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Torbjörn Nilsson

1954 - Today

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Torbjörn Anders Nilsson (born 9 July 1954) is a Swedish footballer and manager who played as a striker. Considered one of the best Swedish footballers of all time, he is best remembered for his time with IFK Göteborg with which he won two Swedish championship titles, the 1981–82 UEFA Cup, and reached the semi-finals of the 1985–86 European Cup. He also represented PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands and 1. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Torbjörn Nilsson has received more than 176,549 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Torbjörn Nilsson is the 2,232nd most popular soccer player (up from 2,362nd in 2019), the 633rd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 678th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Swedish Soccer Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Torbjörn Nilsson ranks 2,232 out of 21,273. Before him are Maarten Stekelenburg, José Lázaro Robles, Dezső Bundzsák, Ederson, Vágner Love, and Emiliano Sala. After him are György Szűcs, Milovan Jakšić, Shusaku Hirasawa, Yannick Carrasco, Ricardo Rocha, and Antonio Roma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Torbjörn Nilsson ranks 255. Before him are Mauro Baldi, Angelo De Donatis, Roy Jacobsen, Hansi Hinterseer, Dragan Vasiljković, and Yumi Matsutoya. After him are Hisao Sekiguchi, Anatoliy Kinakh, Akemi Iwata, Oscar Larrauri, Ján Kozák, and Jonathan Pollard.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Torbjörn Nilsson ranks 633 out of 1,879. Before him are Mikael Håfström (1960), Margaret of Sweden, Queen of Norway (1155), Freddie Ljungberg (1977), Harry Andersson (1913), Krister Kristensson (1942), and Hillevi Rombin (1933). After him are Rebecca Ferguson (1983), Wilhelm Hisinger (1766), Tommy Svensson (1945), Bertil Antonsson (1921), Hans Berglund (1918), and Ewa Aulin (1950).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Sweden

Among soccer players born in Sweden, Torbjörn Nilsson ranks 53. Before him are Ragnar Gustavsson (1907), Karl-Erik Palmér (1929), Eivar Widlund (1905), Freddie Ljungberg (1977), Harry Andersson (1913), and Krister Kristensson (1942). After him are Patrik Andersson (1971), Sven Jacobsson (1914), Henock Abrahamsson (1909), Janne Andersson (1962), Arne Nyberg (1913), and Ove Grahn (1943).

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