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Per Nilsson

1982 - Today

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Per Jörgen Nilsson (born 15 September 1982) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Starting off his career with IFK Timrå in 1998, he went on to represent GIF Sundsvall, AIK, Odd Greenland, 1899 Hoffenheim, and 1. FC Nürnberg before retiring at F.C. Copenhagen in 2016. A full international between 2001 and 2016, he won 16 caps for the Sweden national team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Per Nilsson is the 11,488th most popular soccer player (down from 10,755th in 2024), the 1,558th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 1,512th in 2019) and the 245th most popular Swedish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Per Nilsson ranks 11,488 out of 21,273. Before him are João Pedro, Márcio Nobre, Raphael Dwamena, Oleksiy Byelik, Dmitri Kruglov, and Andri Guðjohnsen. After him are José García Calvo, Eli Dasa, Sherif Ekramy, Srđan Lakić, Minako Takashima, and Li Jinyu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Per Nilsson ranks 740. Before him are Iljo Keisse, Brennan Heart, Andrea Minguzzi, Alison Barros Moraes, Daniel Braaten, and Juan Rodríguez. After him are Shani Davis, Chisu, Jelena Nikolić, Manfred Mölgg, Evan Goldberg, and Andrei Rybakou.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Per Nilsson ranks 1,558 out of 1,879. Before him are Jim Gottfridsson (1992), Roger Johansson (1967), Linus Sandgren (1972), Anna von Hausswolff (1986), Eva Lund (1971), and Cecilia Wikström (1965). After him are Marcus Hellner (1985), Jan Johansen (1966), Tomas Antonelius (1973), Magnus Johansson (1973), Dalibor Doder (1979), and Kim Andersson (1982).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Sweden

Among soccer players born in Sweden, Per Nilsson ranks 245. Before him are Louay Chanko (1979), Saman Ghoddos (1993), Samuel Armenteros (1990), John Alvbåge (1982), Hans Eskilsson (1966), and Milan Smiljanić (1986). After him are Tomas Antonelius (1973), Karl-Johan Johnsson (1990), Anthony Elanga (2002), Kristoffer Nordfeldt (1989), Patrik Carlgren (1992), and Mikael Ishak (1993).

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