Jesper Nyholm

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Jesper Nyholm
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Personal information
Full name Jesper Gunnar Fernando Nyholm
Date of birth (1993-09-10) 10 September 1993 (age 28)
Place of birth Uppsala, Sweden
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
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)
2013 → Gamla 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 21 (1)
National team‡
2021– Philippines 3 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 December 2021

Jesper Gunnar Fernando Nyholm (born 10 September 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Swedish Allsvenskan club Djurgårdens IF and the Philippines national team.[1] Born in Sweden, he represents the Philippines internationally.

International career[]

Born in Sweden, Nyholm is of Filipino descent through his mother.[2] 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]

He was called up to the Philippines in May 2021.[5] He scored on his debut against Timor-Leste in a 7–0 win.[6]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 14 May 2017[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
IK Sirius 2011 Division 1 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
2012 2 0 1 0 — 3 0
Total 4 0 1 0 — 5 0
Gamla Upsala SK 2013 Division 2 16 0 0 0 — 16 0
2014 19 1 0 0 — 19 1
Total 35 1 0 0 — 35 1
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 100 4 3 0 0 0 103 4

International[]

International goals

No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 11 December 2021 National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore  Timor-Leste 5–0 7–0 2020 AFF Championship

References[]

  1. ^ "Jesper Nyholm klar för DIF" (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ Salajeno, Ivan (May 20, 2021). "Etheridge named Azkals vice captain for WCQ as training pool finally revealed".
  6. ^ "Philippines thrash Timor-Leste 7-0 in second Suzuki Cup game". Channel News Asia. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Jesper Nyholm". elitefootball.com. Elitefootball. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

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