Daniel Nannskog
Encyclopedia
Daniel Paul Gustav Nannskog (born 22 May 1974 in Helsingborg
) is a Swedish
former football player. He played as a striker, and last played for Stabæk IF in the Norwegian Premier League
. Nannskog was known as a hard working, determined player who worked for the team by not only scoring goals but creating them as well. He announced his retirement on November 23, 2010. He will continue at Stabæk in a coaching role.
as a young boy, and was a notorious goal scorer. However, from the age 15 he quit football to concentrate on handball
, a sport he was just as gifted in, if not more. After some persuasion, he started to play football again at the age of 19. After his comeback, he played two seasons for Högaborg, before switching to Allsvenskan
side Malmö FF
. His time at the club was not particular successful, but the goal he scored was very important as it sent Malmö to the UEFA Cup
. The next seasons was spent in Swedish second tier, the Superettan
. He did fairly well there, but as he later admitted, he was not very professional as he frequently went out clubbing in Stockholm
.
When he was 27, he was brought to Landskrona BoIS
, by current Stabæk coach Janne Jönsson
. By taking him from the temptations in Stockholm and him becoming a father, he finally realised that it was time to grow up. His first season there they reached second place and got promoted, with Nannskog as the leagues top scorer with 21 goals. He followed Landskrona up to Allsvenskan and did very well, becoming the clubs top scorer with 11 goals, playing an important part in them finishing just above relegation play-off. After the 2002 season, he moved on to a lucrative offer in China.
club Sichuan Guancheng
on a two-year deal. Another Norwegian club, Brann, were reportedly after him, but the financial offer he got from the Chinese club was too good to turn down. He went on to stay for a year and a half, but terminated his contract in order to play for his old coach Janne Jönsson at Stabæk in the 2005 season. He has said of his time in China to be a bit frustrating, as he did not know a whole lot of Chinese, and for a guy who likes to communicate with his team-mates, this was not ideal.
Nannskogs debut in the Norwegian Premier Division was successful. They finished fifth, just outside an UEFA Cup spot. Nannskog was crowned top scorer with his 19 goals, one goal ahead of team-mate Veigar Páll Gunnarsson
.
took a look at him again with a possible inclusion in the Euro 2008 squad, following his winning goal against Rosenborg BK
on May 4. However, he did not make the squad. On September 14 Nannskog scored four goals in a 6-0 victory over Strømsgodset
, taking him to the top of the goal scoring chart with 13 goals - helping Stabæk with a six point advantage with six rounds to go. On 24 September, Nannskog scored two goals and made one assist in the semifinal of the Norwegian Cup, helping Stabæk to a 3-0 victory over Molde. A few days later, on 29 September Nannskog scored his 99th and 100th goal against Molde. This time in a league match.
Stabæk won the league in stylish fashion. Nannskog was crowned top scorer of the league with his 16 goals, four more than fellow team-mate and swede Johan Andersson
. He was denied 'the double' as they lost in the Norwegian Cup final against Vålerenga
.
On 8 March Stabæk claimed their first trophy of the season when they won the Norwegian Superfinal against last season's cup winners Vålerenga by 3 goals to 1 with Nannskog scoring the opener.
Nannskog scored a hat-trick on 5 April as Stabæk turned 1-3 to a 3-3 draw in the third league round. Nannskog was injured for just over a month before making a comeback on 24 May, scoring a brace in a 3-0 victory over Start in the Norwegian Premier League. He soon got injured again and so far only restricted him to 11 league games this season (5 goals).
As of 24 May 2010. Nannskog has scored an impressive 123 goals in 172 games for Stabæk (all competitions).
came 14 January 2007 against Venezuela
. His first goal for his national team came against Ecuador
on 21 January 2007, in a game which ended 1-1. In January 2009 Nannskog was called up to the Swedish squad to face USA
and Mexico
during their annual North-American tour. On 25 January 2009, Nannskog scored his second goal for Sweden in a 3-2 loss against the USA.
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|1993||rowspan="3"|Högaborg
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|1994||?||?||?||?||-||-||?||?
