Career
After some early experiences at local BK Olympic and Yugoslav FK Vojvodina he signed in 1987 with, a stronghold of Swedish football. He played almost a decade with Malmö winning three Swedish championships and one cup. In 1994, he had a one season spell with Scottish second league Ayr United F.C.
In 1996, he left Malmö and decide to play abroad spending first six months of the 1996-1997 season playing in German 2.
Bundesliga club Stuttgarter Kickers before moving to Italy to play the rest of the season with Cosenza Calcio 1914. After this one year Chinese adventure, he still played one season back in Sweden with Halmstads BK before retiring in 1999 playing with German lower league VfB Leipzig.
In 1990 he changed his name to Nylén, before that he was known as Niclas Larsson. Nyhlén played for the Swedish national team between 1989 and 1990, having played a total of eight matches having scored once.
