Flemming Nielsen
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 24 February 1934 | ||
Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1951–1957 | B 93 | ||
1958–1960 | AB | ||
1961–1964 | Atalanta | 92 | (8) |
1964–1966 | Greenock Morton | 29 | (2) |
1966–1967 | B 93 | ||
National team | |||
1951–1951 | Denmark U-19 | 2 | (0) |
1953–1956 | Denmark U-21 | 5 | (3) |
1954–1960 | Denmark | 26 | (4) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Representing Denmark | ||
Men's Football | ||
1960 Rome | Team competition |
Flemming Gert Nielsen, known simply as Flemming Nielsen, (born 24 February 1934) is a Danish former football player in the midfielder position, who won a silver medal with the Denmark national football team at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He played professionally for Atalanta BC and Greenock Morton.
Born in Copenhagen, Nielsen played as an amateur for local clubs B 93 and AB. He made his debut for the amateur-only Danish national team in June 1954, and played five games and scored two goals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. He played his last national team game in October 1960, having played a total 26 games and scored four goals for Denmark, before turning professional. He signed a professional contract with Italian club Atalanta BC and played three seasons in Serie A for the club. He played a total 92 games and scored eight goals for Atalanta in the Serie A, and won the 1963 Coppa Italia with the club. He then moved on Greenock Morton in Scotland in 1964. He played 29 games and scored two goals in two seasons with Greenock. In 1966, he moved back to Denmark, where he ended his career for B 93 in 1967.
After ending his active career, Nielsen was a sports journalist for Aftenbladet, Politiken, and B.T., and wrote two books about football.
Bibliography
- 1986: "Fodboldkunstneren Michael Laudrup : rundt om en stjerne", Jori.
- 1998: "Sådan blev Superligaens førertrøje grøn : eventyret om, hvordan AB er vendt tilbage i toppen af dansk fodbold", SAV-Danmark.
Sources
- Danish national team profile
- Haslund.info profile
- Mogens Jacobsen, "75 år i dag: Fokus på bolden", Politiken, 24 February 2009.
- Roberto Di Maggio, "Danish Players in Italy", RSSSF, 2 January 2005.
- NeilBrown.Newcastlefans profile
- Flemming Nielsen at National-Football-Teams.com