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|1995||15||7||?||?||-||-||15||7
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|1996||rowspan="1"|Malmö FF
||rowspan="1"|Allsvenskan
||10||1||?||?||-||-||10||1
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|1997||rowspan="2"|Djurgården||rowspan="2"|Superettan
||23||10||?||?||-||-||23||10
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|1998||21||8||?||?||-||-||21||8
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|1999||rowspan="1"|Assyriska||rowspan="1"|Superettan
||26||7||?||?||-||-||26||7
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|2000||rowspan="1"|IF Sylvia
||rowspan="1"|Superettan
||29||9||?||?||-||-||29||9
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|2001||rowspan="3"|Landskrona
||rowspan="1"|Superettan
||28||21||?||?||-||-||28||21
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|2002||rowspan="1"|Allsvenskan
||24||11||?||?||-||-||24||11
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|2003||rowspan="1"|Allsvenskan
||17||4||?||?||-||-||17||4
|-
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|2003||rowspan="2"|Sichuan
||rowspan="2"|Super League
||14||8||?||?||-||-||14||8
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|2004||22||9||?||?||-||-||22||9
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|2005||rowspan="6"|Stabæk||rowspan="1"|Adeccoligaen
||29||27||4||5||-||-||33||32
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|2006||rowspan="5"|Tippeligaen
||26||19||2||1||-||-||28||20
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|2007||26||19||5||8||-||-||31||27
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|2008||26||16||7||6||2||0||35||22
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|2009||29||15||3*||2*||5||0||36||17
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|2010||11||5||-||-||-||-||11||5
176||74||?||?||-||-||176||74
36||17||?||?||-||-||36||17
147||101||21||22||7||0||173||123
356||192||?||?||7||0||?||?
Helsingborg
Helsingborg is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 97,122 inhabitants in 2010. Helsingborg is the centre of an area in the Øresund region of about 320,000 inhabitants in north-west Scania, and is Sweden's closest point to Denmark, with the Danish city...
) is a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
former football player. He played as a striker, and last played for Stabæk IF in the Norwegian Premier League
Norwegian Premier League
Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...
. Nannskog was known as a hard working, determined player who worked for the team by not only scoring goals but creating them as well. He announced his retirement on November 23, 2010. He will continue at Stabæk in a coaching role.
Sweden
Daniel started up at HögaborgHögaborgs BK
Högaborgs BK is a Swedish football club from Helsingborg that was founded in 1927. They currently play in the Swedish fourth division . The club is best known for breeding young talented players...
as a young boy, and was a notorious goal scorer. However, from the age 15 he quit football to concentrate on handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
, a sport he was just as gifted in, if not more. After some persuasion, he started to play football again at the age of 19. After his comeback, he played two seasons for Högaborg, before switching to 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...
side Malmö FF
Malmö FF
Malmö Fotbollförening, also known simply as Malmö FF, are a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö. The club is affiliated with Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Swedbank Stadion. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are sky blue and white...
. His time at the club was not particular successful, but the goal he scored was very important as it sent Malmö to the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
. The next seasons was spent in Swedish second tier, the Superettan
Superettan
Superettan is the second highest league in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 16 Swedish football teams. It was created in 2000. Before that, the second level league in Sweden had been Division 1....
. He did fairly well there, but as he later admitted, he was not very professional as he frequently went out clubbing in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
.
When he was 27, he was brought to Landskrona BoIS
Landskrona
Landskrona is a locality and the seat of Landskrona Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 28,670 inhabitants in 2005.-History:The city of Landskrona was founded at the location of Scania's best natural harbour, as a means of King Eric of Pomerania's anti-Hanseatic policy, intended to compete...
, by current Stabæk coach Janne Jönsson
Jan Jönsson
Jan Jönsson is a former Swedish football player, currently a football coach for Rosenborg.-Coaching career:Between 1993 and 1994 he was inaugurated as the Sanfrecce Hiroshima assistant coach with Stuart Baxter manager who became acquainted in Halmstad.Then, he is inaugurated as a coach with the...
. By taking him from the temptations in Stockholm and him becoming a father, he finally realised that it was time to grow up. His first season there they reached second place and got promoted, with Nannskog as the leagues top scorer with 21 goals. He followed Landskrona up to Allsvenskan and did very well, becoming the clubs top scorer with 11 goals, playing an important part in them finishing just above relegation play-off. After the 2002 season, he moved on to a lucrative offer in China.
Sichuan Guancheng
After the 2002 season he joined the ChineseChina
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
club Sichuan Guancheng
Sichuan Guancheng
Sichuan Guancheng was a Chinese Football Association Jia A League and Chinese Super League Club.Formed as Sichuan Quanxing in 8 November 1993, the football club was the football flagship of western China until Vanguard Huandao surfaced. In 2002, Sichuan Quanxing was sold to Dahe Group and was...
on a two-year deal. Another Norwegian club, Brann, were reportedly after him, but the financial offer he got from the Chinese club was too good to turn down. He went on to stay for a year and a half, but terminated his contract in order to play for his old coach Janne Jönsson at Stabæk in the 2005 season. He has said of his time in China to be a bit frustrating, as he did not know a whole lot of Chinese, and for a guy who likes to communicate with his team-mates, this was not ideal.
2005
His first season at Stabæk was very successful, with his club being promoted in style. Nannskog was also named top scorer with an impressive 27 goals in 29 games.2006
Veigar Páll Gunnarsson
Veigar Páll Gunnarsson is an Icelandic football striker who plays for the Norwegian club Vålerenga.The Gunnarsson transfer in 2011, was a football transfer that led to football clubs Stabæk and Vålerenga to be nominated for fines of Norwegian kroner 500,000 and 350,000 respectively, by a committee...
