Gustaf Nilsson (footballer, born 1997)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Håkan Gustaf Nilsson | ||
Date of birth | 23 May 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Falkenberg, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Union SG | ||
Number | 29 | ||
Youth career | |||
Falkenbergs FF | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2016 | Falkenbergs FF | 31 | (8) |
2016–2018 | Brøndby IF | 11 | (1) |
2017–2018 | → Silkeborg IF (loan) | 26 | (4) |
2018–2019 | Vejle BK | 19 | (2) |
2019–2020 | BK Häcken | 19 | (2) |
2020 | → Falkenbergs FF (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 45 | (18) |
2022– | Union SG | 55 | (17) |
International career‡ | |||
2014–2016 | Sweden U19 | 10 | (5) |
2015–2018 | Sweden U21 | 6 | (0) |
2018– | Sweden | 4 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:08, 22 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:00, 25 March 2024 (UTC) |
Håkan Gustaf Nilsson (born 23 May 1997) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian Pro League club Union SG.
Club career[edit]
Signed on 22 January 2016 a four-year pre-contract with the Danish team Brøndby IF starting from the summer of 2016. On 5 January 2021 Nilsson signed for SV Wehen Wiesbaden in the German 3. Liga.[1]
On 28 July 2022, Nilsson signed a three-year contract with Union SG in Belgium.[2]
International career[edit]
Nilsson made his debut for Sweden national football team on 7 January 2018 in a friendly game against Estonia.[3] On 11 January 2018, he scored in the 90th minute to give his country a 1–0 victory in a friendly against Denmark.[4]
More than six years later, on 21 March 2024, Nilsson played his third match for Sweden and scored in a 5–2 defeat away against Portugal. Four days later, Nilsson scored the winning goal against Albania in a 1–0 home win.
Career statistics[edit]
International[edit]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Sweden | 2018 | 2 | 1 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | |
2020 | 0 | 0 | |
2021 | 0 | 0 | |
2022 | 0 | 0 | |
2023 | 0 | 0 | |
2024 | 2 | 2 | |
Total | 4 | 3 |
- Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nilsson goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 11 January 2018 | Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | Denmark | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | [6] |
2 | 21 March 2024 | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal | Portugal | 2–5 | 2–5 | Friendly | [7] |
3 | 25 March 2024 | Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden | Albania | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | [8] |
Honours[edit]
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise
- Belgian Cup: 2023-24
SV Wehen Wiesbaden
- Hessen Cup: 2020-21
References[edit]
- ^ Brøndby IF skriver med svensk angrebstalent, Brøndby IF, 22 January 2016.
- ^ "Welcome Gustaf Nilsson". Union SG. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Sweden v Estonia game report". ESPN. 7 January 2018.
- ^ "Sweden v Denmark game report". ESPN. 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Gustaf Nilsson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Sverige - Danmark - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Portugal - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ "Sverige - Albanien - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 March 2024.
External links[edit]
- Gustaf Nilsson at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Gustaf Nilsson at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Swedish men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Falkenbergs FF players
- Brøndby IF players
- Silkeborg IF players
- Vejle Boldklub players
- BK Häcken players
- SV Wehen Wiesbaden players
- Royale Union Saint-Gilloise players
- Allsvenskan players
- Danish Superliga players
- 3. Liga players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Sweden men's youth international footballers
- Sweden men's under-21 international footballers
- Sweden men's international footballers
- Swedish expatriate men's footballers
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Swedish football forward stubs