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Joakim Nilsson

1966 - Today

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Hans Peter Joakim Nilsson (born 31 March 1966) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Landskrona BoIS and Malmö FF in his native Sweden, and Sporting de Gijón in Spain during a career that spanned between 1985 and 1995. He appeared for the Sweden national team a total of 27 times, and participated in the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy as well as UEFA Euro 1992. He represented Sweden at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Joakim Nilsson is the 6,505th most popular soccer player (up from 7,853rd in 2024), the 1,220th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 1,318th in 2019) and the 170th most popular Swedish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Joakim Nilsson ranks 6,505 out of 21,273. Before him are John Doyle, Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Denís Milar, Masaharu Suzuki, Ayumi Hara, and Shun Aso. After him are Fernando Quirarte, José Van Tuyne, František Mysliveček, Daniel Jensen, Kazuto Nishida, and Deniz Undav.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Joakim Nilsson ranks 467. Before him are Stone Gossard, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Vincenzo Sospiri, Tim Hardaway, Yoshinori Kitase, and John Doyle. After him are Martin Keown, Henk Fraser, Emese Hunyady, Mike McCready, Silje Nergaard, and Yulia Latynina.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Joakim Nilsson ranks 1,220 out of 1,879. Before him are Pandora (1970), Roine Stolt (1956), Magnus Gustafsson (1967), Joakim Brodén (1980), Tarik Saleh (1972), and Jimmie Åkesson (1979). After him are Jon Nödtveidt (1975), Jonas Eriksson (1974), Petra Marklund (1984), Mikael Stanne (1974), Mattias Jonson (1974), and Klas Östergren (1955).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Sweden

Among soccer players born in Sweden, Joakim Nilsson ranks 170. Before him are Rami Shaaban (1975), Joachim Björklund (1971), Emil Forsberg (1991), Jan Eriksson (1967), Petter Hansson (1976), and Putte Kock (1901). After him are Mattias Jonson (1974), Sven Andersson (1963), Sanny Åslund (1952), Lotta Schelin (1984), Daniel Andersson (1977), and John Guidetti (1992).

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