Kent Nielsen Sports manager

Kent Nielsen (born 28 December 1961) is a Danish association football manager and former player, who was named 2006 Danish Coach of the Year. He is the current head coach of Aalborg BK.He started his coaching career as caretaker of AGF Aarhus, before getting his breakthrough with AC Horsens, guiding the club to promotion to the top-flight Danish Superliga championship in 2005. He also coached Superliga club Brøndby IF for 15 months.In his active career, Nielsen played as a centre back. He won two Danish championships and a Danish Cup trophy with Brøndby IF. He played three years in England with Aston Villa, before ending his career after winning the Danish Cup with AGF Aarhus. He played 54 games and scored three goals for the Denmark national football team, winning the Euro 1992 championship and representing Denmark at the 1986 FIFA World Cup tournament.

Personal facts

Kent Nielsen
Birth dateDecember 28, 1961
Birth place
Frederiksberg , Denmark national football team
Height (meters)1.92

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Football manager

club
AC Horsens
Aarhus Gymnastikforening
Brøndby IF
AaB Fodbold
position
Defender (association football)
teams
Aston Villa F.C.
Aarhus Gymnastikforening
Brønshøj BK
Denmark national football team
Brøndby IF

Kent Nielsen on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://brondby.com/player.asp?sid=267&id=33
  2. http://www.danskfodbold.com/spiller.php?ligaid=2001&spillerid=9170
  3. http://www.danskfodbold.com/traener.php?ligaid=2001&coachid=4043
  4. http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/LBasePlayerInfo.aspx?playerid=3996