Roland Nilsson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Roland Nilsson
Occupation	Football Manager
Date Of Birth	Nov 27, 1963(1963-11-27)
Age	61
Birthplace	Helsingborg
Country	Sweden
Birth City	Skåne
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Roland Nilsson Biography

Roland Nilsson is one of the most popular and richest Football Manager who was born on November 27, 1963 in Helsingborg, Skåne, Sweden.

Born in Helsingborg, Nilsson began his playing career, during which he played predominantly as a right back, as a seventeen-year-old with his hometown club Helsingborgs IF. He quickly established himself as a first-team player with Di Röe, earning himself the reputation of being one of the top youngsters in Swedish football. The quality of his performances was such that in 1983 he was signed by IFK Göteborg, who at that point were the pre-eminent team in Sweden.

Despite the promise that he had shown at Helsingborg, Nilsson spent most of his first two seasons with IFK on the bench. However, he did eventually establish himself in the team, first becoming a regular starter during the 1985 season. It was during the latter end of that season that IFK began their run to the semi-final of the European Cup; IFK knocked out the likes of Fenerbahçe and Aberdeen before eventually falling to Barcelona on penalties. Nilsson missed one of the penalties in the shootout.

Roland Nilsson Net Worth

Roland Nilsson is one of the richest Football Manager from Sweden. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Roland Nilsson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Roland Nilsson (born 27 November 1963) is a Swedish football manager. As a player, Nilsson played 116 games for Sweden, making him the sixth most capped player in the Swedish national team. He also won the UEFA Cup and played in the semi-finals of the World Cup, the European Championships, and the European Cup during a playing career lasting over two decades. He won his first major honour as a manager in 2010 with Malmö FF when the team won Allsvenskan. On 1 April 2011 FC Copenhagen confirmed Nilsson as the club’s new manager to replace Ståle Solbakken who left Copenhagen to become manager of 1. FC Köln in the summer of 2011. Nilsson joined F.C. Copenhagen on 1 June 2011 but was sacked after six months on 9 January 2012.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Nilsson spent the following three years playing for Helsingborg, during which time the club finished as runner-up in both the Allsvenskan and the Svenska Cupen. In 1996, he was awarded the Guldbollen, a trophy given each year to the best player from Sweden. At this point, Nilsson had planned to see out the rest of his career with his hometown club. However, in 1997 Ron Atkinson, who had signed Nilsson when he was manager at Sheffield Wednesday, made a £200,000 offer to sign him for Coventry City, an offer that Nilsson accepted.

Facts & Trivia

Mahbod Ranked on the list of most popular Football Manager. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sweden. Roland Nilsson celebrates birthday on November 27 of every year.

Nilsson spent one further season at Coventry before once again returning to Helsingborg, where he spent the following two seasons. The last international tournament in which Nilsson played was Euro 2000. He started Sweden’s opening game against the co-hosts, Belgium; however, he was substituted at half-time in the game with a concussion after a defensive error, which allowed Bart Goor to put Belgium ahead, Nilsson played no further part in the tournament. Despite this snub, he played a further four games for Sweden, the last coming on 11 October 2000 against Slovakia, the result of that game, like his international debut, was 0–0.