Niklas Castro

Castro's current-season form is down 19% on last season (Season 21→17), while his Rating held around 22. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 48).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Brann · 7th	10	2	2	7.34	21	16
2025/26	Brann · 4th	17	4	3	7.12	22	21
2024/25	Brann · 2nd	29	9	7	7.49	36	48
2023/24	Brann · 2nd	20	7	1	7.06	33	25
2022/23	Brann · 1st	29	11	0	—	34	39

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 6 earlier seasons in the full career.

Chile · international

Side	Apps	G
Chile	1	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthWinger

N. Castro is a 30-year-old winger at Brann, rated 21.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 213th of 246 on scout potential in the Eliteserien. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (36.2% of available minutes). He brings 0.48 goal contributions per 90 (0.24 goals, 0.24 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Castro.

Judged on this season alone, Castro graded 17 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 17th of 22 of the 22 wingers in the Eliteserien, on 2 goals and 2 assists in 10 appearances (0.481 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 21 → 17). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 22, 22nd of 22 of the 22 wingers in the Eliteserien. At 30 Castro is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.6 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2024/25Trending downBreakout: 2024/25Stepped up 2023/24Injury-hit 2025/26

Current potential22nd of 22 wingers · Eliteserien · 10 apps Current season17th of 22 wingers · Eliteserien · 10 apps 17th-best winger in the Eliteserien 213th in the Eliteserien · potential 22nd-highest potential winger in the Eliteserien

21.9

Ratingi

22nd of 22 wingers

17.1

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

36.2%

Minutes

rotation minutes

0.48

Goal contrib / 90

productive for the role

Output in context · Brann finished 7th of 16 · a mid-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.2

Goals / app

2 goals in 10 appearances (0.2 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 2 assists for 4 goal contributions in all.

Strengths

Final-third output. 0.48 goal contributions per 90 (0.24 goals, 0.24 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 36.2% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 21.9, Castro carries the 22nd-highest potential of the wingers in the Eliteserien of 22 — though on just 10 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.48 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %36.2%

Available fixtures23 of 23

Goals / 900.24

Assists / 900.24

Goal contribution / 900.481

Defensive actions / 902.403

Player flow

Goal involvements4

Shot conversion %20

Shot accuracy %58.8

Pass accuracy %77

Dribble success %31.3

Cards / 900.36

Foul involvement / 903.364

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~5), then tapers with age. At 30, Castro sits on 2.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Castro's projected Rating — 21.9 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among wingers in the Eliteserien with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals2

Shots on target10

Shots17

Penalties scored1—

Passing

Assists2

Chances created25

Passes427

Pass accuracy77%

Possession

Successful dribbles10

Dribble success31.3%

Duels won39

Duels won %35.8%

Fouls won13

Defending

Tackles13

Interceptions6

Blocks1

Fouls committed15

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3

Red cards0

Transfer history

BrannMar 2022 – nowFree

AalesundJan 2019 – Mar 2022Free

KongsvingerMar 2017 – Jan 2019

Valerengauntil Mar 2017

About N. Castro

Niklas Fernando Nygård Castro is a 30-year-old winger who plays for Brann, born on January 8, 1996, standing 173 cm tall. He is from Chile. Brann currently sit 7th of 16 in the Eliteserien.

This season

In the current season, N. Castro has made 10 appearances with 2 goals and 2 assists across 749 minutes, averaging a 7.3 match rating over his last 10 rated games, with 3 yellow cards.

When N. Castro plays, Brann's record this season is 5W-1D-4L — and his match ratings average 7.83 at home against 6.52 on the road.

Recent matches

October 18, 2026: 1-3 loss away at Valerenga (90 minutes, 6.49 rating)
September 20, 2026: 2-1 win at home vs Bodo/Glimt (72 minutes, 1 assist, 7.3 rating)
September 13, 2026: 0-2 loss away at Start (90 minutes, 6.38 rating)
September 5, 2026: 1-2 loss at home vs Lillestrom (83 minutes, 6.27 rating)
August 30, 2026: 0-0 draw away at Sandefjord (90 minutes, 6.5 rating)
August 16, 2026: 3-0 win at home vs Ham-Kam (90 minutes, 9.2 rating)
August 2, 2026: 3-2 win at home vs Rosenborg (89 minutes, 1 goal, 8.3 rating)
July 26, 2026: 2-3 loss at home vs Valerenga (90 minutes, 1 goal, 7.3 rating)
July 18, 2026: 2-1 win away at Molde (27 minutes, 6.7 rating)
July 12, 2026: 2-1 win at home vs Start (28 minutes, 1 assist, 8.6 rating)

N. Castro's next match is on November 1, 2026, when Brann face Molde at home in the Eliteserien.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates N. Castro at 21.9 with a Season form score of 17.1, ranking 213th of 246 wingers in the Eliteserien. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 5 career titles — among them the NM Cupen and the 1. Division. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 11 recorded seasons, N. Castro has totalled 240 club appearances with 83 goals and 21 assists for 4 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 29 appearances for Brann.

N. Castro's career has also included time at Aalesund, Kongsvinger and Valerenga.

On the international stage, N. Castro has represented Chile — 1 cap in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Brann finished 7th of 16 · a mid-table side

Strengths

Watch points