Mikael Nilsson
1987–2001
Swedish championPlayer profile
Overview
Jan Mikael Nilsson was born on 28 September 1968 in Falköping. His IFK Göteborg first-team career began in the 1987 season. He came through IFK Göteborg's youth system before the senior debut and is regarded by the club as a home-grown player. He made his competitive debut on 11 April 1988 against IK Brage in Allsvenskan, a match that finished 3–0.
He spent 15 seasons with IFK Göteborg's first team and made 609 appearances and scoring 48 goals. Of those 609 appearances, 284 came in Allsvenskan.
Nilsson won the Swedish championship with IFK Göteborg in 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996. He was part of an IFK Göteborg Swedish Cup-winning side in 1991. He was named IFK Göteborg's Archangel of the Year in 1994. In 1994, he won World Cup bronze with the national team. Nilsson made 22 senior international appearances for Sweden.
Transfers
Club records
- Most games 609
- Most Champions League games 44
- Most games against IK Oddevold 5
- Most games against Västra Frölunda IF 20
- Most games against Örebro SK 28
- Most games in the 1990s 471
- Most games at Eyravallen 15
- Most games at Rambergsvallen 6
- Most games at Vångavallen 10
- Most competitive games 407
Record rankings
- Most Swedish Cup games 2nd
- Most European cup games 3rd
- Most Allsvenskan games 4th
- Most goals in the 1990s 11th
- Most seasons 11th
- Most European cup goals 13th
- Most games in a season 13th
- Most goals by an academy product 13th
- Most Allsvenskan goals by an academy product 14th
- Most yellow cards in Allsvenskan 17th
- Most UEFA Cup games 23rd
- Most goals in the 1980s 28th
- Most games in the 1980s 30th
- Most Swedish Cup goals 30th
- Most goals in competitive games 43rd
- Most games in the 2000s 44th
- Oldest goalscorer 44th
- Youngest Allsvenskan goalscorer 47th
- Most Allsvenskan goals 49th
- Oldest player in the Swedish Cup 49th
- Most games in a season 53rd
- Youngest player in a European cup game 53rd
- Most goals in the 2000s 54th
- Most goals 60th
- Most games in a season 64th
- Most games in a season 64th
- Most games in a season 64th
- Highest win percentage in Allsvenskan 64th
- Oldest player in Allsvenskan 67th
- Oldest player 68th
- Most international caps 71st
- Oldest Allsvenskan goalscorer 71st
- Oldest player in a competitive game 71st
- Youngest goalscorer 87th
- Highest cards-per-game rate in Allsvenskan 99th
Career at IFK Göteborg
Statistics
Statistics are partly incomplete. The total is 609 games, while game-by-game data is available for 486. Starts, substitute appearances, results, cards and the game list are based on registered game records.
Games and goals
Breakdown by competition
Win percentage
Starts and substitute appearances
Season by season
| Season | # | Games | Starts | Substitute appearances | Goals | Assist | Yellow cards | Red cards | W–D–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | – | 1 | 0 | 2–2–0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 44 | 41 | 3 | 1 | – | 2 | 0 | 24–14–6 |
| 1999 | 13 | 33 | 27 | 5 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 16–6–10 |
| 1998 | 13 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 3 | – | 3 | 0 | 18–8–11 |
| 1997 | 13 | 52 | 46 | 2 | 4 | – | 4 | 0 | 29–10–9 |
| 1996 | 13 | 52 | 43 | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | 0 | 23–9–11 |
| 1995 | 13 | 52 | 46 | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | 0 | 24–12–10 |
| 1994 | 13 | 48 | 41 | 0 | 2 | – | 1 | 0 | 25–8–8 |
| 1993 | 13 | 53 | 36 | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | 0 | 24–6–6 |
| 1992 | 13 | 46 | 32 | 2 | 4 | – | 1 | 0 | 16–3–15 |
| 1991 | 13 | 58 | 40 | 0 | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | 23–10–7 |
| 1990 | 13 | 40 | 26 | 0 | 1 | – | 2 | 0 | 14–7–5 |
| 1989 | 13 | 40 | 24 | 3 | 7 | – | 1 | 0 | 14–4–9 |
| 1988 | 13 | 49 | 24 | 3 | 4 | – | 1 | 0 | 15–6–6 |
| 1987 | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0–0–1 |
Game archive
Games for Mikael Nilsson
IFK GöteborgMartinsson 13′Eriksson 60′, 68′(Andersson) 74′Lilienberg 78′Rehn 90+110′
IK OddevoldJohansson 47′
West Bromwich Albion FCDonovan 39′, 62′Mardon 43′Rees 57′
IFK GöteborgLilienberg 35′
IFK Göteborg
Roda JCHuiberts 61′Graef 81′
IFK GöteborgMartinsson 75′
SK Sturm Graz
FC BarcelonaBakero 81′
IFK GöteborgRehn 89′
IFK GöteborgBlomqvist 10′Erlingmark 65′Kåmark 72′
Manchester United FCHughes 64′
IFK GöteborgLeksellErlingmark
IK Oddevold
League of Ireland XICurran 14′
IFK Göteborg
Galatasaray SK
IFK GöteborgErlingmark 86′
Stenungsunds IF
IFK GöteborgMartinsson 65′
Malmö FFPettersson 24′
IFK GöteborgLindqvist 21′Martinsson 75′
IFK GöteborgErlingmark 76′
Galatasaray SK
IFK GöteborgMartinsson 31′Erlingmark 81′
Landskrona BoISHegdal 38′
IFK Norrköping
IFK Göteborg
IFK GöteborgWahlstedt 32′, 76′Erlingmark 45′
BK HäckenGrankvist 66′
IFK GöteborgErlingmark 73′Blomqvist 88′
FC BarcelonaStoitjkov 10′
AIK
IFK GöteborgErlingmark 10′
IFK GöteborgPettersson 19′
Degerfors IFVukcevic 90′
IFK GöteborgMartinsson 46′
Örebro SKKubisztal 29′
Manchester United FCGiggs 33′, 65′Kantjelskis 48′Sharpe 70′
IFK GöteborgPettersson 26′Rehn 49′
IFK GöteborgErlingmark 68′
Västra Frölunda IFSkoog 5′Teberio 84′
IFK GöteborgPettersson 12′, 49′Bengtsson 21′Lindqvist 28′Martinsson 32′, 37′
Helsingborgs IFObiku 1′, 53′Dahlgren 34′
Halmstads BKAndersson 8′, 63′, 64′
IFK GöteborgBlomqvist 29′
Trelleborgs FF
IFK Göteborg
IFK GöteborgBlomqvist 22′Rehn 64′
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