Tommy Møller Nielsen (born 5 August 1961) is a Danish

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coach and former player. He is the son of former

Danish national football team The Denmark men's national football team ( da, Danmarks herre-fodboldlandshold or ''herrelandsholdet'') represents Denmark in men's international football competitions. It is controlled by the Danish Football Association (DBU), the governing bo ...

coach

Richard Møller Nielsen Richard Møller Nielsen (19 August 1937 – 13 February 2014) was a Danish football player and manager. He coached the Denmark national football team The Denmark men's national football team ( da, Danmarks herre-fodboldlandshold or ''herrelan ...

. He played for

Odense Boldklub Odense Boldklub (; also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the city Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga ...

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and

Boldklubben 1909 Boldklubben 1909, known as B1909, is a Danish association football club currently playing in the Denmark Series. They play at Gillested Park in Odense on Funen, which has a capacity of 6,000. Founded in 1909, the club spent a total 38 seasons ...

. As coach, Nielsen has managed both

and

Viborg FF Viborg Fodsports Forening ("Viborg Footsport Association"), or Viborg F.F. and VFF for short, is a Danish professional football club based in Viborg. The club was founded in 1896 and waited more than a century before winning its only national ...

during his career. He joined Rangers on 27 May 1997 as first team coach to replace the departing

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. He stayed there for three seasons before becoming

Ebbe Skovdahl Ebbe Skovdahl Hansen (5 July 1945 – 23 October 2020) was a Danish football manager. He most prominently was a successful manager at Brøndby IF, for whom he had also played in his active years. He helped turn the side into the most dominant D ...

's number two at

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for just over a year. Nielsen returned to Denmark and to

as coach in 2003 then took up the offer of being

Ove Christensen Ove Christensen (born 26 March 1950) is a Danish football manager who is currently the director of football of Danish fourth tier club Silkeborg KFUM. He has managed a number of Danish Superliga clubs, and won the Danish women's championship wi ...

's assistant at

. He was a replacement for Flemming Nielsen, who had been promoted to sporting director over Christensen. This was one of the reasons for Christensen's departure in the autumn of 2006. Nielsen became the head coach of

until the end of the year and was replaced when by

Anders Linderoth Anders Karl Gustaf Linderoth (born 21 March 1950) is a Swedish football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is best remembered for representing Helsingsborgs IF, Östers IF, Marseille, and Mjällby AIF during a club career t ...

in January 2007. Nielsen then returned to his previous position as assistant coach but was sacked along with Linderoth later that year. On 24 October 2011, he succeeded

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as manager of

HB Køge HB Køge () is a professional Danish football club based primarily in the town of Herfølge, and secondly in the town of Køge, both in the Køge Municipality, part of 'Region of Zealand', in the eastern part of Zealand, south of Copenhagen. It w ...

. He was sacked on 3 September 2012 following a disastrous start to the 2012–13 season.

References

Report on Rangers switch

Dons' number two departs

Tommy Møller Nielsen Interview
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nielsen, Tommy Moller 1961 births Living people Danish men's footballers Danish football managers Kjøbenhavns Boldklub players Odense Boldklub players Rangers F.C. non-playing staff Aberdeen F.C. non-playing staff Viborg FF managers HB Køge managers Boldklubben 1909 managers Manchester United F.C. non-playing staff Men's association football players not categorized by position Danish 1st Division managers