SOCCER PLAYER

Erik Nilsson

1916 - 1995

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Erik Henry Sixten Nilsson (6 August 1916 – 9 September 1995) was a Swedish footballer who played as a left back. Nilsson played his youth days with Limhamns IF, before he moved in 1934 to Allsvenskan club Malmö FF, where he played until 1953. There he won five league titles and five Swedish Cups. During his playing days he rejected an offer from A.C. Milan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erik Nilsson is the 1,301st most popular soccer player (down from 944th in 2019), the 448th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 356th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Swedish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Erik Nilsson ranks 1,301 out of 21,273. Before him are Hidetoki Takahashi, Heinz Flohe, Károly Palotai, Hristo Bonev, Ratomir Dujković, and Amedeo Amadei. After him are Massimo Bonini, Karl-Heinz Riedle, Dragan Holcer, Kenzo Yokoyama, Dries Mertens, and César Sampaio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Erik Nilsson ranks 123. Before him are Maria Altmann, John Basilone, Paul Halmos, Moondog, Hidetoki Takahashi, and Vladimir Demikhov. After him are Iosif Shklovsky, Jackie Gleason, Maurice Bavaud, Dom Mintoff, Hilary Koprowski, and Dorothy McGuire. Among people deceased in 1995, Erik Nilsson ranks 128. Before him are Viveca Lindfors, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Madge Sinclair, Werner Liebrich, Khalid Bakdash, and Abdul Ali Mazari. After him are Katarina Taikon, Hansa Jivraj Mehta, Michael V. Gazzo, Karel Píč, Max Wünsche, and Alexander Kaidanovsky.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Erik Nilsson ranks 448 out of 1,879. Before him are Alexander Skarsgård (1976), Björn Nordqvist (1942), Princess Sophia of Sweden (1547), Martin van Meytens (1695), Bernhard Karlgren (1889), and Jenny Nyström (1854). After him are Per Oscarsson (1927), Katarina Taikon (1932), Anna Palm de Rosa (1859), Gunilla Bergström (1942), Gösta Ekman (1890), and Gösta Pettersson (1940).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Sweden

Among soccer players born in Sweden, Erik Nilsson ranks 24. Before him are Ralf Edström (1952), Kennet Andersson (1967), Kalle Svensson (1925), Sven Andersson (1907), Knut Nordahl (1920), and Björn Nordqvist (1942). After him are Bengt Gustavsson (1928), Knut Kroon (1906), Conny Torstensson (1949), Sigge Parling (1930), Sven Tumba (1931), and Nils Axelsson (1906).

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