Niklas Castro

Castro's current-season form is level with last season (Season 21→21), while his Rating held around 21. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 48).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Brann · 6th	5	2	1	8.02	21	21
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 depthGoal-getting Winger

N. Castro is a 30-year-old winger at Brann, rated 22.4 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (36.3% of available minutes). He brings 0.64 goal contributions per 90 (0.37 goals, 0.28 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Castro.

On the season, Castro graded 21 for current form (age-blind), on 4 goals and 3 assists in 17 appearances (0.642 involvements per 90).

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

On long-term talent our Rating reads 22. At 30 Castro is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 3.2 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelBreakout: 2024/25Stepped up 2023/24Injury-hit 2025/26

22.4

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

21.4

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

36.3%

Minutes

rotation minutes

0.64

Goal contrib / 90

strong end product

Output in context · Brann finished 4th of 16 · an upper-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.24

Goals / app

4 goals in 17 appearances (0.24 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. He also laid on 3 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 7 goal contributions (0.41 per appearance).

Strengths

Final-third output. 0.64 goal contributions per 90 (0.37 goals, 0.28 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 36.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 22.4 overall — below regular-starter level. In the final third he profiles as a genuine goal threat (0.64 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 %36.3%

Available fixtures30 of 30

Goals / 900.367

Assists / 900.275

Goal contribution / 900.642

Defensive actions / 901.56

Player flow

Goal involvements7

Cards / 900.092

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 (~6), then tapers with age. At 30, Castro sits on 3.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Castro's projected Rating — 22.4 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

Goals4

Passing

Assists3

Defending

Tackles13

Interceptions3

Blocks1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1

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 6th of 16 in the Eliteserien.

This season

In the current season, N. Castro has made 5 appearances with 2 goals and 1 assist across 324 minutes, averaging a 8.02 match rating over his last 5 rated games, with 2 yellow cards.

When N. Castro plays, Brann's record this season is 4W-0D-1L.

Recent matches

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 August 30, 2026, when Brann face Sandefjord away in the Eliteserien.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates N. Castro at 22.4 with a Season form score of 21.4. 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 235 club appearances with 83 goals and 20 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 4th of 16 · an upper-table side

Strengths

Watch points