Marcus Åke Jens-Erik Nilsson (born 26 February 1988) is a Swedish football manager and former player who played as a centre-back and since 2018, he has joined Eskilsminne IF .
Club career
Helsingborgs
Born in Rydebäck, Sweden, Nilsson played for his hometown club, Rydebäcks IF, before joining Helsingborg in 2003 when he was thirteen years old. After progressing through the ranks at Helsingborgs, Nilsson was called up to the first team for the 2007 season and was involved in the first team pre-season matches. Nilson appeared as an unused substitute in the Svenska Supercupen, as the club lost 1–0 against Elfsborg on 31 March 2007. It wasn't until on 1 May 2007 when Nilsson was given a first team chance by then Manager Stuart Baxter when he made his debut for Helsingborgs, starting a match and played 70 minutes before being substituted, in a 1–0 loss against IF Elfsborg, With two appearances in the 2007 season, Nilsson signed a contract with the club in September 2007.
The 2008 season saw Nilsson struggling to make a breakthrough in the first team, with the likes of Joel Ekstrand, Andreas Granqvist and Samir Beloufa established himself in the central defence position. Following the departure of Granqvist and the arrival of Hannu Patronen, he made his first appearance of the season, starting the whole game, in a 1–1 draw against Göteborg on 8 July 2008. From July to October, Nilsson had a handful of first team appearances and formed a central defence partnership with youngsters, Ekstrand. However by October, he lost his first team place and was demoted to the substitute bench for the rest of the season. At the end of the 2008 season, Nilsson went on to make eleven appearances in all competitions.
At the start of the 2009 season, Nilsson helped Helsingborgs IF side go to their winning form in the first three league matches to the season. He then helped the club keep three clean sheets in the three matches between 29 April 2009 and 11 May 2009 against AIK, Malmö and IF Brommapojkarna. Since the start of the 2009 season, Nilsson continued to establish himself in the first team, forming a centre–back partnership with Ekstrand. Both performance resulted him and Ekstrand signing a contract extension, keeping him until 2012. Since the start of the 2009 season, Nilsson was an ever starting player in the first team this season until he was absent on two separate occasions throughout July. In a match against FK Sarajevo in the second leg of the UEFA Europa League third round, Nilssson played 120 minutes, resulting in a penalty shootout with the opposition team winning 2–1 and successfully converted the penalty, which saw Helsingborgs IF eliminated from the tournament. Following his return from suspension, he regained his first team place in the centre–back position. This last until Nilsson was suspended that kept him out for the rest of the season. At the end of the 2009 season, he went on to make thirty–four appearances in all competitions.