Jesper Nyholm

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Fernando and the surname or paternal family name is Nyholm.

Jesper Nyholm
Nyholm playing for Dalkurd in 2015
Personal information
Full name Jesper Gunnar Fernando Nyholm[1]
Date of birth (1993-09-10) September 10, 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Uppsala, Sweden
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Center back
Team information
Current team
 PT Prachuap
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)
2023–2024 Perak 29 (0)
2024– PT Prachuap 0 (0)
International career‡
2021– Philippines 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 June 2024

Jesper Gunnar Fernando Nyholm (born September 10, 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a center back for Thai League 1 club PT Prachuap.[2] Born in Sweden, he plays for the Philippines internationally.

International career

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 Sweden 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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 May 2017[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
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

International goals

No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 11 December 2021 National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore  Timor-Leste 5–0 7–0 2020 AFF Championship

References

  1. ^ "FINAL REGISTRATION OF PLAYERS" (PDF). Asean Football. p. 1. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  2. ^ "Jesper Nyholm klar för DIF" (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF. June 13, 2020. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Filippinernas landslag ute efter AIK:s Nyholm" (in Swedish). Expressen. April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  4. ^ Cedelf Tupas (March 8, 2017). "Azkals want foreign born Pinoy booters". Philippine Daily Inquirer Inquirer. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  5. ^ "Azkals looking at Fil-German, Fil-Swedish prospects to boost AFC Asian Cup roster". The Philippine Star. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
  6. ^ Salajeno, Ivan (May 20, 2021). "Etheridge named Azkals vice captain for WCQ as training pool finally revealed".
  7. ^ "Philippines thrash Timor-Leste 7–0 in second Suzuki Cup game". Channel News Asia. December 11, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  8. ^ "Jesper Nyholm". elitefootball.com. Elitefootball. Retrieved February 23, 2017.