Niels Tune-Hansen (born 19 January 1953) is a Danish former professional

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who played at as a defender. He made 15 appearances for the Denmark national team scoring one goal.

Career

Tune-Hansen began his career in his hometown club Holbæk B&I, where he scored six goals in 64 games between 1972 and 1976. Ahead of the 1976–77

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season, Tune-Hansen moved to

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. He made his debut on 14 August 1975 in the 1–0 defeat by Wuppertaler SV, and scored his first goal in the game in a 1–1 draw against

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. Tune-Hansen becamea regular starter, played all 38 games and scoring eight goals. At the end of the season his team won promotion to the

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. Tune-Hansen played his first Bundesliga game on the first matchday in a 3–1 win over Werder Bremen. At the end of the 1977–78 season, his club suffered direct relegation. That season, Tune-Hansen had scored one goal in 33 Bundesliga appearances, which was against

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, but he also scored an own goal in the 4–0 defeat against

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. After another season in the jersey of the St. Pauli, Tune-Hansen left the club after the club did not receive a license and was therefore relocated to the Oberliga Nord. He signed with

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for the 1979–80 season. He made his debut on the first matchday of the season against

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(2–0 loss). There, too, he became a regular starter, and left the club after three years where they had finished in midtable in the 2. Bundesliga. His departure also marked the end of a six-year stint in Germany with 220 games and 27 goals. He then returned to hometown club Holbæk B&I. After three more years in Holbæk, Tune-Hansen ended his active career in the 1985 season in Denmark.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tune-Hansen, Niels 1953 births Living people People from Holbæk Municipality Danish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Denmark men's international footballers Holbæk B&I players FC St. Pauli players VfL Osnabrück players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Danish 1st Division players Danish 2nd Division players Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Footballers from Region Zealand