Peter Nielsen (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 June 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Fremad Amager | |||
| –1992 | Lyngby BK | ||
| 1992–1996 | Borussia M'gladbach | 101 | (4) |
| 1996–1999 | F.C. Copenhagen | 52 | (6) |
| 1999–2002 | Borussia M'gladbach | 88 | (4) |
| 2002–2003 | F.C. Copenhagen | 46 | (6) |
| International career | |||
| 1988–1989 | Denmark U-21 | 8 | (0) |
| 1992–2002 | Denmark | 10 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005 | B.93 (assistant) | ||
| 2005 | KB (youth) | ||
| 2006–2008 | F.C. Copenhagen (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Peter Nielsen (born 3 June 1968) is a Danish former football player,[1] now a coach. He won ten international caps and scored one goal for the Denmark national football team, with whom he won Euro 1992, though he didn't play at the tournament.
He started his career in the Danish 3rd Division with BK Fremad Amager, and also played with Lyngby Boldklub. He moved abroad to play for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga, before ending his career with F.C. Copenhagen back in Denmark. He retired in 2003.
He began a coaching career in 2005. First as an assistant manager in B93, then training the youth team at Kjøbenhavns Boldklub.
From 1 January 2006 to 26 May 2008 he was Ståle Solbakken's assistant manager in F.C. Copenhagen. He stopped after a period way from the team as he was absent owing to illness.
Honours
- UEFA Euro 1992 winner
- DFB-Pokal winner: 1994–95
References
- ^ "Peter Nielsen". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
External links
|  | |
 | This biographical article related to association football in Denmark, about a midfielder, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Danish footballers
- Denmark international footballers
- Denmark under-21 international footballers
- Danish football managers
- Lyngby Boldklub players
- Borussia Mönchengladbach players
- F.C. Copenhagen players
- Danish Superliga players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- UEFA Euro 1992 players
- UEFA European Championship-winning players
- F.C. Copenhagen non-playing staff
- Danish football midfielder stubs