Patrik Nilsson

Patrik Nilsson

Patrik Nilsson playing for Hammarby IF in February 2012.
Personal information
Date of birth	(1982-03-15) 15 March 1982
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current team	AIK Bandy
Number	19
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–2000	Söderfors GoIF
2000–2008	Borlänge-Stora Tuna BK
2008–2009	Dynamo Kazan
2009–2012	Hammarby IF
2012–2013	Zorky
2013–2014	Hammarby IF
2014–2016	Sandvikens AIK
2016–2019	Bollnäs GIF
Medal record Men's bandy Representing Sweden World Championships 2003 Arkhangelsk Team 2009 Västerås Team 2010 Moscow Team 2017 Sandviken Team 2013 Sweden/Norway Team 2014 Irkutsk Team 2015 Khabarovsk Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Patrik Nilsson (born 15 March 1982) is a Swedish bandy player, currently with Sandvikens AIK in the Swedish Elitserien.

Career

Nilsson started playing bandy at Söderfors GoIF but left to play in the top division at Sandvikens AIK. He has played for the Swedish national bandy team. All of his appearances have been while he was a Sandvikens AIK player. Nilsson was a member of the Sandvikens AIK squads that won the Swedish Championship in the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons and he was also a member of the Bandy World Cup winning squad in 2001–02 season.

He was the top scorer in the 2006–07 and the 2007–08 top division seasons with 70 and 94 goals respectively. On 26 February 2008, after scoring five goals in a playoff game against Motala, Nilsson set a milestone by exceeding 100 goals in one season.

After the great season with SAIK, he went on to play in the Russian League for Kazan. After a season with trouble in Russia he returned to Sweden but this time to Hammarby IF Bandy. Nilsson signed a one-year contract with the club with an option for a second.

On 8 February 2022, he announced his retirement from bandy following the 2021–2022 season.

External links

• Patrik Nilsson at Bandysidan.nu (in Swedish)
• Patrik Nilsson at the Russian Bandy Federation (in Russian)