Håkan Gustaf Nilsson (born 23 May 1997) is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a

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for Belgian First Division A club Union SG.

Club career

Signed on 22 January 2016 a four-year pre-contract with the Danish team

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starting from the summer of 2016. Since 5 January 2021 Nilsson plays for

SV Wehen Wiesbaden SV Wehen Wiesbaden is a German association football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. Since the beginning of the 2007–08 season the club no longer plays its home games in Taunusstein, where they were originally located. In the summer of 2007 ''W ...

in the German

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. On 28 July 2022, Nilsson signed a three-year contract with Union SG in Belgium.

International career

He made his debut for

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on 7 January 2018 in a

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against

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. On 11 January 2018, he scored in the 90th minute to give his country a 1–0 victory in a friendly against

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Career statistics

International

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

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