Gustaf_Nilsson_(footballer,_born_1997)
Gustaf Nilsson (footballer, born 1997)
Swedish footballer
Håkan Gustaf Nilsson (born 23 May 1997) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian Pro League club Union SG.
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Gustaf Nilsson in 2023. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Håkan Gustaf Nilsson | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-05-23) 23 May 1997 (age 26) | ||
| 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) |
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*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) | |||
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]
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.
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] |
- 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.
- Gustaf Nilsson at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Gustaf Nilsson at National-Football-Teams.com
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