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

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Career

Nillson started his career at

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...

and made his

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debut at seventeen years of age. In the middle of his career he moved to

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because of his work and took up playing with local team Gislaveds IS. He was later convinced to move to

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to play for

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which he did until 1964 when he returned to Malmö FF. Nilsson won the league with Malmö in

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before he finished his career playing for

Landskrona BoIS Landskrona Boll och Idrottsällskap (, locally referred to as BoIS) is a Swedish professional football club located in Landskrona, Scania, which currently plays in Superettan, the second league tier of football in Sweden. The club was formed ...

and later

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. During his career he also played six times for

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, he earned the first cap at nineteen years of age.

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

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. His father also earned a cap for Sweden.

Honours

Club

;Malmö FF *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nilsson, Bertil 1936 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers Malmö FF players Landskrona BoIS players Allsvenskan players IS Halmia players Lunds BK players Men's association football midfielders 20th-century Swedish sportsmen