Benny Nielsen (footballer, born 17 March 1951)

Benny Nielsen
Personal information
Full name	Benny Nielsen
Date of birth	March 17, 1951 (age 73)
Position(s)	forward
Youth career
	Brederød IF
Senior career*
Years	Team
	AB
1971–1974	Cercle Brugge
1974–1977	RWDM
1977–1981	Anderlecht
1981–1982	AS Saint-Étienne
International career‡
	Denmark U-19
	Denmark U-21
1970–1982	Denmark
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 February 2008; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 February 2008

Jørgen "Benny" Nielsen is a Danish former football player. His position on the field was usually striker, although he also could play as midfielder. Nielsen played 28 matches for Denmark, scoring 7 goals. He made his début against Scotland in a 1–0 loss.

Nielsen started playing football with Brederød IF. He made his a-team début with AB. In 1971, he left Denmark for Belgium. His Belgian career took off immediately, with a hat trick in a cup match against SK Gullegem. One season later, fellow Danishman Morten Olsen became Nielsen's teammate.

In 1974, Nielsen went to RWDM. The team became national champions that season. Just like with Cercle, Nielsen would also stay three seasons for the Brussels team RWDM, as he went to their main rivals Anderlecht. This was again quite a successful move, as Anderlecht won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup that season. In 1981, Nielsen won the national title with Anderlecht. This was also his last season in Belgium. Nielsen ended his career with French side AS Saint-Étienne.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Raf Lapeire	Cercle Brugge top scorer 1972	Succeeded by Raf Lapeire

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