David Nielsen Sports manager

David Jean Nielsen (born 1 December 1976) is a former Danish professional footballer and manager of Strømsgodset.He played for a number of Danish clubs, as well as Fortuna Düsseldorf in Germany and English clubs Grimsby Town, Wimbledon and Norwich City. His greatest triumph was the 1997 Danish Cup victory, which he won with Danish club F.C. Copenhagen. He played 46 matches and scored 33 goals for various Danish youth national teams between 1992 and 1997, including eight games and three goals for the Denmark national under-21 football team.Nielsen has attracted controversy at various times in his career for falling into serious gambling debt, assaulting a team mate and then, in November 2008, admitting matchfixing in a Danish game played in 2004.

Personal facts

David Nielsen
Alias (AKA)Nielsen David
Birth dateDecember 01, 1976
Birth place
Skagen
Height (meters)1.83

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Football manager

club
Strømsgodset IF
Løv-Ham Fotball
Nest-Sotra Fotball
position
Forward (association football)
teams
FC Midtjylland
Grimsby Town F.C.
Skagen
Wimbledon F.C.
Norwich City F.C.
Odense Boldklub
F.C. Copenhagen
Lyngby Boldklub
Fortuna Düsseldorf
AaB Fodbold
Frederikshavn fI
Nest-Sotra Fotball

David Nielsen on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.danskfodbold.com/spiller.php?ligaid=2001&spillerid=10286
  2. http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/LBasePlayerInfo.aspx?playerid=4304
  3. http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/nielsen.htm