Victor Nelsson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Victor Enok Nelsson | ||
| Date of birth | 14 October 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Hornbæk, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Copenhagen | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hornbæk IF | |||
| 2010–2016 | FC Nordsjælland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | FC Nordsjælland | 90 | (1) |
| 2019– | FC Copenhagen | 43 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Denmark U-18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Denmark U-19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2017– | Denmark U-21 | 30 | (1) |
| 2020– | Denmark | 1 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:13, 22 December 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:13, 22 December 2020 (UTC) | |||
Victor Enok Nelsson (born 14 October 1998) is a Danish footballer who plays as a centre back and is the fifth captain for FC Copenhagen.
Youth career
Nelsson started playing football when he was 4 years old in Hornbæk IF, where his father also was coaching. Later, he got contacted by scouts from FC Nordsjælland, and joined the club on 25 March 2010.[1]
Club career
FC Nordsjælland
Nelsson got his debut for FC Nordsjælland on 12 September 2016. Nelsson started on the bench, but replaced Mathias Jensen in the 87nd minute in a 1-3 defeat against AGF in the Danish Superliga.[2]
On 14 October 2016, Nelsson signed his first professional contract and was promoted to the first team squad.[3] Nelsson played 23 league games for FCN in the 2016/17 season.
Nelsson played the first two league games at the midfield, but then he was retrained as a centre back.[4] He also became a regular starter form the 2017/18 season.
At the age of 19 and after a great period in the first half part of the 2017/18 season, Nelsson got called up to the Danish National Team B by Åge Hareide, so he could look him forward and consider to pick him to the A national team.[5] In the winter break 2017/18, he changed his shirt number from 36 to 4.
FC Copenhagen
On 5 July 2019 Victor joined FC Copenhagen signing a contract until 2024. [6]
References
- ^ "Fokus På: Victor Nelsson – Ét opkald: Fra Hornbæk til Farum". dbold.dk. 21 March 2016.
- ^ "AGF VS. NORDSJÆLLAND 3 - 1". soccerway.com. 12 September 2016.
- ^ "Ung midtbanemand forlænger med FCN". bold.dk. 14 October 2016.
- ^ Victor Nelsson er klar på ny position‚ bold.dk, 31 July 2017
- ^ Glad FCN-stopper: Ikke nok bare at være med‚ bold.dk, 12 December 2017
- ^ FCK henter Victor Nelsson‚ fck.dk, 5 July 2019
External links
- Victor Nelsson at Soccerway
- Victor Nelsson at DBU