Torbjörn Nilsson
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Torbjörn Anders Nilsson | ||
| Date of birth | 9 July 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Västerås, Sweden | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1966–1970 | Jonsereds IF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1974 | Jonsereds IF | 80 | (50) |
| 1975–1976 | IFK Göteborg | 49 | (34) |
| 1976–1977 | PSV Eindhoven | 11 | (2) |
| 1977–1982 | IFK Göteborg | 114 | (62) |
| 1982–1984 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 65 | (22) |
| 1984–1986 | IFK Göteborg | 49 | (31) |
| 1986–1990 | Jonsereds IF | 40 | (14) |
| Total | 408 | (215) | |
| National team | |||
| 1976–1985 | Sweden | 28 | (9) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1988–1990 | Jonsereds IF | ||
| 1991–1993 | Örgryte IS | ||
| 1994–1995 | IK Oddevold | ||
| 1997–1999 | Västra Frölunda IF | ||
| 2001 | BK Häcken | ||
| 2002–2004 | Sweden U-21 | ||
| 2008–2013 | Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Torbjörn Anders Nilsson (born in Västerås, 9 July 1954) is a Swedish former football striker and coach. He is considered to be one of the best Swedish footballers of all time, having won the Swedish championship twice and the UEFA Cup once with IFK Göteborg, where he spent most of his career. He also had a less successful spell in the Netherlands with PSV Eindhoven and a better one in Germany with 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Nilsson has had various levels of success as a manager.
Nilsson was born in Västerås on 9 July 1954, and raised in Hallstahammar. He and his family (father Göte, mother Daisy, the brothers Rolf and Bosse and sister Rose-Marie) moved to Partille, outside Gothenburg, before he started school, and he began his footballing career in Jonsereds IF at the age of seven or eight. Nilsson joined IFK Göteborg for the 1975 season, and helped the club climb back to the top tier of Swedish football, Allsvenskan, by winning Division 2 in 1976. He tried his luck abroad with PSV Eindhoven, but returned to IFK after only one season. He then helped the team to a treble in 1982, the Swedish championship (IFK won both Allsvenskan and the title-deciding play-off), Svenska Cupen, and the UEFA Cup. He was awarded Guldbollen, the Swedish footballer of the year award, for his heroics.
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