.
2007
Nannskog and Stabæk continued their progress, and for a second time in a row, he managed to score 19 goals, but this time finishing behind Brann's Torstein Helstad, who scored 22. However, Stabæk did better in the league, finishing second behind Brann. They were in front half way, but did not have the edge in the second part of the season.2008
Stabæk have played well in the first part of the 2008 season with Nannskog an integral part, like when he scored two stunning goals in the away match against Ham-Kam (2-0 victory) in round 5 http://fotball.vg.no/bors/kamp.php?kamp_id=15472. The Norwegian media felt it was time the Swedish national teamSweden national football team
The Swedish national football team represents Sweden in association football and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body for Football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is Råsunda Stadium in Stockholms län and their head coach is Erik Hamrén. Sweden made their first...
took a look at him again with a possible inclusion in the Euro 2008 squad, following his winning goal against Rosenborg BK
Rosenborg
Rosenborg may refer to:Denmark:* Rosenborg Castle, a castle in Copenhagen, DenmarkNorway:* Rosenborg, Trondheim, a place in Trondheim, Norway* Rosenborg BK, an association football club based in Trondheim, Norway...
on May 4. However, he did not make the squad. On September 14 Nannskog scored four goals in a 6-0 victory over Strømsgodset
Strømsgodset
Strømsgodset is a former municipality in Vestfold county , Norway, today a part of the city of Drammen.-History:Strømsgodset was originally a small rural annex to the city parish of Bragernes...
, taking him to the top of the goal scoring chart with 13 goals - helping Stabæk with a six point advantage with six rounds to go. On 24 September, Nannskog scored two goals and made one assist in the semifinal of the Norwegian Cup, helping Stabæk to a 3-0 victory over Molde. A few days later, on 29 September Nannskog scored his 99th and 100th goal against Molde. This time in a league match.
Stabæk won the league in stylish fashion. Nannskog was crowned top scorer of the league with his 16 goals, four more than fellow team-mate and swede Johan Andersson
Johan Andersson (footballer)
Johan Andersson is a Swedish football player. He currently plays for Stabæk IF after joining them from Malmö FF in 2008.-2008:...
. He was denied 'the double' as they lost in the Norwegian Cup final against Vålerenga
Vålerenga
Vålerenga is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for its traditional, small wooden houses, and for its football and...
.
2010
Nannskog scored a hat-trick on 5 April as Stabæk turned 1-3 to a 3-3 draw in the third league round. Nannskog was injured for just over a month before making a comeback on 24 May, scoring a brace in a 3-0 victory over Start in the Norwegian Premier League. He soon got injured again and so far only restricted him to 11 league games this season (5 goals).
As of 24 May 2010. Nannskog has scored an impressive 123 goals in 172 games for Stabæk (all competitions).
National team
His debut for the Swedish national teamSweden national football team
The Swedish national football team represents Sweden in association football and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body for Football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is Råsunda Stadium in Stockholms län and their head coach is Erik Hamrén. Sweden made their first...
came 14 January 2007 against Venezuela
Venezuela national football team
The Venezuela national football team is the national football team of Venezuela and is controlled by the Federación Venezolana de Fútbol. It is nicknamed La Vinotinto , because of the traditional burgundy color of their shirts....
. His first goal for his national team came against Ecuador
Ecuador national football team
The Ecuadorian national football team represents Ecuador in international football competitions and is controlled by the Ecuadorian Football Federation. They generally play official home matches at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa in Quito, but often play friendlies in other stadiums around the country...
on 21 January 2007, in a game which ended 1-1. In January 2009 Nannskog was called up to the Swedish squad to face USA
United States men's national soccer team
The United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in international association football competitions. It is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF...
and Mexico
Mexico national football team
The Mexican national football team represents Mexico in association football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation , the governing body for football in Mexico. Mexico's home stadium is the Estadio Azteca and their head coach is José Manuel de la Torre...
during their annual North-American tour. On 25 January 2009, Nannskog scored his second goal for Sweden in a 3-2 loss against the USA.
Career statistics
- (Correct as of 24 May 2010)
|-
|1993||rowspan="3"|Högaborg
Högaborgs BK
Högaborgs BK is a Swedish football club from Helsingborg that was founded in 1927. They currently play in the Swedish fourth division . The club is best known for breeding young talented players...
||rowspan="3"|Unknown||?||?||?||?||-||-||?||?
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|1994||?||?||?||?||-||-||?||?
