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.
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Born in Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
, he started his career with B 1903
Boldklubben 1903 or B 1903 is a football club founded on 2 June 1903, located in Copenhagen, Denmark. Seven times winner of the Danish championship (introduced 1913) in 1920, 1924, 1926, 1938, 1969, 1970 and 1976 and twice winner of the Dan ...
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
The Regionalliga Südwest ( en, Regional League Southwest) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together wit ...
league. As a professional, he missed participation with Denmark at the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
, and played his last national team game in October 1972. In 1974, he moved to German 2nd Bundesliga South club FK Pirmasens
FK Pirmasens is a German association football club in Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate. The team was formed as the football section of the gymnastics and sports club TV Pirminia Pirmasens in 1903 and became independent in 1914. They took on thei ...
, where he played 76 games and scored three goals as a midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
until 1976.[Fussballdaten profile](_blank)
/ref> He ended his footballing career with Helsingborgs IF
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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
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.["Runde tal i dag - 60 Torben Nielsen", ]Berlingske Tidende
''Berlingske'', previously known as ''Berlingske Tidende'' (, ''Berling's Times''), is a Danish national daily newspaper based in Copenhagen. It is considered a newspaper of record for Denmark. First published on 3 January 1749,
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, 7 December 2005
References
1945 births
Living people
Footballers from Copenhagen
Danish footballers
Denmark international footballers
1. FSV Mainz 05 players
Association football defenders
Hillerød Fodbold managers
Hillerød Fodbold players
Kastrup Boldklub managers
FK Pirmasens players
Danish expatriate footballers
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Expatriate footballers in Sweden
Danish football managers
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