Jørgen Tofte Nielsen (born 6 May 1971) is a Danish former professional

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who played as a

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Playing career

Nielsen was born in

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, Denmark. He signed for

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in 1997 and was at

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for five years, but he left in 2002 having never playing a competitive game for the club. However, his shirt did taste

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action, against Everton on 27 September 1999. In the 77th minute of the game, goalkeeper Sander Westerveld and Everton striker Francis Jeffers got into a fight and both were sent off, but due to Liverpool having used all of their substitutions, left back Steve Staunton borrowed Nielsen's shirt and filled in as goalkeeper for the remainder of the match. Nielsen retired from playing in September 2007 in order to concentrate on his

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. In March 2008 he made his comeback.

Honours

Individual * Det Gyldne Bur (Goalkeeper of the Year in the Danish Leagues): 1996

References

External links

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Boldklubben Frem profile

Liverpool FC profile

Profile at LFCHistory.net
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nielsen, Jorgen 1971 births Living people Footballers from Nykøbing Falster Danish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Hvidovre IF players Liverpool F.C. players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Farum BK players Boldklubben Frem players Næstved Boldklub players Ikast FC players Expatriate men's footballers in England