Mikael Nilsson (footballer, born 1968)

Mikael Nilsson

Personal information
Date of birth	(1968-09-28) 28 September 1968
Place of birth	Falköping, Sweden
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1987	IFK Falköping FF	32	(3)
1988–2000	IFK Göteborg	306	(21)
International career
1991–1996	Sweden	22	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mikael Nilsson [ˈmiːkɑɛl ˈnɪlsɔn] (born 28 September 1968 in Falköping) is a former Swedish football defender. He played for a local club called Tomtens IF and IFK Falköping until 1987 when he moved to IFK Göteborg, where he stayed until he ended his active career in 2001 due to an eye injury. During these years, he played 609 first team matches, which is a club record. He also won six Swedish Championships with the club and played in several European competitions.

Mikael Nilsson played 22 international matches for the Swedish national team, and was part of the Euro 92 and 1994 FIFA World Cup squads, he did however not play any matches in any of the tournaments.

In ITV's Greatest Champions League Goals programme, Nilson's 2 strikes against PSV Eindhoven were number twenty and nineteen on the list of the top 50 goals, including a magnificent free-kick with an insane amount of curve, which probably is what he is best known for. One of Clive Tyldesley's famous quotes- "Now they know he can shoot, oh they know he can shoot", referred to Nilsson's second strike against PSV.

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