Hans Krister Nordin is a Swedish

Sweden

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 former professional football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

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 player, who played the bulk of his career with Swedish club AIK Fotboll

AIK Fotboll

AIK, , an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben, , when needed internationally AIK Stockholm, is a Swedish football club based at Råsunda stadium in Solna, a municipality in Stockholm County bordering to Stockholm City Centre...

 in the Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan

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 championship. He played two matches for the Sweden national under-21 football team

Sweden national under-21 football team

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.

Born in Stockholm

Stockholm

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, Nordin started playing football with local clubs IFK Bergshamra and Råsunda IS

Råsunda IS

Råsunda IS is a Swedish football club located in Solna. -Background:Råsunda Idrotssällskap is a sports club from Råsunda in Solna which was formed in 1912. The club participates in football and bandy but in the past has also been active in ice-hockey and swimming. In 1947 the club played one...

 as a boy. He became a part of the youth setup at Djurgårdens IF in 1982, where he later made his senior debut. He won the 1990 Swedish Cup with Djurgården, before moving to league rivals AIK in 1992. He won the Allsvenskan championship in his first year at the club, and went on to win three Swedish Cups and a further Allsvenskan title. He won the 1999 "Swedish Midfielder of the Year" award, before leaving the club in winter 1999.

He moved to Brøndby IF

Brøndby IF

Brøndby IF is a Danish professional football club based in Brøndbyvester, Brøndby, on the western outskirts of Copenhagen and is the biggest football club in Denmark with almost 2000 members. The club is also known as Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening, or Brøndby and BIF for short...

 in Denmark, who bought a number of Scandinavia

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n players that year, under Norwegian

Norway

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 manager Åge Hareide

Åge Hareide

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. In his two years in Brøndby, Nordin was named 2001 "Brøndby Player of the Year" and won the 2002 Danish Superliga

Danish Superliga

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 championship. With the arrival of new manager Michael Laudrup

Michael Laudrup

Michael Laudrup is a retired Danish footballer, who works as a manager and last coached La Liga side RCD Mallorca. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of football. His most prominent run of football came with Spanish club Barcelona, with whom he won four straight La...

 in summer 2002, Nordin moved back to Sweden. He played a further two years with AIK, before ending his career with Ekerö IK

Ekerö IK

Ekerö IK is a Swedish football club located in Ekerö.-Background:Ekerö IK currently plays in Division 4 Stockholm Mellersta which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Träkvistavallen in Ekerö....

 in 2005.

Honours

• Allsvenskan
  Allsvenskan
  Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...
  
  : 1992 and 1998 (with AIK).
• Swedish Cup: 1990 (with Djurgårdens IF), 1996, 1997 and 1999 (with AIK).
• Danish Superliga
  Danish Superliga
  The Danish Superliga is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest association football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams to be relegated, which proves to be one of the...
  
  : 2002 (with Brøndby IF).
• 1999 "Swedish Midfielder of the Year"
• 2001 "Brøndby IF – Player of the year"

External links

AIK profile Brøndby IF profile