Roland Nilsson
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 November 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Helsingborg, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1974–1980 | Helsingborg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1983 | Helsingborg | 38 | (3) |
| 1983–1989 | IFK Göteborg | 124 | (7) |
| 1989–1994 | Sheffield Wednesday | 151 | (2) |
| 1994–1997 | Helsingborg | 64 | (0) |
| 1997–1999 | Coventry City | 60 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Helsingborg | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Coventry City | 9 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | GAIS | 7 | (0) |
| Total | 446 | (12) | |
| National team | |||
| 1986–2000 | Sweden | 116 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2001–2002 | Coventry City | ||
| 2002–2007 | GAIS | ||
| 2008–2011 | Malmö FF | ||
| 2011–2012 | F.C. Copenhagen | ||
| 2014– | Sweden U17 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Roland Nilsson (born 27 November 1963 in Helsingborg) 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.
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.
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