David Nielsen
David Jean Nielsen (born 1 December 1976) is a Danish professional football manager, currently in charge of Lyngby, and former player.
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Nielsen in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Jean Nielsen | ||
| Date of birth | 1 December 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Skagen, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lyngby (Manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1982–1992 | Skagen | ||
| 1992–1993 | Frederikshavn | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1996 | OB | 9 | (2) |
| 1996 | → Lyngby (loan) | 13 | (10) |
| 1996–1997 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 13 | (1) |
| 1997–2001 | Copenhagen | 108 | (36) |
| 2000–2001 | → Grimsby Town (loan) | 16 | (5) |
| 2001–2002 | Wimbledon | 23 | (4) |
| 2001–2002 | → Norwich City (loan) | 5 | (5) |
| 2002–2003 | Norwich City | 21 | (3) |
| 2003–2005 | AaB | 40 | (17) |
| 2005–2006 | Midtjylland | 30 | (8) |
| 2006–2007 | Start | 13 | (5) |
| 2007 | OB | 14 | (3) |
| 2008 | → Strømsgodset (loan) | 23 | (9) |
| 2009–2010 | Brann | 33 | (4) |
| 2011 | Fyllingen | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 361 | (112) | |
| International career | |||
| 1992 | Denmark U16 | 3 | (3) |
| 1991–1992 | Denmark U17 | 21 | (14) |
| 1993–1995 | Denmark U19 | 18 | (13) |
| 1996–1997 | Denmark U21 | 8 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011 | Løv-Ham (assistant) | ||
| 2011–2013 | Nest-Sotra | ||
| 2014 | Strømsgodset (assistant) | ||
| 2014–2015 | Strømsgodset | ||
| 2015–2017 | Lyngby | ||
| 2017–2022 | AGF | ||
| 2023–2024 | Kifisia | ||
| 2024– | Lyngby | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He played for a number of Danish clubs, as well as Fortuna Düsseldorf in Germany and English clubs Grimsby Town, Wimbledon and Norwich City. His greatest triumph was the 1997 Danish Cup victory, which he won with Danish club Copenhagen. He played 46 matches and scored 33 goals for various Danish youth national teams between 1992 and 1997, including eight games and three goals for the Denmark U21 national team.
Nielsen has attracted controversy at various times in his career for falling into serious gambling debt, assaulting a teammate and then, in November 2008, admitting matchfixing in a Danish game played in 2004.