Nils Lennart Roland Nilsson (born 27 November 1963) is a Swedish professional football manager and former player.

He quickly established himself as a first-team player with Di Röe, earning himself the reputation of being one of the top youngsters in Swedish football.

During the year that followed he played a key role in IFK's UEFA Cup success, during which the team knocked out, amongst others, Internazionale before beating Dundee United in the final.

During the time he spent at Wednesday, Nilsson became a real favourite amongst the club's fans as his performances proved to be a catalyst for a footballing renaissance at Hillsborough.

His manager, Trevor Francis, convinced him to remain with the club until the end of the season in return for being given an unconditional release at that time.

Nilsson spent the following three years playing for Helsingborg, during which time the club finished as runner-up in both the Allsvenskan and the Svenska Cupen.

Despite being 33, Nilsson was far from being the club's oldest player; Steve Ogrizovic and Kevin Richardson were both in their late thirties, whilst Gordon Strachan was forty.

Coventry City were relegated from the Premier League in May 2001,[6] and following a poor start to their first season in Division One, Gordon Strachan resigned from the club.

[8] Following a number of wins in his caretaker role, Nilsson was given the manager's job on a permanent basis,[9] and the club briefly topped Division One after the turn of the new year.

After leaving Coventry, Nilsson briefly worked as a youth team coach at Helsingborg, before he was appointed GAIS manager on 18 December 2003.

[13] On 10 October 2007, Malmö FF announced that Nilsson had signed a four-year contract as manager, replacing Sören Åkeby.

[3] On 9 January 2012, just six months after his recruitment, despite leading the Danish Superliga at the time, he was sacked and replaced by the sporting director Carsten V.