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Danish football manager and former player
Jorgen Nielsen
Personal information
Place of birth Denmark
Position(s) Striker, Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1995 Vejlby-Risskov Idrætsklub
1998–2000 Gombak United FC
Managerial career
2000–2001 Gombak United FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorgen Nielsen is a Danish former footballer and coach.

Gombak United

A handball player in Denmark, Nielsen went to Singapore to work in the shipping trade. When Gombak United went from amateur to professional status, they immediately offered Nielsen a contract but he was uncertain and was not able to envisage success as a footballer. In the end, the Dane decided to join the club and after two years there, was offered the Gombak United manager job. The former striker accepted the contract, overseeing the Singaporean outfit's sales, salaries, sponsorship, merchandise, expenditures, and development of a fan club- quitting the position in April 2001.

While playing for Gombak, Nielsen got permanent residency in Singapore, allowing them to register him as a local rather than foreign footballer and recording four goals in his last season there.

References

  1. ^ "Fra hånden til foden". Jyllands-posten.dk. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  2. "Jorgen quits as Gombak team manager". Eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  3. "The Straits Times, 20 February 1999, Page 31". Eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  4. "Singapore S-League 2000 (Soccerbot)". Soccerbot.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
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