Lars Thomas "Lasse" Nilsson (born 3 January 1982) is a Swedish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward. Best remembered for his time with IF Elfsborg, he also represented clubs in the Netherlands, France, and Denmark. He won two Cap (sport), caps for the Sweden men's national football team, Sweden national team.

Club career

Nilsson played for IK Brage, IF Elfsborg, sc Heerenveen, AaB Fodbold, Aalborg Boldspilklub and AS Saint-Étienne. In 2007, Nilsson was loaned to Elfsborg from SC Heerenveen. Nilsson signed for Saint-Étienne on 8 August 2007, after leaving Heerenveen, in a four-year deal worth up to €3 million. In January 2009 he moved to Vitesse Arnhem on loan, a move which became permanent when he signed a three-year deal in June 2009.
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International career

Youth

Nilsson played four games for the Sweden men's national under-19 football team, Sweden U19 team, and represented the Sweden national under-21 football team, Sweden U21 team a total of 10 times, including at the 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship where Sweden finished fourth.

Senior

He made his full international debut for the Sweden men's national football team, Sweden national team in a friendly game against Norway national football team, Norway on 22 January 2004, replacing Mats Rubarth in the 58th minute of a 0–3 loss. He won his second and last international cap on 15 November 2006, in a friendly game against the Ivory Coast national football team, Ivory Coast. Nilsson started the game and played for 64 minutes before being replaced by Fredrik Berglund in a 0–1 loss.

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* * * 1982 births Living people Footballers from Borlänge Men's association football forwards Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers IK Brage players IF Elfsborg players SC Heerenveen players AS Saint-Étienne players AaB Fodbold players SBV Vitesse players Norrby IF players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Danish Superliga players Eredivisie players Ligue 1 players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Swedish expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark 21st-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-footy-forward-stub