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|1995||15||7||?||?||-||-||15||7
|-
|1996||rowspan="1"|Malmö FF
Malmö FF
Malmö Fotbollförening, also known simply as Malmö FF, are a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö. The club is affiliated with Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Swedbank Stadion. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are sky blue and white...
||rowspan="1"|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...
||10||1||?||?||-||-||10||1
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|1997||rowspan="2"|Djurgården||rowspan="2"|Superettan
Superettan
Superettan is the second highest league in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 16 Swedish football teams. It was created in 2000. Before that, the second level league in Sweden had been Division 1....
||23||10||?||?||-||-||23||10
|-
|1998||21||8||?||?||-||-||21||8
|-
|1999||rowspan="1"|Assyriska||rowspan="1"|Superettan
Superettan
Superettan is the second highest league in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 16 Swedish football teams. It was created in 2000. Before that, the second level league in Sweden had been Division 1....
||26||7||?||?||-||-||26||7
|-
|2000||rowspan="1"|IF Sylvia
IF Sylvia
IF Sylvia is a Swedish football club based in Norrköping. The club, formed in 19 May 1922, is currently playing in the third tier of Swedish football, Division 1 Södra. The club is affiliated to the Östergötlands Fotbollförbund...
||rowspan="1"|Superettan
Superettan
Superettan is the second highest league in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 16 Swedish football teams. It was created in 2000. Before that, the second level league in Sweden had been Division 1....
||29||9||?||?||-||-||29||9
|-
|2001||rowspan="3"|Landskrona
Landskrona
Landskrona is a locality and the seat of Landskrona Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 28,670 inhabitants in 2005.-History:The city of Landskrona was founded at the location of Scania's best natural harbour, as a means of King Eric of Pomerania's anti-Hanseatic policy, intended to compete...
||rowspan="1"|Superettan
Superettan
Superettan is the second highest league in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 16 Swedish football teams. It was created in 2000. Before that, the second level league in Sweden had been Division 1....
||28||21||?||?||-||-||28||21
|-
|2002||rowspan="1"|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...
||24||11||?||?||-||-||24||11
|-
|2003||rowspan="1"|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...
||17||4||?||?||-||-||17||4
|-
|-
|2003||rowspan="2"|Sichuan
Sichuan Guancheng
Sichuan Guancheng was a Chinese Football Association Jia A League and Chinese Super League Club.Formed as Sichuan Quanxing in 8 November 1993, the football club was the football flagship of western China until Vanguard Huandao surfaced. In 2002, Sichuan Quanxing was sold to Dahe Group and was...
||rowspan="2"|Super League
Chinese Super League
The Chinese Football Association Super League , commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the Pirelli Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional association football in China, operating under the auspices of the...
||14||8||?||?||-||-||14||8
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|2004||22||9||?||?||-||-||22||9
|-
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|2005||rowspan="6"|Stabæk||rowspan="1"|Adeccoligaen
Adeccoligaen
The Norwegian First Division is the second highest division of the Norwegian football league system. Since 2005, the official name of the league has been Adeccoligaen....
||29||27||4||5||-||-||33||32
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|2006||rowspan="5"|Tippeligaen
Tippeligaen
Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...
||26||19||2||1||-||-||28||20
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|2007||26||19||5||8||-||-||31||27
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|2008||26||16||7||6||2||0||35||22
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|2009||29||15||3*||2*||5||0||36||17
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|2010||11||5||-||-||-||-||11||5
176||74||?||?||-||-||176||74
36||17||?||?||-||-||36||17
147||101||21||22||7||0||173||123
356||192||?||?||7||0||?||?
- * Norwegian cup stats also includes 1 game and 1 goal in Norwegian Superfinal
Norway
- AdeccoligaenAdeccoligaenThe Norwegian First Division is the second highest division of the Norwegian football league system. Since 2005, the official name of the league has been Adeccoligaen....
Champion: 2005 - Tippeligaen ChampionNorwegian Premier League 2008The 2008 Norwegian Premier League season began 29 March and ended 2 November. Brann were the defending champions, having won their third League Championship in 2007...
: 2008 - Tippeligaen Runner-upNorwegian Premier League 2007The 2007 season of the Norwegian Premier League began on 9 April 2007. Originally scheduled to end on 4 November, the last round was moved to Saturday 3 November 2007, due to Rosenborg’s Champions League participation....
: 2007
Norway
- Adeccoligaen top scorer: 2005
- Tippeligaen top scorerNorwegian top scorersList of top goal scorers in the Norwegian Premier League.* 1948-49: Arvid Havnås 12 goals* 1949-50: Reidar Dørum 13 goals* 1950-51: John Sveinsson 19 goals* 1951-52: Jan Tangen 15 goals...
: 2006, 2008 - Kniksen awardKniksen awardThe Kniksen award , established in 1990, acclaims the best players in the Norwegian football premiership. The award is named after the legendary Norwegian football player Roald Jensen, nicknamed "Kniksen".-Category A:...
: Attacker of the year 2008