{{short description|Thai footballer (born 1999)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Nicholas Mickelson | image = Nicholas Mickelson in match with Japan in 2024.jpeg | caption = Mickelson with Thailand in 2024 | image_size = 200 | fullname = Look Saa Nicholas Kengkhetkid Mickelson | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|07|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Skien, Norway | height = 1.85m | position = Right-back<ref>{{WorldFootball.net|nicholas-mickelson}}</ref> | currentclub = SV Elversberg | clubnumber = 2 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Ottestad | youthyears2 = 2014–2015 | youthclubs2 = HamKam | years1 = 2015–2018 | clubs1 = HamKam | caps1 = 54 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2019–2021 | clubs2 = Strømsgodset | caps2 = 29 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2021–2025 | clubs3 = OB | caps3 = 95 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2025– | clubs4 = SV Elversberg | caps4 = 25 | goals4 = 1 | nationalyears1 = 2015 | nationalteam1 = Norway U16 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2016 | nationalteam2 = Norway U17 | nationalcaps2 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2017 | nationalteam3 = Norway U18 | nationalcaps3 = 8 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | nationalyears4 = 2018 | nationalteam4 = Norway U19 | nationalcaps4 = 5 | nationalgoals4 = 0 | nationalyears5 = 2019 | nationalteam5 = Norway U20 | nationalcaps5 = 2 | nationalgoals5 = 0 | nationalyears6 = 2018–2020 | nationalteam6 = Norway U21 | nationalcaps6 = 5 | nationalgoals6 = 1 | nationalyears7 = 2022 | nationalteam7 = Thailand U23 | nationalcaps7 = 3 | nationalgoals7 = 0 | nationalyears8 = 2023– | nationalteam8 = Thailand | nationalcaps8 = 31 | nationalgoals8 = 2 | club-update = 03:29, 27 May 2026 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = 18 November 2025 | medaltemplates = {{medal|Team|Thailand}} {{Medal|Competition|ASEAN Championship}} {{Medal|RU|ASEAN 2024|Team}} }}
'''Look Saa Nicholas Kengkhetkid Mickelson''' (Thai: ลูกโซ่ นิโคลัส เก่งเขตกิจ มิคเคลสัน; born 24 July 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Bundesliga club SV Elversberg. Born in Norway, he plays for the Thailand national team.<ref>[https://www.thaipbs.or.th/news/content/338342 รู้จัก "นิโคลัส มิคเกลสัน" ชายหนุ่มจากนอร์เวย์ ผู้มีฝันพาไทยไปบอลโลก]</ref><ref>[https://thestandard.co/nicholas-mickelson-haaland-odegaard/ กาลครั้งหนึ่งของ นิโคลัส มิคเกลสัน – ฮาลันด์ – โอเดการ์ด]</ref>
==Club career== Nicholas Mickelson began his professional career at Hamarkameratene. On 23 May 2015, He made the first-team debut as a substitute in the Norwegian Second Division match against Molde 2.<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=Look Saa Nicholas Kengkhetkid Mickelson |url=https://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/person/profil/?fiksId=2757122&underside=statistikk |publisher=Norges Fotballforbund |language=no |access-date= 2 February 2026}}</ref> Mickelson joined the Norwegian top-flight club Strømsgodset on 1 January 2019.<ref>{{cite web |date=30 August 2021 |title=Nicholas Mickelson skifter til OB |url=https://www.godset.no/nyheter/nico-mickelson-valgte-godset |work=godset.no |publisher=Strømsgodset |language=no }}</ref>
On 30 August 2021, Danish Superliga club Odense BK confirmed that Mickelson would join the club on 1 January 2022 on a free agent, when his contract with Norwegian club, Strømsgodset expired.<ref>{{cite web |date=15 August 2018 |title=Nico Mickelson valgte Godset |url=https://www.ob.dk/nyhedsarkiv/nicholas-mickelson-skifter-til-ob/ |work=ob.dk |publisher=Odense Boldklub |language=da }}</ref> Mickelson signed a pre-contract until June 2025. However, on 31 August 2021 OB confirmed, that Mickelson would instead join the club with immediate effect.<ref>{{cite web |date=31 August 2021 |title=Mickelson skifter omgående til OB |url=https://www.ob.dk/nyhedsarkiv/mickelson-skifter-omgaaende-til-ob/ |work=ob.dk |publisher=Odense Boldklub |language=da }}</ref> He made 102 appearances for Odense BK.
