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 and technically gifted offensive playmaker who was renowned for his range of passing 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 336,195 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Nils Liedholm is the 115th most popular soccer player (down from 101st in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 114th 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 115 out of 16,880. Before him are Thierry Henry, Uwe Seeler, Fabio Cannavaro, Neymar, Dani Alves, and Filippo Inzaghi. After him are Fernando Santos, Kunishige Kamamoto, Luigi Riva, Lucien Laurent, Bobby Robson, and Carles Puyol.
1977 - Present
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 109
1936 - Present
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 110
1973 - Present
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 111
1992 - Present
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 112
1983 - Present
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 113
1973 - Present
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 114
1922 - 2007
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 115
1954 - Present
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 116
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 117
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 118
1907 - 2005
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 119
1933 - 2009
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 120
1978 - Present
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 121
Among people born in 1922, Nils Liedholm ranks 44. Before him are Miguel Muñoz, Yang Chen-Ning, Jason Robards, Liliane Bettencourt, Agostinho Neto, and Nikolay Basov. After him are Michel Galabru, Blake Edwards, Ahmed Sékou Touré, Julius Nyerere, Robert W. Holley, and Ademir de Menezes. Among people deceased in 2007, Nils Liedholm ranks 27. Before him are Ryszard Kapuściński, Ike Turner, Barry Nelson, Ernst Otto Fischer, Momofuku Ando, and Kai Siegbahn. After him are Richard Rorty, Abdul Rahman Arif, Paul Lauterbur, Stanley Miller, Lois Maxwell, and Marcheline Bertrand.
1922 - 1990
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 38
1922 - Present
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 39
1922 - 2000
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 40
1922 - 2017
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 41
1922 - 1979
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 42
1922 - 2001
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 43
1922 - 2007
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 44
1922 - 2016
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 45
1922 - 2010
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 46
1922 - 1984
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 47
1922 - 1999
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 48
1922 - 1993
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 49
1922 - 1996
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 50
1932 - 2007
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 21
1931 - 2007
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 22
1917 - 2007
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 23
1918 - 2007
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 24
1910 - 2007
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 25
1918 - 2007
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 26
1922 - 2007
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 27
1931 - 2007
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 28
1916 - 2007
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 29
1929 - 2007
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 30
1930 - 2007
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 31
1927 - 2007
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 32
1950 - 2007
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 33
Among people born in Sweden, Nils Liedholm ranks 112 out of 1,612. Before him are Sverker I of Sweden (1100), Stefan Löfven (1957), Ingemar Stenmark (1956), Carin Göring (1888), Kai Siegbahn (1918), and Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland (1884). After him are Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg (1584), Canute I of Sweden (1150), Rudolf Kjellén (1864), Lasse Hallström (1946), Victor Sjöström (1879), and Harriet Andersson (1932).
1100 - 1156
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 106
1957 - Present
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 107
1956 - Present
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 108
1888 - 1931
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 109
1918 - 2007
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 110
1884 - 1965
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 111
1922 - 2007
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 112
1584 - 1638
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 113
1150 - 1196
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 114
1864 - 1922
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 115
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 116
1879 - 1960
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 117
1932 - Present
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 118
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), Ronnie Hellström (1949), Thomas Ravelli (1959), Agne Simonsson (1935), Sven Tumba (1931), Lennart Skoglund (1929), and Ove Kindvall (1943).
1921 - 1995
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 1
1981 - Present
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 2
1922 - 2007
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 3
1920 - 1991
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 4
1934 - Present
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 5
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 6
1949 - 2022
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 7
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 8
1935 - 2020
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 9
1931 - 2011
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 10
1929 - 1975
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 11
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 12