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My Take
Nils Liedholm belongs to football history in a way modern fans rarely grasp. The Swedish midfielder, fondly called Il Barone in Italy, formed the legendary Gre-No-Li attacking trio with Gunnar Gren and Gunnar Nordahl at AC Milan and for Sweden. What I admire is the full arc: a graceful player who became an equally respected coach, spending decades shaping Italian football. He even started as a bandy player, which says something about the all-round athleticism of his era. Liedholm passed away in 2007 at 85, but the reverence around his name in Milan tells you he was something close to a club institution.
Overview
Nils Erik Liedholm (pronounced [ˈnɪlːs ˈlîːdhɔlm]; 8 October 1922 – 5 November 2007) was a Swedish football midfielder and coach. Il Barone (the Baron), as he is affectionately known in Italy, was renowned for being part of the Swedish "Gre-No-Li" trio of strikers along with Gunnar Gren and Gunnar Nordahl at AC Milan and the Sweden national team, with which he achieved notable success throughout his career.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Nils Liedholm
- Name (Japanese)
- ニルス・リードホルム
- Reading
- にるす・りーどほるむ
- Born
- October 8, 1922 – November 5, 2007
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Dog
- Origin
- Valdemarsvik, Östergötland County, Sweden
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 183 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach / bandy player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from Sweden →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.