{{short description|Swedish bandy player (born 1982)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox bandy biography | embed = | name = Patrik Nilsson | image = Patrik Nilsson 2012.jpg | image_size = | caption = Patrik Nilsson playing for Hammarby IF in February 2012. | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|3|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = | height = | position = [[Forward (bandy)|Forward]] | currentclub = [[AIK Bandy]] | clubnumber = 19 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1997–2000 | clubs1 = [[Söderfors GoIF]] | years2 = 2000–2008 | clubs2 = [[Borlänge-Stora Tuna BK]] | years3 = 2008–2009 | clubs3 = [[Dynamo Kazan Bandy Club|Dynamo Kazan]] | years4 = 2009–2012 | clubs4 = [[Hammarby IF Bandy|Hammarby IF]] | years5 = 2012–2013 | clubs5 = [[Zorky]] | years6 = 2013–2014 | clubs6 = [[Hammarby IF Bandy|Hammarby IF]] | years7 = 2014–2016 | clubs7 = [[Sandvikens AIK]] | years8 = 2016–2019 | clubs8 = [[Bollnäs GIF]] | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | medals-title = Medal record | medals-expand = yes | medals = {{MedalSport|Men's [[bandy]]|}} {{MedalCountry|{{SWE}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Bandy World Championship|World Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2003 Bandy World Championship|2003 Arkhangelsk]]|Team}} {{MedalGold|[[2009 Bandy World Championship|2009 Västerås]]|Team}} {{MedalGold|[[2010 Bandy World Championship|2010 Moscow]]|Team}} {{MedalGold|[[2017 Bandy World Championship|2017 Sandviken]]|Team}} {{MedalSilver|[[2013 Bandy World Championship|2013 Sweden/Norway]]|Team}} {{MedalSilver|[[2014 Bandy World Championship|2014 Irkutsk]]|Team}} {{MedalSilver|[[2015 Bandy World Championship|2015 Khabarovsk]]|Team}} | club-update = | nationalteam-update = }}
'''Patrik Nilsson''' (born 15 March 1982) is a [[Swedish people|Swedish]] [[bandy]] player, currently with [[Sandvikens AIK]] in the Swedish [[Elitserien (bandy)|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 bandy champions|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.<ref>[http://www.svenskbandy.se/t2.aspx?p=1400730&x=1&a=1124389 Swedish Bandy Federation]</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/janOeq/patrik-nilsson-avslutar-bandykarriaren-i-bollnas|title=Patrik Nilsson avslutar bandykarriären|publisher=Sportbladet|author=Stefan Holm|language=Swedish|date=8 February 2022|accessdate=8 February 2022}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{bandysidan}} * {{rusbandy}}
{{navboxes colour |title=Sweden squads |bg= #FFF01C |fg= #005B99 |bordercolor= #005B99 |list1= {{Sweden squad 2003 Bandy World Championship}} {{Sweden squad 2009 Bandy World Championship}} {{Sweden squad 2010 Bandy World Championship}} {{Sweden squad 2014 Bandy World Championship}} {{Sweden squad 2017 Bandy World Championship}} }}
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