Christoffer Åke Sven "Totte" Nyman (born 5 October 1992) is a Swedish professional

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who plays for

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play thei ...

as a forward.

Club career

Youth career

Nyman was born in Norrköping and grew up close to the

home stadium. He joined the youth ranks of the club at five years of age and growing up he worked at the home games both as a

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and with selling candy. Eventually he also joined the singing section during the games.

IFK Norrköping

Nyman moved up to play in IFK Norrköping's first team in 2010 where he featured in three games, scoring each time. His third and final goal helped secure the club's promotion to Allsvenskan. After the season, he was given the "Youth Player of the Year" award. The following year he made his Allsvenskan debut but was also sent on loan to third tier club

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to get more playing time. In 2012, he had his big breakthrough at the highest Swedish level, scoring 8 goals in 29 games for Norrköping. During the start of the

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season Nyman struggled to perform after suffering from unknown stomach problems. After a successful first half of the 2015 Allsvenskan Norrköping turned down two bids from FC Groningen and

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to buy Nyman during the summer. The club cited their ambition to win the league as the reason for keeping him and at the end of the year they did end up becoming champions for the first time in 26 years. He played a key role in their success and he was arguably their best player.

Eintracht Braunschweig

In August 2016, Nyman transferred to German

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club Eintracht Braunschweig.

Return to IFK Norrköping

In January 2019, Nyman returned to IFK Norrköping having agreed a four-year contract.

International career

In 2013 Nyman was called up for the January Sweden national football team tour in Asia where he made his debut. A few months later he also played his first

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game in a friendly against the

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. On 3 September 2017, he scored his first senior goal for Sweden, in a

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game against

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, which Sweden won 4–0.

Career statistics

Club

;Notes

International

: ''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nyman goal.''

Honours

IFK Norrköping * Allsvenskan: 2015 *

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: 2015 Individual * Allsvenskan top scorer:

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References

External links

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IFK Norrköping profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nyman, Christoffer 1992 births Living people Footballers from Norrköping Swedish men's footballers Swedish expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards IFK Norrköping players IF Sylvia players Eintracht Braunschweig players Superettan players Allsvenskan players 2. Bundesliga players Sweden men's youth international footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Sweden men's international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany 3. Liga players Ettan Fotboll players