In July 2025, Mickelson signed a two-year contract the German 2. Bundesliga club SV Elversberg.<ref> {{cite web |date=3 July 2025 |title=Außenverteidiger Nicholas Mickelson schließt sich der SVE an |url=https://sv07elversberg.de/aussenverteidiger-nicholas-mickelson-schliesst-sich-der-sve-an/ |publisher=SV 07 Elversberg |language=de |access-date=14 November 2025}}</ref> He made his debut for SV Elversberg as an 81st-minute substitute in their third league match of the season against Kaiserslautern.<ref>{{cite news |date=23 August 2025 |title=นับหนึ่ง! นิโกลัส มิคเคลสัน ประเดิมสนามเอลเวอร์สแบร์ก มีส่วนพาทีมซิวชัยลีกาสอง |url=https://www.siamsport.co.th/football-international/bundesliga/88548/ |work=Siamsport |language=th |access-date=14 November 2025}}</ref> Mickelson made his first start in the 4–0 win against Magdeburg on 5 October 2025, providing the assist for the first goal by Bambasé Conté in the 23rd minute.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fischer |first=Daniel |date=12 October 2025 |title=Thailand feiert einen Elversberg-Profi! |url=https://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/sv-elversberg-welcher-sve-star-das-groesste-abenteuer-lebt-68eb859cff70575ab37a13e0 |work=Bild |language=de |access-date=14 November 2025}}</ref>
==International career==
=== Youth === Mickelson represented Norway at the youth levels. He was part of the Norway Under-19 squad at the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Finland.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sæteren |first=Thomas Brekke |date=4 July 2018 |title=G19: EM-troppen er klar |url=https://www.fotball.no/landslag/norge-gutter-19/2018/g19-em-troppen-er-klar/ |publisher=Norges Fotballforbund |language=no |access-date=14 November 2025}}</ref> He was called up for the Norway Under-20 squad for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup,<ref>{{cite web |last=Madsen |first=Christer |date=11 April 2019 |title=U20: Her er de første åtte spillerne i VM-troppen |url=https://www.fotball.no/landslag/norge-menn-20/2019/u20-her-er-de-forste-atte-spillerne-i-vm-troppen/ |publisher=Norges Fotballforbund |language=no |access-date=14 November 2025}}</ref> but had to withdraw from the squad due to an Achilles tendon injury.<ref>{{cite web |last=Nilsen |first=Magne Jordan |date=6 May 2019 |title=Nico mister hele sesongen |url=https://www.godset.no/nyheter/nico-mister-hele-sesongen |publisher=Strømsgodset Toppfotball |language=no |access-date=14 November 2025}}</ref>
On 26 May 2022, Mickelson was called up to the Thailand under-23 for the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chittinad |first1=Tor |title=Worrawoot has 'best team' for U23 event |work=Bangkok Post |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/sports/2315890/worrawoot-has-best-team-for-u23-event |access-date=29 May 2022 |date=26 May 2022}}</ref>
=== Senior === On 25 March 2023, Mickelson made his debut for the senior team in a friendly match against Syria at the Shabab Al Ahli Stadium in Dubai.
On 10 September 2023, Mickelson scored his first senior international goal in a 2–2 friendly tournament, 2023 King's Cup, drawing with Iraq at the 700th Anniversary Stadium.
In November 2024, he was selected in the Thailand squad for the 2024 ASEAN Championship.
==Personal life== Mickelson was born in Skien, Norway to a Norwegian father and a Thai mother from Phitsanulok.<ref>{{cite news |date=17 June 2022 |title=แฟนบอลพิษณุโลก รับ นิโคลัส แข้งยู-23 สุดอบอุ่น-โชว์เสียงร้อง 'วอเอ๊ะๆ' (มีคลิป) |url=https://www.khaosod.co.th/sports/news_7115519 |work=Khaosod Online |language=th}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|match played 1 December 2024}}<ref>{{Soccerway|402939}}</ref><ref>{{NFF|2757122}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup{{Efn|Includes Norwegian Cup, Danish Cup}} !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="5"|HamKam |2015 |rowspan="3"|2. divisjon |5||0||0||0||0||0||5||0 |- |2016 |10||0||0||0||0||0||10||0 |- |2017 |22||0||1||0||0||0||23||0 |- |2018 |1. divisjon |17||0||0||0||0||0||17||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !54!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!55!!0 |- |rowspan="4"|Strømsgodset |2019 |rowspan="3"|Eliteserien |3||0||1||0||0||0||4||0 |- |2020 |22||0||0||0||0||0||22||0 |- |2021 |4||0||0||0||0||0||4||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !29!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!30!!0 |- |rowspan="5"|Odense boldklub |2021–22 |rowspan="3"|Superligaen |24||0||7||0||0||0||31||0 |- |2022–23 |17||0||0||0||0||0||17||0 |- |2023–24 |22||2||1||0||0||0||23||2 |- |2024–25 |1st Division |17||0||0||0||0||0||17||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !80!!2!!8!!0!!0!!0!!88!!2 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !164!!2!!10!!0!!0!!0!!174!!2 |}
===International=== <!-- NOTE: when updating stats, update the infobox too! --> {{updated|match played 13 November 2025.}}<ref>{{NFT|90560|accessdate=26 March 2024}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|Thailand |2023||6||1 |- |2024||15||1 |- |2025||9||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!30!!2 |}
;Notes {{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}}
{| class="wikitable" ! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 10 September 2023 || 700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai, Thailand || {{fb|IRQ}} || align=center | '''1'''–1 || align=center | 2–2<br>{{pso|4–5}} || 2023 King's Cup |- | 2. || 8 December 2024|| Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam ||{{fb|TLS}} || align="center"|'''10'''–0 || align="center"| 10–0 ||2024 ASEAN Championship |- |}
==Honours== '''Odense Boldklub''' *Danish 1st Division: 2024–25
'''Thailand''' *King's Cup: 2024 '''Individual''' *ASEAN Championship Best XI: 2024<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DE4XNQINJaD/?igsh=MXViczlueng2Zmt1bg==title=Instagram | title=Instagram }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{SV Elversberg squad}} {{Thailand squad 2023 AFC Asian Cup}}
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