Mathias Alexander Nilsson (born 23 February 1999) is a Swedish professional

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player who plays as a

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for

Superettan Superettan (; ) is an association football league and the second highest league in the Swedish football league system, league system of Swedish football, Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and rel ...

side

Trelleborg Trelleborg () is a town in Skåne County, Sweden, with 43,359 inhabitants as of 31 December 2015. It is the southernmost town in Sweden located some west from the Smygehuk, southernmost point of Sweden and the Scandinavian Peninsula. It is one ...

Club career

On 15 February 2024, Nilsson moved to Finland after signing a loan deal with a newly promoted

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agenc ...

club

IF Gnistan IF Gnistan (''Kipinä'' in Finnish; ''The Spark'' in English), commonly known as Gnistan, is a Finnish football club from the city of Helsinki, founded in 1924. The club is currently playing in the Veikkausliiga, the first tier of the Finnish le ...

for the 2024 season. On 8 August 2024, his loan deal with Gnistan was terminated and he joined Gefle in

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gnistan.fi, 8 August 2024

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Mathias Nilsson
at Swedish FA {{DEFAULTSORT:Nilsson, Mathias Living people 1999 births Swedish men's footballers Swedish expatriate men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Ettan Fotboll players Superettan players Veikkausliiga players Malmö FF players Östers IF players Örgryte IS players Lunds BK players IF Gnistan players Gefle IF players Trelleborgs FF players Sweden men's youth international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Finland 21st-century Swedish sportsmen Eskilsminne IF players