Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jesper Gunnar Fernando Nyholm[1] | ||
Date of birth | September 10, 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Uppsala, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Center back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Perak | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
–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 | 54 | (2) |
2017–2019 | AIK | 22 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Djurgården | 21 | (1) |
2022–2023 | Muangthong United | 34 | (1) |
2023– | Perak | 9 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021– | Philippines | 3 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 April 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2023 |
Jesper Gunnar Fernando Nyholm (born September 10, 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a center back for the Philippines national team and Malaysia Super League side Perak F.C.[2] Born in Sweden, he plays for the Philippines internationally.
Born in Sweden, Nyholm is of Filipino descent through his mother.[3] In early March 2017, he was contacted by the Philippine Football Federation regarding playing for the Philippines national team.[4][5] 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.[3]
He was called up to the Philippines in May 2021.[6] He scored on his debut against Timor-Leste in their 7–0 win.[7]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
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 | 2013 | Division 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |
2014 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 1 | |||
Total | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | |||
Dalkurd | 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 goals
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 11 December 2021 | National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore | Timor-Leste | 5–0 | 7–0 | 2020 AFF Championship |