Torben Nielsen (born 7 December 1945) is a Danish former football player and manager. He was a defender, and played 26 games for the Denmark national football team.[1]
Born in Copenhagen, he started his career with B 1903 and made his debut for the Danish national team in May 1969.[2] In 1972, he signed a professional contract with German club 1. FSV Mainz 05 in the Regionalliga Südwest league.[3] As a professional, he missed participation with Denmark at the 1972 Summer Olympics,[4] and played his last national team game in October 1972.[1] In 1974, he moved to German 2nd Bundesliga South club FK Pirmasens, where he played 76 games and scored three goals as a midfielder until 1976.[3] He ended his footballing career with Helsingborgs IF in Sweden. He moved to the Danish club Hillerød G&IF, playing the lower regional levels, SBU Series 1, as a player coach during the fall season of 1980, before being signed as a coach on 1 January 1981 for Kastrup Boldklub.[5][6][7] Nielsen aborted a managerial career after being fired by Kastrup Boldklub, and settled at Helsingborg.[8]
References
- ^ a b Danish national team profile
- ^ Haslund.info profile Archived 13 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Fussballdaten profile
- ^ Flemming Ahlberg at BK Frem
- ^ "Sporten: HGI's fodbold i gang" (in Danish). No. 106. årgang, nr. 283. Frederiksborg Amts Avis. 13 July 1980. p. 25.
- ^ "Sporten: Hillerød GI og Hundested delte" (in Danish). No. 106. årgang, nr. 315. Frederiksborg Amts Avis. 14 August 1980. p. 16.
- ^ "Sporten: 18-årige kåret som årets spiller i HGI" (in Danish). No. 107. årgang, nr. 48. Frederiksborg Amts Avis. 17 November 1980. p. 10.
- ^ "Runde tal i dag - 60 Torben Nielsen", Berlingske Tidende, 7 December 2005