Daniel Nannskog

Daniel Nannskog

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Paul Gustav Nannskog
Date of birth	22 May 1974 (1974-05-22)
Place of birth	Helsingborg, Sweden
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Stabæk (coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
	Högaborg	15	(7)
1996	Malmö FF	10	(1)
1997–1998	Djurgården	44	(18)
1999	Assyriska	26	(7)
2000	Sylvia	29	(9)
2001–2003	Landskrona BoIS	69	(36)
2003–2004	Sichuan Guancheng	36	(17)
2005–2010	Stabæk	147	(101)
Total		376	(196)
National team
2007–2009	Sweden	7	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Daniel Paul Gustav Nannskog (born 22 May 1974 in Helsingborg) is a Swedish former football player. He played as a striker, and last played for Stabæk IF in the Norwegian Premier League. Nannskog was known as a hard working, determined player who worked for the team by not only scoring goals but creating them as well. He announced his retirement on November 23, 2010. He will continue at Stabæk in a coaching role.

Club career

Sweden

Daniel started up at Högaborg as a young boy, and was a notorious goal scorer. However, from the age 15 he quit football to concentrate on handball, a sport he was just as gifted in, if not more. After some persuasion, he started to play football again at the age of 19. After his comeback, he played two seasons for Högaborg, before switching to Allsvenskan side Malmö FF. His time at the club was not particular successful, but the goal he scored was very important as it sent Malmö to the UEFA Cup. The next seasons was spent in Swedish second tier, the Superettan. He did fairly well there, but as he later admitted, he was not very professional as he frequently went out clubbing in Stockholm.

When he was 27, he was brought to Landskrona BoIS, by current Stabæk coach Janne Jönsson. By taking him from the temptations in Stockholm and him becoming a father, he finally realised that it was time to grow up. His first season there they reached second place and got promoted, with Nannskog as the leagues top scorer with 21 goals. He followed Landskrona up to Allsvenskan and did very well, becoming the clubs top scorer with 11 goals, playing an important part in them finishing just above relegation play-off. After the 2002 season, he moved on to a lucrative offer in China.

Sichuan Guancheng

After the 2002 season he joined the Chinese club Sichuan Guancheng on a two-year deal. Another Norwegian club, Brann, were reportedly after him, but the financial offer he got from the Chinese club was too good to turn down. He went on to stay for a year and a half, but terminated his contract in order to play for his old coach Janne Jönsson at Stabæk in the 2005 season. He has said of his time in China to be a bit frustrating, as he did not know a whole lot of Chinese, and for a guy who likes to communicate with his team-mates, this was not ideal.

Stabæk

2005

His first season at Stabæk was very successful, with his club being promoted in style. Nannskog was also named top scorer with an impressive 27 goals in 29 games.

2006

Nannskog with striker partner Veigar Páll Gunnarsson, 2006.

Nannskogs debut in the Norwegian Premier Division was successful. They finished fifth, just outside an UEFA Cup spot. Nannskog was crowned top scorer with his 19 goals, one goal ahead of team-mate Veigar Páll Gunnarsson.

2007

Nannskog and Stabæk continued their progress, and for a second time in a row, he managed to score 19 goals, but this time finishing behind Brann's Torstein Helstad, who scored 22. However, Stabæk did better in the league, finishing second behind Brann. They were in front half way, but did not have the edge in the second part of the season.

2008

Stabæk have played well in the first part of the 2008 season with Nannskog an integral part, like when he scored two stunning goals in the away match against Ham-Kam (2-0 victory) in round 5 [1]. The Norwegian media felt it was time the Swedish national team took a look at him again with a possible inclusion in the Euro 2008 squad, following his winning goal against Rosenborg BK on May 4. However, he did not make the squad. On September 14 Nannskog scored four goals in a 6-0 victory over Strømsgodset, taking him to the top of the goal scoring chart with 13 goals - helping Stabæk with a six point advantage with six rounds to go. On 24 September, Nannskog scored two goals and made one assist in the semifinal of the Norwegian Cup, helping Stabæk to a 3-0 victory over Molde. A few days later, on 29 September Nannskog scored his 99th and 100th goal against Molde. This time in a league match.

Stabæk won the league in stylish fashion. Nannskog was crowned top scorer of the league with his 16 goals, four more than fellow team-mate and swede Johan Andersson. He was denied 'the double' as they lost in the Norwegian Cup final against Vålerenga.

2010

Nannskog in 2009.

On 8 March Stabæk claimed their first trophy of the season when they won the Norwegian Superfinal against last season's cup winners Vålerenga by 3 goals to 1 with Nannskog scoring the opener.

Nannskog scored a hat-trick on 5 April as Stabæk turned 1-3 to a 3-3 draw in the third league round. Nannskog was injured for just over a month before making a comeback on 24 May, scoring a brace in a 3-0 victory over Start in the Norwegian Premier League. He soon got injured again and so far only restricted him to 11 league games this season (5 goals).

As of 24 May 2010. Nannskog has scored an impressive 123 goals in 172 games for Stabæk (all competitions).

National team

His debut for the Swedish national team came 14 January 2007 against Venezuela. His first goal for his national team came against Ecuador on 21 January 2007, in a game which ended 1-1. In January 2009 Nannskog was called up to the Swedish squad to face USA and Mexico during their annual North-American tour. On 25 January 2009, Nannskog scored his second goal for Sweden in a 3-2 loss against the USA.

Career statistics

(Correct as of 24 May 2010)

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sweden			League		Svenska Cupen		Europe		Total
1993	Högaborg	Unknown	?	?	?	?	-	-	?	?
1994			?	?	?	?	-	-	?	?
1995			15	7	?	?	-	-	15	7
1996	Malmö FF	Allsvenskan	10	1	?	?	-	-	10	1
1997	Djurgården	Superettan	23	10	?	?	-	-	23	10
1998			21	8	?	?	-	-	21	8
1999	Assyriska	Superettan	26	7	?	?	-	-	26	7
2000	IF Sylvia	Superettan	29	9	?	?	-	-	29	9
2001	Landskrona	Superettan	28	21	?	?	-	-	28	21
2002		Allsvenskan	24	11	?	?	-	-	24	11
2003		Allsvenskan	17	4	?	?	-	-	17	4
China PR			League		FA Cup		Asia		Total
2003	Sichuan	Super League	14	8	?	?	-	-	14	8
2004			22	9	?	?	-	-	22	9
Norway			League		Norwegian Football Cup		Europe		Total
2005	Stabæk	Adeccoligaen	29	27	4	5	-	-	33	32
2006		Tippeligaen	26	19	2	1	-	-	28	20
2007			26	19	5	8	-	-	31	27
2008			26	16	7	6	2	0	35	22
2009			29	15	3*	2*	5	0	36	17
2010			11	5	-	-	-	-	11	5
Total	Sweden		176	74	?	?	-	-	176	74
	China PR		36	17	?	?	-	-	36	17
	Norway		147	101	21	22	7	0	173	123
Career total			356	192	?	?	7	0	?	?

• * Norwegian cup stats also includes 1 game and 1 goal in Norwegian Superfinal

Honours

Club

Norway

• Adeccoligaen Champion: 2005
• Tippeligaen Champion: 2008
• Tippeligaen Runner-up: 2007

Individual

China

• Chinese FA Cup top scorer: 2004

Norway

• Adeccoligaen top scorer: 2005
• Tippeligaen top scorer: 2006, 2008
• Kniksen award: Attacker of the year 2008

Sweden

• Superettan top scorer: 2001

External links

• Stabæk's webpages
• National Football Teams