Family, merits and the champions champions

Family merits and the champions champions

Marcus Nilsson is one of Sweden’s foremost volleyball players of all time. News24 has collected the answers to everything Swedes google about Marcus.

Marcus Nilsson age – how old is he?

Marcus Nilsson was born on October 7, 1982. This means he turns 43 in the autumn of 2025.

Marcus Nilsson Length – How tall is he?

Marcus Nilsson measures a full 208 centimeters, as per Volleybox.

Photo: Anders Andersson/TT

Marcus Nilsson’s merits – what has he won?

Marcus Nilsson has won several desirable volleyball titles and has been awarded many individual awards.

Marcus perhaps the greatest success came during the 2012/2013 season, when he won the Champions League with the Russian club Lokomotiv Novosibirsk. He took the most points by all players in the competition and was named the tournament’s most valuable player (MVP).

Between 2006 and 2008, Marcus Nilsson won the Greek league twice with the club Iraqlis Thessaloniki, and was appointed League’s MVP 2008.

-My three years in Iraqlis Thessaloniki (2006-2009) is probably the best time so far in my life. Greece is a fantastic country, with fantastic people, incredibly cool supporter culture and the memories from when we won the league title in both 2007 and 2008 will live with me forever, Marcus Nilsson has previously told Swedish volleyball.

Marcus Nilsson has also won several SM golds and the French league with the club team Paris volley.

Marcus Nilsson, 2016. Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT

Marcus Nilsson international matches – how many matches has he played for Sweden?

Marcus Nilsson has played a total of 76 international matches for Sweden.

Photo: Anders Andersson/TT

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Won Marcus Nilsson SM in beach volleyball?

In July 2006, Marcus Nilsson won the SM in beach volleyball together with Mikael Östberg. He did it again two years later, then with Petter Jonsson.

Does Marcus Nilsson compete in the champion’s champion?

Yes, Marcus Nilsson is one of the competitors in the 17th season of SVT’s success program The Champions Champion.

The host is Micke Lejnegård And besides Marcus Nilsson we find several well -known sports profiles, including Charlotte KallaThe Johan Elmander and Nilla Fischer.

The first episode premieres on SVT Play and SVT Sunday, March 9, 2025.

– I go in with a humble expectation as all other participants are really super stathes. I look forward to getting to know the other participants and hearing how their careers have been, Marcus Nilsson has previously told about his participation for Swedish volleyball.

– The competition person will certainly come up when it comes to the competitions, but hopefully you disconnect it between the competitions and can enjoy the adventure. It will turn out by the fact that I will tear everything I can during the competitions to try to keep myself in the competition for as long as possible.

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The contestants in the champion’s champion 2025. Photo: Janne Danielsson/SVT

Marcus Nilsson partner – who is she?

Marcus Nilsson is together with the volleyball professional Jóna Guðlaug Vigfúsdóttir, Born 1989.

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Does Marcus Nilsson have children?

Together with Jóna, Marcus Nilsson had her first child, a daughter, in the summer of 2024.

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