Bertil Nilsson

Bertil Nilsson

Personal information
Date of birth	16 January 1936
Place of birth	Sweden
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1953–1960	Malmö FF
	Gislaveds IS
	IS Halmia
1964–1966	Malmö FF
	Landskrona BoIS
	Lunds BK
National team
	Sweden	6	(?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Bertil "Klumpen" Nilsson (born 16 January 1936) is a former Swedish footballer.

Career

Nillson started his career at Malmö FF and made his Allsvenskan debut at seventeen years of age. In the middle of his career he moved to Gislaved because of his work and took up playing with local team Gislaveds IS. He was later convinced to move to Halmstad to play for IS Halmia which he did until 1964 when he returned to Malmö FF. Nilsson won the league with Malmö in 1965 before he finished his career playing for Landskrona BoIS and later Lunds BK. During his career he also played six times for Sweden, he earned the first cap at nineteen years of age.^[1]

Personal life

Bertil Nilsson is the son of former Malmö FF player and manager Sven Nilsson. His father was the manager of the club when they won their first league title in 1944. His father also earned a cap for Sweden.^[1]

Honours

Club

Malmö FF

• Allsvenskan: 1965

References

1. ""Klumpen" valde sitt smeknamn". Sydsvenskan. Retrieved 11 February 2012.