Peter Møller Nielsen (born 23 March 1972) is a Danish former professional football player who became a sports

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after ending his football career in December 2005. In 2018 he became sporting director of Dansk Boldspil Union. He won four

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championships for the rival clubs Brøndby IF and F.C. Copenhagen, and became the most scoring Superliga player ever in 2005. He scored five goals in 20 matches for the Denmark national football team, and took part in the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Currently he works as a host on

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which is the Danish national channel. Møller is mainly used at the sports news. He is currently working as a youth coach at HIK.

Biography

Born in part of

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called Abildgård, Møller played with local team Aalborg Boldspilklub (AaB). He got his breakthrough in the top-flight Danish championship, when he was handed his debut by AaB manager

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in 1990. He was called up for the Danish under-21 national team in November 1990, and went on to score 16 goals in 22 games for the under-21 national team, including games at the

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. He made his Danish national team debut in September 1991, under national manager

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, but would spend the following years mainly as a substitute. He was AaB's leading goal scorer in his four seasons at the club, and was the Superliga top scorer two years in a row in the 1991–92 and 1992–93 seasons. Møller was chased by both Danish top teams F.C. Copenhagen (FCK) and Brøndby IF, and ended up moving to FCK in July 1993. He played a single year at FCK, but struggled to reproduce his goalscoring ability. He was loaned out to Swiss club

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in August 1994, and when he returned to FCK in June 1995, he looked to leave the club. He moved to Brøndby IF, where he was Brøndby's league top goalscorer two years in a row, as Brøndby won the 1995–96 Superliga and 1996–97 Superliga championships. After a three-year absence, he was recalled to the Danish national team in August 1996, by new national manager

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. He moved abroad in 1997, when he was sold to Dutch club

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. He did not find success at PSV, but was included in the Danish squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He played two games at the tournament, and scored a goal against

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. After the World Cup, he moved on to Real Oviedo in Spain. Not a proven goalscorer for Oviedo either, he had short loan spells at English club Fulham, scoring once against Queens Park Rangers, and back home with Brøndby IF. He was once more dropped from the Danish national team. In the summer 2001, he moved back to Denmark to once again play for F.C. Copenhagen. With his previous success for FCK's arch rivals Brøndby IF, he was initially scorned by the FCK fans and only referred to by his shirt number, "number 32". He would convert even his harshest critics over time, as he always fought for the team and scored some important goals. He helped FCK win two Superliga titles, as well as the 2004

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trophy. After two years away from the national team, Møller was recalled by national manager

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in March 2005. He scored two goals in Denmark's 3–0 win against

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in the

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qualification. Møller ended his active playing career in December 2005. He ended his FCK contract six months early, to become a sports

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. In 2005, he was elected chairman for the Danish football players' association, a position Møller left in favour of Thomas Lindrup, when ending his active career.

Career highlights

Club statistics

Total number of goals for Brøndby IF (1995–1997 and 2000): : - In the Danish league: 45 goals : - In the

: 4 goals : - In the

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: 2 goals : - In the

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/ Champions League: 11 goals : - Total score in 101 games: 62 goals

Honours

: **1996 and 1997, with Brøndby I.F **2003 and 2004, with FC København *

: 2004 *

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: 2005 * Football League Championship: 2000–01 with Fulham

References

External links

Danish national team profileAaB profile

F.C. Copenhagen statistics

Brøndby IF statistics
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Spanish career statistics
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moller, Peter 1972 births Living people People from Frederikshavn Association football forwards Danish men's footballers Denmark international footballers Denmark under-21 international footballers Denmark youth international footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Danish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Danish expatriate sportspeople in England Danish Superliga players AaB Fodbold players F.C. Copenhagen players Brøndby IF players Eredivisie players PSV Eindhoven players La Liga players Real Oviedo players Olympic footballers of Denmark Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics 1998 FIFA World Cup players Swiss Super League players FC Zürich players Fulham F.C. players Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in England Danish television presenters Sportspeople from the North Jutland Region