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Danish footballer and manager

Torben Nielsen
Personal information
Full name Torben Nielsen
Date of birth (1945-12-07) 7 December 1945 (age 79)
Place of birth Frederiksberg, Denmark
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1972 B 1903
1972–1974 1. FSV Mainz 05
1974–1976 FK Pirmasens 76 (3)
197?–197? Helsingborgs IF
1980 Hillerød G&IF
International career
1968 Denmark U-21 2 (0)
1969–1972 Denmark 26 (0)
Managerial career
1980 Hillerød G&IF (player coach)
1981–1982 Kastrup BK
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Torben Nielsen (born 7 December 1945) is a Danish former football player and manager. He was a defender, and played 26 games for the Denmark national football team.

Born in Copenhagen, he started his career with B 1903 and made his debut for the Danish national team in May 1969. In 1972, he signed a professional contract with German club 1. FSV Mainz 05 in the Regionalliga Südwest league. As a professional, he missed participation with Denmark at the 1972 Summer Olympics, and played his last national team game in October 1972. In 1974, he moved to German 2nd Bundesliga South club FK Pirmasens, where he played 76 games and scored three goals as a midfielder until 1976. He ended his footballing career with Helsingborgs IF in Sweden. He moved to the Danish club Hillerød G&IF, playing the lower regional levels, SBU Series 1, as a player coach during the fall season of 1980, before being signed as a coach on 1 January 1981 for Kastrup Boldklub. Nielsen aborted a managerial career after being fired by Kastrup Boldklub, and settled at Helsingborg.

References

  1. ^ Danish national team profile
  2. Haslund.info profile Archived 13 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Fussballdaten profile
  4. Flemming Ahlberg at BK Frem
  5. "Sporten: HGI's fodbold i gang" (in Danish). No. 106. årgang, nr. 283. Frederiksborg Amts Avis. 13 July 1980. p. 25.
  6. "Sporten: Hillerød GI og Hundested delte" (in Danish). No. 106. årgang, nr. 315. Frederiksborg Amts Avis. 14 August 1980. p. 16.
  7. "Sporten: 18-årige kåret som årets spiller i HGI" (in Danish). No. 107. årgang, nr. 48. Frederiksborg Amts Avis. 17 November 1980. p. 10.
  8. "Runde tal i dag - 60 Torben Nielsen", Berlingske Tidende, 7 December 2005


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