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Per Jörgen Nilsson (born 15 September 1982) is a Swedish former professional
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who played as a
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. Starting off his career with
IFK Timrå IFK Timrå is a Swedish football club located in Timrå in Västernorrland County. Background Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Timrå was formed on 9 January 1978 as a spin-off from Timra IK with the emphasis from an early stage on youth developmen ...
in 1998, he went on to represent
GIF Sundsvall Gymnastik- och Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall, more commonly known as GIF Sundsvall (), Giffarna or simply Sundsvall, is a Swedish professional football club based in Sundsvall. The club is affiliated with Medelpads Fotbollförbund and plays its h ...
,
AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...
, Odd Greenland, 1899 Hoffenheim, and 1. FC Nürnberg before retiring at
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in 2016. A full international between 2001 and 2016, he won 16
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for the Sweden national team.


Club career


Sweden

Nilsson was born in
Härnösand Härnösand () is a locality and the seat of Härnösand Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 17,556 inhabitants in 2010. It is called "the gate to the High Coast" because of the world heritage landscape just a few miles north of H� ...
and started his career in Stigsjö IK youth team in 1988, staying with the club until 1991 when he made a move to
IFK Timrå IFK Timrå is a Swedish football club located in Timrå in Västernorrland County. Background Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Timrå was formed on 9 January 1978 as a spin-off from Timra IK with the emphasis from an early stage on youth developmen ...
, mainly being part of the club's youth team he then made his debut for the club in 1998, this attracted attention from
GIF Sundsvall Gymnastik- och Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall, more commonly known as GIF Sundsvall (), Giffarna or simply Sundsvall, is a Swedish professional football club based in Sundsvall. The club is affiliated with Medelpads Fotbollförbund and plays its h ...
, who signed the player prior to the 1999 season. During his time in GIF Sundsvall he helped the club up to Allsvenskan in 1999. Nilsson's playing in Sundsvall had again attracted attention, this time from Allsvenska
AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...
, who made a deal with GIF Sundsvall that Per Nilsson would move to the club prior to the 2002 season in 2001, however due to a series of different circumstances, as several key players left AIK, made AIK change the deal so that he could join the club already in the autumn of 2001. Following his debut against IFK Norrköping he quickly established himself as a regular central defender, however a series of manager changes and other events made Per feel that he could not perform at top level.


Norway and Germany

Following AIK's poor performance during the 2004 season saw the club relegated from Allsvenskan and Per Nilsson leave the club for Norwegian club
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for approximately 3 million
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. Odd Grenland rejected a £1 million offer from English side
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in August 2006. It was widely expected that he would leave for a bigger club, however no bids came until 13 July 2007 when it was announced that Nilsson signed a contract with
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team 1899 Hoffenheim. On 14 July 2010, Hoffenheim confirmed that they had sold Nilsson to Bundesliga rivals 1. FC Nürnberg. On 23 March 2014, the Danish club
FC Copenhagen Football Club Copenhagen ( da, Football Club København, ), commonly known as FC København, FC Copenhagen, Copenhagen or simply FCK, is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on ...
announced that they had signed Nilsson on a three-year contract. On 15 December 2016, Nilsson officially announced his retirement as a player. In January 2017, RB Leipzig announced that Nilsson would be the assistant to sporting director Ralf Rangnick for the 2017/18 season. As such, he initially took on tasks in team management for the first team. Since July 2018 he has been the sporting director of the U16 to U19.


International career

Nilsson won a total of 16
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for
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between 2001 and 2014.


Honours

Copenhagen *
Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga ( da, Superligaen, ) is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each yea ...
: 2015–16 *
Danish Cup The Danish Cup ( da, Landspokalturneringen; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will quali ...
: 2014–15, 2015–16 Individual *
Kniksen award The Kniksen Award ( no, Kniksenprisen), established in 1990, honors the best players in the Norwegian football premiership. The award is named after the legendary Norwegian football player Roald Jensen, nicknamed "Kniksen". Categories Categor ...
: Defender of the Year in 2006 * ''
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Norwegian Premier League Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion ...
Player of the Year: 2006


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nilsson, Per Living people 1982 births Sportspeople from Härnösand Swedish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Sweden men's international footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers GIF Sundsvall players AIK Fotboll players Odds BK players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players 1. FC Nürnberg players F.C. Copenhagen players Allsvenskan players Eliteserien players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Danish Superliga players Kniksen Award winners Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Footballers from Västernorrland County