Roland Nilsson

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Rating

Caps

116

Goals

Life

1963

Clubs

IFK Göteborg, Sheffield Wednesday, Coventry City

#19

Editorial rank of 33 for Sweden

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A robust and incredibly reliable right-back, he was an integral part of Sweden's surprise run to third place at the 1994 World Cup. Career record: 116 caps and 2 goals for Sweden; club career at IFK Göteborg, Sheffield Wednesday, Coventry City.

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Around Nilsson in the almanac

One rank above: Olof Mellberg at #18.

One rank below: Torbjörn Nilsson at #20.

Sweden's editorial top five: Gunnar Nordahl · Zlatan Ibrahimović · Henrik Larsson · Nils Liedholm · Gunnar Gren.