Hans Krister Nordin (born 25 February 1968) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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. He spent most of his career with Allsvenskan club

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 ...

Club career

Born in Stockholm, Nordin started playing football with local clubs IFK Bergshamra and Råsunda IS as a boy. He became a part of the youth setup at

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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 Brøndby IF in Denmark, who bought a number of

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n players that year, under

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manager

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. In his two years in Brøndby, Nordin was named 2001 "Brøndby Player of the Year" and won the 2002

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championship. With the arrival of new manager

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in summer 2002, Nordin moved back to Sweden. He played a further two years with AIK, before ending his career with

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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 *

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: 1989–90 AIK * Allsvenskan: 1992,

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: 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99 Brøndby IF *

: 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