Victor Enok Nelsson (born 14 October 1998) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...

and the Denmark national team.

Youth career

Nelsson started playing football when he was 4 years old in Hornbæk IF, where his father also was coaching. Later, he got contacted by scouts from

FC Nordsjælland Football Club Nordsjælland, commonly known as FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland () or FCN, is a professional Danish football team from the North Zealand town of Farum. Founded as ''Farum Boldklub'' from the merger of the town's two football club ...

, and joined the club on 25 March 2010.

Club career

FC Nordsjælland

Nelsson got his debut for

on 12 September 2016. Having started on the bench, he replaced

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in the 87nd minute in a 3–1 defeat against AGF in the

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. On 14 October 2016, Nelsson signed his first professional contract and was promoted to the first team squad. He played 23 league games for FCN in the 2016–17 season. Nelsson played the first two league games at the midfield, but then he was retrained as a centre back. He also became a regular starter from the 2017–18 season. At the age of 19 and after a great period in the first half part of the 2017–18 season, Nelsson got called up to the Denmark B national team by

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, so he could look him forward and consider to pick him to the A national team. In the winter break 2017–18, he changed his shirt number from 36 to 4.

FC Copenhagen

On 5 July 2019, Nelsson joined

FC Copenhagen Football Club Copenhagen ( da, Football Club København, ), commonly known as FC København, FC Copenhagen, Copenhagen or simply FCK, is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on ...

signing a contract until 2024.

Galatasaray

announced on 11 August 2021 that it had reached an agreement with

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for a transfer fee of €7 million to be paid within five years. In addition, according to the agreement, the unilateral release fee of the football player was determined as €25 million. Nelsson became the champion in the

in the

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season with the

team. Defeating Ankaragücü 4-1 away in the match played in the 36th week on 30 May 2023, Galatasaray secured the lead with 2 weeks before the end and won the 23rd championship in its history.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Individual *

UEFA European Under-21 Championship The UEFA European Under-21 Championship, the UEFA Under-21 Championship or simply the Euro Under-21, is a biennial football competition contested by the European men's under-21 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Since 1992, the compe ...

Team of the Tournament:

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Galatasaray *

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* * 1998 births Living people People from Helsingør Municipality Danish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Denmark men's international footballers Denmark men's youth international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Danish Superliga players Süper Lig players FC Nordsjælland players F.C. Copenhagen players Galatasaray S.K. footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Turkey Footballers from the Capital Region of Denmark 2022 FIFA World Cup players {{Denmark-footy-bio-stub