Jesper Nyholm

Jesper Gunnar Fernando Nyholm (born 10 September 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Swedish Allsvenskan club Djurgårdens IF.[1] His mother is from the Philippines.[2]

Jesper Nyholm
Personal information
Full name Jesper Gunnar Fernando Nyholm
Date of birth (1993-09-10) 10 September 1993
Place of birth Uppsala, Sweden
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
Djurgårdens IF
Number 2
Youth career
0000–2011 Funbo IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 IK Sirius 4 (0)
2013Gamla Upsala SK (loan) 16 (0)
2014 Gamla Upsala SK 19 (1)
2015–2016 Dalkurd FF 54 (2)
2017–2019 AIK 22 (1)
2020– Djurgårdens IF 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 August 2020 (UTC)

International career

In early March 2017, he was contacted by the Philippine Football Federation regarding playing for the Philippines national team.[3][4] A month later, Nyholm revealed that upon speaking with his club coach Rikard Norling, he was told that he had great potential and should wait for the possibility to play for the Swedish national team.[2]

Career statistics

As of match played 14 May 2017[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
IK Sirius 2011 Division 1 200 020
2012 2 0 1 0 3 0
Total 401 0 50
Gamla Upsala SK 2013 Division 2 16000160
2014 19100191
Total 35100351
Dalkurd FF 2015 Division 1 25 1 2 0 27 1
2016 Superettan 29 1 0 0 29 1
Total 54 2 2 0 56 2
AIK 2017 Allsvenskan 7 1 0 0 0 0 7 1
Career total 1004300 01034
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References

  1. "Jesper Nyholm klar för DIF" (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  2. "Filippinernas landslag ute efter AIK:s Nyholm" (in Swedish). Expressen. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  3. Cedelf Tupas (8 March 2017). "Azkals want foreign born Pinoy booters". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  4. "Azkals looking at Fil-German, Fil-Swedish prospects to boost AFC Asian Cup roster". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  5. "Jesper Nyholm". elitefootball.com. Elitefootball. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
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