He's an '00 who scored 5 goals for Kalmar's first team last season and appears to have been born in Dallas. Looks like he's been in Sweden for several years though I came across one site that said he also spent some time in Montreal. https://kalmarff.se/trupp/a-laget/nils-froling/ However, it looks like he may be provisionally cap-tied to Sweden, perhaps via UEFA U-21 qualifying matches. In one match, against Ireland, he played with Jens Cajuste. https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/...hes/round=2001101/match=2026492/lineups/index This 2018 story has a bit more on his career, though nothing on the U.S. or Canada for that matter. https://www.svenskfotboll.se/nyheter/landslag/2018/6/p18-nils-froling/
For the sake of documentation, this story says he was born in Dallas and lived in the U.S. and Canada until he was 7. https://www.nvp.se/Arkiv/Artiklar/2019/04/nils-froling-fran-orminge-har-hittat-hem-i-kalmar Here's another with more info along these lines: https://www.barometern.se/sport/dubbla-genombrott-for-kalmars-egen-jankare/ And a third: http://www.fotbollz.se/default.asp?sub=fz_news.asp?id=18568&Sektion=2
Also, it looks like he may be on the radar of some bigger clubs, perhaps including Udinese, Basel, and AZ. https://fotbolldirekt.se/2020/01/26/avslojar-tre-tunga-europeiska-klubbar-jagar-kalmar-ff-s-talang Quite a goal here: PROSPECT | @KalmarFF prospect 🇸🇪 Nils Fröling (19) v. Östersunds ⤵️✅ 90 min⚽️ 2 goals🔑 4 key passes🦶 88 touches🥅 Hit woodwork🔀 3 dribbles won🙌 Comeback winHis first was a penalty, his second was a golazo as Kalmar try to gain momentum! 🚀 pic.twitter.com/zPEe64MeBr— Football Wonderkids (@fbwonderkids) September 15, 2019
Nils Fröling started and went 85 minutes as Kalmar FF opened the 2020 Allsvenskan today with a 2-1 road loss to Norrköping. Startelvan i dagens match mot IFK Norrköping presenteras i samarbete med @AteaSverige! Specialister inom IT. Besök dem på https://t.co/Wl7rFLhppa pic.twitter.com/1JtFqF5KoE— Kalmar FF (@KalmarFF) June 14, 2020 During the 2019 Allsvenskan, Fröling registered 5 goals, 2 assists, and a yellow card in 1,674 minutes (28 appearances including 21 starts). Kalmar finished in the relegation playoff spot (14th). He scored a goal in 176 minutes (2 starts) in the relegation playoff which Kalmar won on 4-2 aggregate. Finally, Fröling registered 2 goals and a yellow card in 235 minutes (3 starts) during the 2019/2020 Swedish Cup. Kalmar were eliminated in March after finishing in second in Group 4.
His year was limited by injury, based on this Swedish article: https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/alls...elvetet-frustrerande---har-tagit-hart-pa-mig/ Consequently, his numbers weren't great, per FBRef (7 starts, below 600 minutes, 2 goals, 0 assists). With that said, sorting by non-PK G+A per 90 minutes, he was second on the team. So that's good! https://fbref.com/en/squads/9f13771c/Kalmar-Stats
Scored the game winner in the relegation playoffs: Nils Fröling sätter dit 1-0 till Kalmar i andra kvalmatchen! Totalt 4-1 fördel Kalmar pic.twitter.com/nAUjKa68bd— discovery+ sport 🇸🇪 (@dplus_sportSE) December 13, 2020
Kalmar FF's 20 yr old Texas-born 🇺🇸🇸🇪 dual nat striker, Nils Froling, missed 21 matches with injuries in 2020.2021 is not off to a good start as Nils limped off in the 22nd minute in Kalmar's 1-0 Swedish Cup victory over Bragehttps://t.co/yhGckbBcEt— 🇺🇸 ⚽ east (@eastdeflection) February 28, 2021
League appearance: 21 yr old Texas-born 🇺🇸🇸🇪 dual nat striker, Nils Froling, subs on to make his 2nd league appearance this season for Kalmar FF in Sweden's top tier.Nils is working his way back into form after missing most of 2020 with injuries https://t.co/hIN5fJLtxe pic.twitter.com/VB5VpZlw9Z— 🇺🇸 ⚽ east (@eastdeflection) May 8, 2021
A brace: Nils Fröling! Anfallaren smäller in sitt andra mål för kvällen! 2-0 Kalmar FF pic.twitter.com/NPxx5bhQAY— discovery+ sport 🇸🇪 (@dplus_sportSE) August 9, 2021
https://www.kicker.de/verstaerkung-...holt-froeling-aus-schweden-884392/artikel.amp Believe he’s now with Hansa Rostock.
He's definitely a teammate of Ryan Malone at B2 Hansa Rostock, which lists him as Swedish/American. https://www.fc-hansa.de/mannschaft/nils-froeling.html
Enters in cup match: 21 yr old Dallas-born 🇺🇸🇸🇪 dual nat forward Nils Froling subs on! 🔁 pic.twitter.com/VGIyQpBdzS— 🇺🇸 ⚽ east (@eastdeflection) January 19, 2022 @bungadiri @dark knight @TheFalseNine Let's update the title to: Nils Froling at Hansa Rostock (Germany) (The BS search function won't find his name with the accent using "Froling" so it makes more sense to using old school ASCII for titles). Thanks.
Started: 1️⃣1️⃣ Mit #Fröling & #Becker in der Startelf: So gehen die Teams heute in die Partie! 💪🏻🔵⚪️❤️ #hansa #2liga #FCHHEI pic.twitter.com/gL3o6UMlnu— F.C. Hansa Rostock (@HansaRostock) January 22, 2022 Ended 0-0.
🇩🇪 2.Bundesliga🧐 1st half brace for 21 yr old Dallas-born 🇺🇸🇸🇪 dual nat forward Nils Froling!! ⚽️⚽️note: Nils transferred to Hansa from Allsvenskan side Kalmar FF this winter window pic.twitter.com/AlCn4K491J— 🇺🇸 ⚽ east (@eastdeflection) February 6, 2022 https://www.fc-hansa.de/news/geschi...ieg-hansa-schlaegt-dynamo-dresden-mit-41.html We missed Froling scoring a brace in his second start (3rd match) for Hansa Rostock as they demolished Dynamo Dresden 4-1 in an historic win. It was Hansa's first away victory at Dresden in 39 years! Froling scored his goals in the 10th and 13th minute in route to the victory. I saw his first goal on Twitter, a sweet little header hit downward skipping right past the GK. He's definitely hit the ground running with Hansa and generated a buzz with the fans. Hansa sit a respectable 12th - in the super tight 2nd Bundesliga table - after being promoted. Froling is worth keeping an eye on.
Here are the highlights. The header mentioned above was Hansa's second goal and their third was also his, cleaning up a rebound.
Malones on the club too btw. Would be cool if they stay up in the 2nd. Competing next year. They are only 5 points at 12th from relegation. Its a tough race this year as it is very tight in the 2nd BL this year.
Here's an upbeat (German) profile ahead of his next match: https://www.ndr.de/sport/fussball/H...nd-Froeling-zum-Auswaertscoup,hansa11302.html The story mentions a nice goal in a recent game against Fuerth. I haven't been able to quickly find what I'd call "clean" highlights, share 'em if you got 'em!
Scored in a 2-1 win: TOOOR! Unser Schwede Nils Fröling schließt ein Solo mustergültig ab. Lange nicht gesehen - stark! #SVSFCH— HANSA Liveticker (@HANSAliveticker) May 12, 2023