Morten Nielsen (born 28 February 1990) is a Danish

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who plays as a

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Career

Nielsen began his career with KB, before joined Chelsea's academy in 2005 and became a pro in July 2007. He has made several appearances for the Danish Under 18 national football team. On 31 March 2009, whilst being tracked by many European clubs as

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, Saint Etienne, Brøndby and

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, Nielsen joined

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team Landskrona BoIS on loan until the end of the season. On 9 July 2009, Nielsen ended his contract with Chelsea on a mutual agreement, becoming a free agent, and on 21 July 2009 joined AZ Alkmaar on a free transfer after impressing in a trial. On 13 March 2010, it was announced that he would return to Landskrona BoIS on loan. In the summer of 2010, he went back to Denmark to play for FC Midtjylland. In January 2012, he went to play for Greve Fodbold in the Danish fourth tier. The club was at that time managed by his father Benny Nielsen. In January 2015, he was signed by

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ahead of the 2015 League of Ireland season. After leaving FC Roskilde in July 2019, Nielsen joined Hvidovre IF. The club announced the signing on 25 August 2019, the same day as he got his official debut for the club. He left the club by the end of the season.Hvidovre vinker farvel til yderligere tre mand
bold.dk, 24 July 2020

Personal

Morten is the son of the former professional

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footballer Benny Nielsen, who now works as an

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References

FC Roskilde henter Morten N. hjem
bold.dk, 1 February 2016

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