Anders Nielsen (born November 23, 1972) is a Danish

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

coach and former player. He works as youth coach at Kalundborg GB. He is the former manager of Denmark Series team Svebølle B&I.

Club career

Nielsen was born in

Kalundborg Kalundborg () is a Danish city with a population of 16,211 (1 January 2022),Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga ( da, Superligaen, ) is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each yea ...

games for

Lyngby Boldklub Lyngby Boldklub () is a Danish professional football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, a northern suburb of Copenhagen. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The club ...

from 1991 to 1996, winning the 1991–92 Danish Superliga. He moved abroad in 1996 to play for

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, whi ...

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merger ...

, and

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top flight ...

in the Netherlands, as well as Italian club AS Varese. He moved back to Denmark in 2003, to play for lower-league clubs Kalundborg GB and

Holbæk B&I Holbæk Bold- & Idrætsforening is a Danish football club currently playing in 2. Division East. They play at Holbæk Stadion in Holbæk on Zealand, which has a capacity of 10,500. From 2008 to 2014 their first team played under the name Nordv ...

. In 2006, he was named

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of Svebølle B&I. In 2010, he left the club after failing to secure the promotion to the

Danish 2nd Divisions The 2nd Division ( da, Danmarksturneringens 2. division or Herre-DM 2. division) is a semi-professional association football league for men and the third division in Denmark. It is organised by the Divisionsforeningen on behalf of the Danish Foo ...

. He then became youth coach at Kalundborg GB.

International career

He played four games for the

Denmark national under-19 football team The Denmark national under-19 football team is a team under the Danish Football Association, selected among all Danish football players under the age of 19, to represent Denmark in international U / 19 football tournaments organized by FIFA and ...

from 1991 to 1992.Palle "Banks" Jørgensen: "Landsholdenes 2198 Spillerprofiler - fra Krølben til Krøldrup",

Tipsbladet ''Tipsbladet'' is a weekly Danish sports magazine focusing on football. It the oldest football magazine in Scandinavia and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. History and profile ''Tipsbladet'' was founded by Elwin Hansen in 1948. The maga ...

, 2004, , p.248.

References

External links

Danish national team profile

Danish Superliga statistics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nielsen, Anders 1972 births Living people Association football wingers Association football midfielders Danish footballers Denmark youth international footballers Danish expatriate footballers Danish Superliga players Eredivisie players Danish football managers Lyngby Boldklub players People from Kalundborg PSV Eindhoven players RKC Waalwijk players Sparta Rotterdam players S.S.D. Varese Calcio players Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Italy Holbæk B&I players Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Danish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Sportspeople from Region Zealand