Nils Ronald Åhman (or Åman, born 31 January 1957) is a Swedish former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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. He played his career in

Örebro SK Örebro Sportklubb, more commonly known as Örebro SK, Örebro or (especially locally) ÖSK, is a Swedish professional football club based in Örebro. The club are affiliated to Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Behrn ...

and in

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...

as a midfielder, and he was selected to the

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for the

1978 FIFA World Cup The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th edition of the FIFA World Cup, a Anniversary#Latin-derived numerical names, quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament among the men's senior national teams. It wa ...

. He later joined the

board.

Honours

; Djurgårdens IF: * Division 2 Norra:

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

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* * * * 1957 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers 1978 FIFA World Cup players Allsvenskan players Division 2 (Swedish football) players Örebro SK players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll directors and chairmen Men's association football defenders 20th-century Swedish sportsmen Värtans IK players {{sweden-footy-defender-stub