1922 - 2007
Nils Erik Liedholm (pronounced [ˈnɪlːs ˈlîːdhɔlm]; 8 October 1922 – 5 November 2007) was a Swedish football midfielder and coach. Il Barone (The Baron), as he is affectionately known in Italy, was renowned for being part of the Swedish "Gre-No-Li" trio of strikers along with Gunnar Gren and Gunnar Nordahl at A.C. Milan and the Swedish national team, with which he achieved notable success throughout his career. Liedholm was an intelligent offensive playmaker who was renowned for his excellent range of passing and precise crossing ability throughout his career, as well as his vision, tactical awareness, control, class, and his elegant style of play; he is regarded as one of Milan's and Sweden's greatest ever players, and considered one of the best players of the post-war era. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nils Liedholm has received more than 230,517 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Nils Liedholm is the 101st most popular soccer player (up from 115th in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 127th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Soccer Player.
Nils Liedholm is most famous for being a Swedish football player and coach. He played for the Swedish national team, winning the gold medal in the 1948 Olympics. He played for AC Milan, winning two Serie A titles and two European Cups. He coached AC Milan, winning two more Serie A titles.
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Among soccer players, Nils Liedholm ranks 101 out of 16,923. Before him are Leo Beenhakker, Lucien Laurent, Jürgen Klinsmann, Ivica Osim, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, and Rudi Völler. After him are Zoltán Czibor, Berti Vogts, Gunnar Gren, José Altafini, Andriy Shevchenko, and Gheorghe Hagi.
1942 - Present
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 95
1907 - 2005
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 96
1964 - Present
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 97
1941 - Present
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 98
1925 - 2002
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 99
1960 - Present
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 100
1922 - 2007
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 101
1929 - 1997
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 102
1946 - Present
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 103
1920 - 1991
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 104
1938 - Present
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 105
1976 - Present
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 106
1965 - Present
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 107
Among people born in 1922, Nils Liedholm ranks 46. Before him are Nándor Hidegkuti, Renata Tebaldi, Lucian Freud, Leon M. Lederman, Ahmed Sékou Touré, and Liliane Bettencourt. After him are Dana Zátopková, Manolis Glezos, Richard Hamilton, Alberto Granado, Arthur Ashkin, and Ademir de Menezes. Among people deceased in 2007, Nils Liedholm ranks 22. Before him are Albert Ellis, Deborah Kerr, Ryszard Kapuściński, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Benazir Bhutto, and Ève Curie. After him are Ernst Otto Fischer, Oscar Peterson, Richard Rorty, Momofuku Ando, Kai Siegbahn, and Lois Maxwell.
1922 - 2002
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 40
1922 - 2004
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 41
1922 - 2011
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 42
1922 - 2018
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 43
1922 - 1984
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 44
1922 - 2017
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 45
1922 - 2007
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 46
1922 - 2020
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 47
1922 - 2020
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 48
1922 - 2011
HPI: 70.90
Rank: 49
1922 - 2011
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 50
1922 - 2020
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 51
1922 - 1996
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 52
1913 - 2007
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 16
1921 - 2007
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 17
1932 - 2007
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 18
1932 - 2007
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 19
1953 - 2007
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 20
1904 - 2007
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 21
1922 - 2007
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 22
1918 - 2007
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 23
1925 - 2007
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 24
1931 - 2007
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 25
1910 - 2007
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 26
1918 - 2007
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 27
1927 - 2007
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 28
Among people born in Sweden, Nils Liedholm ranks 114 out of 1,296. Before him are Emund the Old (1030), Lennart Torstensson (1603), Canute I of Sweden (1150), Birgit Nilsson (1918), Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1700), and Harriet Andersson (1932). After him are Claes Oldenburg (1929), Ulf von Euler (1905), Gunnar Gren (1920), Maj Sjöwall (1935), Charles VII of Sweden (1130), and Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland (1884).
1030 - 1060
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 108
1603 - 1651
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 109
1150 - 1196
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 110
1918 - 2005
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 111
1700 - 1739
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 112
1932 - Present
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 113
1922 - 2007
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 114
1929 - Present
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 115
1905 - 1983
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 116
1920 - 1991
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 117
1935 - 2020
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 118
1130 - 1167
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 119
1884 - 1965
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 120
Among soccer players born in Sweden, Nils Liedholm ranks 3. Before him are Gunnar Nordahl (1921) and Zlatan Ibrahimović (1981). After him are Gunnar Gren (1920), Kurt Hamrin (1934), Henrik Larsson (1971), Agne Simonsson (1935), Lennart Skoglund (1929), Thomas Ravelli (1959), Ove Kindvall (1943), Sven Rydell (1905), and Kalle Svensson (1925).
1921 - 1995
HPI: 75.29
Rank: 1
1981 - Present
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 2
1922 - 2007
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 3
1920 - 1991
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 4
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 5
1971 - Present
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 6
1935 - 2020
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 7
1929 - 1975
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 8
1959 - Present
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 9
1943 - Present
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 10
1905 - 1975
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 11
1925 - 2000
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 12