 | 1 | 0 | 863 |
| 20/21 | Wolfsberger AC | UEFA Europa League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
| 20/21 | Wolfsberger AC | Austria Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
| 19/20 | IF Elfsborg | Svenska Cupen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
| Total | IF Elfsborg | 84 | 4 | 0 | 6 284 | |
| Total | Cracovia Women | 51 | 2 | 2 | 4 395 | |
| Total | IF Elfsborg U19 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 3 997 | |
| Total | IF Elfsborg U21 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 2 520 | |
| Total | Wolfsberger AC | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 177 | |
| Total | Sweden U21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 327 |
Transfers
Transfers- 24/25 Elfsborg Cracovia Women
- 21/22 Wolfsberger AC Elfsborg
- 20/21 Elfsborg Wolfsberger AC €492.00K
- 18/19 IF Elfsborg U21 Elfsborg
- 17/18 IF Elfsborg U19 IF Elfsborg U21
- 15/16 IF Elfsborg U17 IF Elfsborg U19
- 14/15 Grebbestads IF IF Elfsborg U17
