Sven Nilsson (15 June 1909 – 5 March 1983) was a Swedish

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player and manager. He is most famous for being

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's manager during their first Championship season in 1944. Nilsson's son Bertil Nilsson is a former football player who himself played 342 matches for Malmö FF.

Player career

Nilsson played 302 matches in total (of which 172 were league matches) for

and was one of the players who were banned in 1934 when the club was caught paying their players which was against the rules at the time. He was capped for

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once in a World Cup qualifier in Hamburg in 1937. Nilssons international career ended as he was called into the military as

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raged through Europe.

Manager career

After his player career Nilsson coached

during three different periods. He was manager of the club in 1944 when they won their first Swedish Championship. Nilsson was also manager of the club from 1945 to 1947 and in 1950 between managers.

Honours as manager

;Malmö FF *

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(1):

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(3): 1944, 1946, 1947

References

* 1909 births Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers Allsvenskan players Malmö FF players Swedish football managers Malmö FF managers 1983 deaths {{Sweden-footy-defender-stub Men's association football defenders Allsvenskan managers