1. Nils Lennart Roland Nilsson was born on 27 November 1963 and is a Swedish professional football manager and former player.
19 Facts About Roland Nilsson
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Roland Nilsson was most recently the head coach of Allsvenskan club IFK Goteborg.
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Roland Nilsson 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.
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Roland Nilsson won his first major honour as a manager in 2010 with Malmo FF when the team won Allsvenskan.
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Roland Nilsson joined Copenhagen on 1 June 2011 but was sacked after six months on 9 January 2012.
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Roland Nilsson quickly established himself as a first-team player with Di Roe, earning himself the reputation of being one of the top youngsters in Swedish football.
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On 1 May 1986, shortly after IFK's European Cup exit, Roland Nilsson made his international debut.
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Roland Nilsson played in all the games played by Sweden in both tournaments.
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In January 1994, Roland Nilsson announced that he was suffering from homesickness and asked to be sold to a Swedish club.
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That summer Roland Nilsson represented his country in the World Cup, he played every second as the team finished, somewhat surprisingly, in third place.
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Roland 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.
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At this point, Roland Nilsson had planned to see out the rest of his career with his hometown club.
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Roland Nilsson spent one further season at Coventry before returning to Helsingborg, where he spent the following two seasons.
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The last international tournament in which Roland Nilsson played was Euro 2000.
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Roland Nilsson 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.
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Under his managing years with GAIS, Roland Nilsson occasionally had to make "comebacks" and play himself due to player injuries.
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Roland Nilsson was brought in as a player-caretaker manager, despite having no managerial experience, in place of Strachan.
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On 10 October 2007, Malmo FF announced that Roland Nilsson had signed a four-year contract as manager, replacing Soren Akeby.
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Roland Nilsson enjoyed little success during his first two seasons at Malmo FF, and his side finished in mid-table positions in both 2008 and 2009.