Lars Thomas "Lasse" Nilsson (born 3 January 1982) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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. Best remembered for his time with

IF Elfsborg Idrottsföreningen Elfsborg, more commonly known as IF Elfsborg or simply Elfsborg (), is a professional football club based in Borås, Sweden, and is affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund. They play in the Allsvenskan and have spent ...

, he also represented clubs in the Netherlands, France, and Denmark. He won two

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for the Sweden national team.

Club career

Nilsson played for

IK Brage Idrottsklubben Brage, also known as IK Brage or simply Brage, is a Swedish football club located in Borlänge. The club is affiliated with Dalarnas Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Domnarvsvallen. The club colours, reflected in their ...

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and

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. In 2007, Nilsson was loaned to Elfsborg from SC Heerenveen. Nilsson signed for Saint-Étienne on 8 August 2007, after leaving Heerenveen, in a four-year deal worth up to €3 million. In January 2009 he moved to

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on loan, a move which became permanent when he signed a three-year deal in June 2009.
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International career

Youth

Nilsson played four games for the Sweden national under-19 football team, Sweden U19 team, and represented the Sweden U21 team a total of 10 times, including at the

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where Sweden finished fourth.

Senior

He made his full international debut for the Sweden national team in a

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against

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on 22 January 2004, replacing

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in the 58th minute of a 0–3 loss. He won his second and last international cap on 15 November 2006, in a friendly game against the

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. Nilsson started the game and played for 64 minutes before being replaced by

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in a 0–1 loss.

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* * * 1982 births Living people People from Borlänge Municipality Men's association football forwards Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers IK Brage players IF Elfsborg players SC Heerenveen players AS Saint-Étienne players AaB Fodbold players SBV Vitesse players Norrby IF players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Danish Superliga players Eredivisie players Ligue 1 players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Swedish expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Sportspeople from Dalarna County {{Sweden-footy-forward-stub