Hans Krister Nordin (born 25 February 1968) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his career with

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club AIK.

Club career

Born in

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, Nordin started playing football with local clubs IFK Bergshamra and

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as a boy. He became a part of the youth setup at Djurgårdens IF in 1982, where he later made his senior debut. He won the 1990 Swedish Cup with Djurgården, before moving to league rivals AIK in 1992. He won the Allsvenskan championship in his first year at the club, and went on to win three Swedish Cups and a further Allsvenskan title. He won the 1999 Swedish Midfielder of the Year award, before leaving the club in winter 1999. He moved to

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in Denmark, who bought a number of Scandinavian players that year, under Norwegian manager Åge Hareide. In his two years in Brøndby, Nordin was named 2001 "Brøndby Player of the Year" and won the 2002 Danish Superliga championship. With the arrival of new manager Michael Laudrup in summer 2002, Nordin moved back to Sweden. He played a further two years with AIK, before ending his career with Ekerö IK in 2005.

International career

He played two matches for the Sweden U21 team in 1990, including at the

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where Sweden reached the semi-finals.

Honours

Djurgårdens IF * Svenska Cupen: 1989–90 AIK *

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* Svenska Cupen: 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99 Brøndby IF * Danish Superliga: 2001–02 Individual * Swedish Midfielder of the Year: 1999 * Brøndby IF Player of the Year: 2001

References

External links

AIK profile

Brøndby IF profile
1968 births Living people Footballers from Stockholm Association football midfielders Swedish footballers Sweden under-21 international footballers Allsvenskan players Danish Superliga players Brøndby IF players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players AIK Fotboll players Swedish expatriate footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark {{Sweden-footy-midfielder-stub