Marcus Nilsson (footballer)

Marcus Nilsson (born 26 February 1988) is a Swedish football player. The defender, who made his debut in the Swedish national team in 2011, won in 2010 with Helsingborgs IF the National Cup.

Career

Start your career in Sweden and international debut

Nilsson began playing football at Rydebäcks IF. In 2000 he moved to the youth department of Helsingborgs IF. There he went through the various youth teams and was appointed to the youth teams of Svenska Fotbollförbundet. In 2007 he made ​​his debut in Allsvenskan and was already in the course of the following season times set in the root formation. Finally, under coach Bo Nilsson he was in the 2009 on the side of Marcus Lantz, Andreas Landgren, Pär Hansson and René Makondele final decision on the permanent employees and denied 25 season games. As a result, the club extended in the summer of 2009, his contract by three years. In parallel, he also played in the Swedish U- 21 team, with whom he failed to qualify for the U-21 European Championship 2011 in the following year in the play- off matches against the Swiss U-21 national team. However, the year was marked yet for him from success. Although he missed the club as a table runner behind Malmö FF just the championship title, but now coached by Conny Karlsson team won by a 1-0 final win against Hammarby IF the Cup victory.

Move abroad

As a national player Nilsson had attracted attention outside the country and left in July 2011, his home country. When Dutch club FC Utrecht, who had recently committed with Johan Mårtensson before another Sweden, he signed on July 12 signed a contract with four years duration. A week later met with his former team mate Alexander Gerndt added another compatriot.