John Nilsson (soccer player)

John Oskar Emanuel Nilsson (born April 27, 1908 in Örgryte , now Gothenburg , † December 1, 1987 in Gothenburg) was a Swedish football player . Known because of his height under the nickname "Long-John" , the striker , who played twice for the Swedish national team, won the Swedish championship title in 1931 and became the top scorer of the Allsvenskan in the same year .

Career

Nilsson started playing football at IK Virgo . Before the first division season 1929/30 he moved to GAIS in the Allsvenskan. In his first year he came to two league appearances in which he remained without a goal. In the following season he played in all 22 league games and contributed with 26 goals this season to win the Von Rosens Cup for the Swedish championship. This also made him the top scorer of the Allsvenskan. Also in the following two years he shone alongside players like Rune Wenzel , Folke Lind and Ragnar Gustavsson as a regular goalscorer and was twice the club's top scorer with 14 and 19 goals this season respectively. So he played his way into the circle of the Swedish national team, in which he made his debut on July 17, 1932 as part of the 3: 4 defeat against the Austrian national team. He crowned his debut with two goals, followed by four more goals in his second and last national team appearance on the occasion of the 8-1 victory over Lithuania on September 25th of that year.

In the spring of 1934 Nilsson moved to the lower class club IFK Östersund . Half a year later he returned to the Allsvenskan and joined the Stockholm club AIK . There he inherited the center forward Per Kaufeldt , who had ended his career. In the following two years he scored 18 goals in 31 first division games for his new club.

In 1936 Nilsson returned to GAIS. For his old club he ran in five other games in the Allsvenskan and scored one goal. A short time later he moved on to the lower class occurring club Sibbhults IF , where he let his career end.

Nilsson worked in the port of Gothenburg.

Web links

• gais.se: "John Nilsson- Spelarfakta"
• aik.se: "John" Long-John "Nilsson - GAIS: aren som spelade två år i AIK"