Career
He played for a local club called Tomtens IF and IFK Falköping until 1987 when he moved to IFK Göteborg, where he stayed until he ended his active career in 2001 due to an eye injury. During these years, he played 609 first team matches, which is a club record. In Independent Television"s Greatest Champions League Goals programme, Nilson"s 2 strikes against PSV Eindhoven were number twenty and nineteen on the list of the top 50 goals.
One of Clive Tyldesley"s famous quotes- "Now they know he can shoot, oh they know he can shoot", referred to Nilsson"s second strike against PSV.