Lennart Nilsson (footballer)

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|fullname = Bo Lennart Roger Nilsson

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|1|1|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Sweden

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|position = Midfielder
Striker

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|years1 = 1978–1986

|clubs1 = IF Elfsborg{{cite news |first=Mikael |last=Häggström |title=Inför: Vi har spelat i båda klubbarna |url=http://www.elfsborg.se/nyheter/a-laget/38-infoer/32135-infoer-vi-har-spelat-i-bada-klubbarna |work=IF Elfsborg |date=13 September 2014 |access-date=7 January 2015 |language=Swedish |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150112023704/http://www.elfsborg.se/nyheter/a-laget/38-infoer/32135-infoer-vi-har-spelat-i-bada-klubbarna |archive-date=12 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}

|years2 = 1987–1990

|clubs2 = IFK Göteborg

|caps1 = 171

|goals1 = 51

|caps2 = 47

|goals2 = 12

|totalcaps = 218

|totalgoals = 63

|nationalyears1 = 1982–1987

|nationalteam1 = Sweden

|nationalcaps1 = 6

|nationalgoals1 = 0

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Bo Lennart Roger Nilsson (born 1 January 1959) is a Swedish former footballer, who played as a midfielder and striker for IF Elfsborg, IFK Göteborg and the Sweden national team. He scored IFK Göteborg's goal in their second leg away match against Dundee United in the 1987 UEFA Cup Final.

Club career

Nilsson began his career at IF Elfsborg, where he spent eight years with the club, before moving to IFK Göteborg for a fee of SEK1.1 million, which was considered to be one of the most expensive club records at that time in Sweden.{{cite news |title=25 år sedan UEFA-cupsegern 1987 |url=http://anglarna.se/2012/05/19/25-ar-sedan-uefa-cupsegern-1987/ |work=Änglarna |date=19 May 2012 |access-date=9 January 2015 |language=Swedish}} Whilst there, he won the 1986–87 UEFA Cup after netting the winning goal in the second leg of the final against Dundee United.{{cite news |first=Jim |last=Reynolds |title=Jaded United falter at the final hurdle |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19870521&id=5yo1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=u6ULAAAAIBAJ&pg=4109,5583108 |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=21 May 1987 |access-date=7 January 2015}} Following the win, Nilsson picked up a knee injury, which kept him out for the rest of the season. He also helped IFK Göteborg win the 1990 Allsvenskan title,{{cite web |url=http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Om-IFK-Goteborg/Presentation/Historik/2001-03/ |title=De gyllene åren (1990–1996) |work=IFK Göteborg |access-date=7 January 2015 |language=Swedish}} before retiring.

International career

Nilsson received his first cap for the Sweden national team on 13 November 1982 as a substitute for Tommy Holmgren in a 1–0 Euro 1984 qualifier away win against Cyprus.{{cite web |url=http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=7847 |title=Cyprus 0–1 Sweden |work=EU-football |access-date=7 January 2015}} Nilsson was capped six times, scoring no goals.{{cite web |url=http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=15170 |title=Lennart Nilsson |work=EU-football |access-date=7 January 2015}}