# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mikael-nilsson-q317293
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:26:53.059Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mikael-nilsson-q317293"
name: "Mikael Nilsson"
slug: "mikael-nilsson-q317293"
description: "Per Benny Mikael Nilsson is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and defender. He is best remembered for representing Halmstads BK, Panathinaikos, and Brøndby. A full international between 2002 and 2009, he played 64 matches for Sweden and was a part of their UEFA Euro 2004, 2006 FIFA World Cup, and UEFA Euro 2008 squads."
tagline: "Swedish footballer (born 1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nilsson%2C_Mikael_BIF_11-12_WP.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1978-06-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.64
  momentum:             5.547866205305652
  historical:           20.98186133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Mikael Nilsson"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikael_Nilsson"
    title: "Mikael Nilsson"
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    title: "Нильссон, Микаэль (1978)"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikael_Nilsson_(fotbollsspelare_f%C3%B6dd_1978)"
    title: "Mikael Nilsson (fotbollsspelare född 1978)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump