David Nielsen
{{Short description|Danish footballer and manager (born 1976)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = David Nielsen
| image = David Nielsen Bogforum Forum Copenhagen (cropped).JPG
| image_size =
| caption = Nielsen in 2008
| fullname = David Jean Nielsen
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|12|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Skagen, Denmark
| height = 1.83 m
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Horsens (Manager)
| youthyears1 = 1982–1992
| youthclubs1 = Skagen
| youthyears2 = 1992–1993
| youthclubs2 = Frederikshavn
| years1 = 1993–1996
| clubs1 = OB
| caps1 = 9
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 1996
| clubs2 = → Lyngby (loan)
| caps2 = 13
| goals2 = 10
| years3 = 1996–1997
| clubs3 = Fortuna Düsseldorf
| caps3 = 13
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 1997–2001
| clubs4 = Copenhagen
| caps4 = 108
| goals4 = 36
| years5 = 2000–2001
| clubs5 = → Grimsby Town (loan)
| caps5 = 16
| goals5 = 5
| years6 = 2001–2002
| clubs6 = Wimbledon
| caps6 = 23
| goals6 = 4
| years7 = 2001–2002
| clubs7 = → Norwich City (loan)
| caps7 = 5
| goals7 = 5
| years8 = 2002–2003
| clubs8 = Norwich City
| caps8 = 21
| goals8 = 3
| years9 = 2003–2005
| clubs9 = AaB
| caps9 = 40
| goals9 = 17
| years10 = 2005–2006
| clubs10 = Midtjylland
| caps10 = 30
| goals10 = 8
| years11 = 2006–2007
| clubs11 = Start
| caps11 = 13
| goals11 = 5
| years12 = 2007
| clubs12 = OB
| caps12 = 14
| goals12 = 3
| years13 = 2008
| clubs13 = → Strømsgodset (loan)
| caps13 = 23
| goals13 = 9
| years14 = 2009–2010
| clubs14 = Brann
| caps14 = 33
| goals14 = 4
| years15 = 2011
| clubs15 = Fyllingen
| caps15 = 0
| goals15 = 0
| totalcaps = 361
| totalgoals = 112
| nationalyears1 = 1992
| nationalteam1 = Denmark U16
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 1991–1992
| nationalteam2 = Denmark U17
| nationalcaps2 = 21
| nationalgoals2 = 14
| nationalyears3 = 1993–1995
| nationalteam3 = Denmark U19
| nationalcaps3 = 18
| nationalgoals3 = 13
| nationalyears4 = 1996–1997
| nationalteam4 = Denmark U21
| nationalcaps4 = 8
| nationalgoals4 = 3
| medaltemplates =
| manageryears1 = 2011
| managerclubs1 = Løv-Ham (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2011–2013
| managerclubs2 = Nest-Sotra
| manageryears3 = 2014
| managerclubs3 = Strømsgodset (assistant)
| manageryears4 = 2014–2015
| managerclubs4 = Strømsgodset
| manageryears5 = 2015–2017
| managerclubs5 = Lyngby
| manageryears6 = 2017–2022
| managerclubs6 = AGF
| manageryears7 = 2023–2024
| managerclubs7 = Kifisia
| manageryears8 = 2024
| managerclubs8 = Lyngby
| manageryears9 = 2024
| managerclubs9 = Lillestrøm
| manageryears10 = 2025–
| managerclubs10 = Horsens
}}
David Jean Nielsen (born 1 December 1976) is a Danish professional football manager, and former player.
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.
Playing career
Born in Sønderborg but raised in Skagen, Nielsen started playing youth football in Skagen and Frederikshavn. He scored 17 goals in 24 matches for the Danish under-16 and under-17 national teams. He received offers from English club Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern Munich in Germany,{{cite news | first = Torben | last = Larsen | title = Ingen kan juble så smukt | newspaper = B.T | date = 20 May 1993 | language = da}} but decided to stay in Denmark, as he was brought to OB in the top-flight Danish Superliga in May 1993, 16 years old.{{cite news | first = Leif | last = Rasmussen | title = Ob skærer i truppen | newspaper = Ekstra Bladet | date = 4 May 1993 | language = da}} Here he became known for his elaborate goal celebration, a round off stretch jump with a backtuck.
He was loaned out to Lyngby in January 1996, where he got his national breakthrough with 10 goals in 13 league games. When his Odense contract ran out in the Summer 1996, he moved abroad to play for Fortuna Düsseldorf in the Bundesliga championship. He did not find playing success with the club, and after half a year in Germany, Nielsen moved back to Denmark to play for Copenhagen in a DEM 600,000 transfer deal in February 1997.{{cite news | first = Christian | last = Thye-Petersen | title = Skiftedag hos FCK | newspaper = Jyllands-Posten | date = 26 February 1997 | language = da}} He played three and a half years at Copenhagen, with whom he won the 1997 Danish Cup. He was club top goalscorer in 1998, 1999 and 2000, and was elected 1999 Copenhagen Player of the Year.
He was loaned out to English club Grimsby Town in the second tier of English football, the English First Division in October 2000, as Grimsby had a hard time scoring goals.{{cite news | first = Steffen | last = Dam | title = En ny start for David Nielsen | newspaper = Jyllands-Posten | date= 12 October 2000 | language = da}} When his loan deal ended in March 2001, Nielsen moved on to English club Wimbledon on a free transfer. He joined Norwich City on loan in December 2001, and scored five goals in five games during his loan spell, including one against his parent club,{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/1712784.stm|title=Norwich 2-1 Wimbledon |publisher=BBC Sport|date=22 December 2001 |access-date=13 January 2017}} prompting Norwich manager Nigel Worthington to pay £210,000 to Wimbledon to secure his services on a permanent basis. Whilst playing for Norwich City he was a member of the team that reached the final of the First Division play-offs in May 2002. However, he was unable to maintain his initial impressive scoring rate and left the club at his own request to return to Denmark in August 2003.
He signed with Superliga club AaB, where he rediscovered his goalscoring ability. Following a training ground bust-up with teammate Allan Gaarde in February 2005, Nielsen was fired by the club. Within days, he was hired by league rivals Midtjylland, to replace Egyptian striker Mohamed Zidan. He was let go by FCM in May 2006, and he moved abroad to play for Norwegian club Start. He became an immediate hit scoring seven goals in 21 matches, but left the club during the reign of manager Stig Inge Bjørnebye. On 20 July 2007, he signed a three-year contract with the Danish Superliga side OB. On 26 March, he went on a loan deal with the Norwegian club Strømsgodset for the rest of 2008.
Nielsen was sold to the Norwegian club Brann as a part of a deal where Njougu Demba Nyren went in the opposite direction in January 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ob.dk/?NewsID=16930 |title=OB køber Demba-Nyrén |publisher=Ob.dk |date = 21 January 2009 | access-date = 26 January 2009 | language = da}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.brann.no/index.php?valg=nyhet&nyhet=7203 |title=Sportsklubben Brann – Ekte lidenskap har et navn |publisher=Brann.no | access-date = 26 January 2009 | language = no}}{{Dead link|date=October 2012}} During his stay in Brann, Nielsen has spent most of his time as a substitute, and when he had been playing, he had the role as a facilitator for the other striker Erik Huseklepp.{{Cite news|url=http://fotball.bt.no/eliteserien/article168433.ece|title=Nielsen legger opp|last=Pamer|first=Anders|date=5 May 2010|work=Bergens Tidende|language=no|access-date=7 May 2010|location=Bergen|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100508205244/http://fotball.bt.no/eliteserien/article168433.ece|archive-date=8 May 2010}} After his contract with Brann expired in June 2010, Nielsen planned to stay in Bergen and, together with Per Ove Ludvigsen and Kjetil Knutsen, to offer organized soccer practice for kids through a company called Max Fotball.{{Cite news|url=http://fotball.bt.no/eliteserien/article168770.ece|title=Lanserer private treninger for barn|last=Pamer|first=Anders|date=7 May 2010|work=Bergens Tidende|language=no|access-date=7 May 2010|location=Bergen|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100509020033/http://fotball.bt.no/eliteserien/article168770.ece|archive-date=9 May 2010}}
=Controversies=
By April 2004, David Nielsen and fellow AaB teammate Jimmy Nielsen had racked up a debt of €201,000 with bookmakers in Aalborg.{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2008/1103/1225523317105.html |title=PLANET SOCCER – The Irish Times – Mon, Nov 03, 2008 |publisher=The Irish Times |date= 3 November 2008 |access-date= 26 January 2009}} AaB director Lynge Jacobsen decided to help out financially and arranged for gambling addiction counselling.
In his 2008 autobiography, Nielsen admitted playing to deliberately lose a Superliga match between AaB and his former club Copenhagen in May 2004. As AaB had lost the Danish Cup final to Copenhagen earlier that year, winning the Superliga would propel Copenhagen into the UEFA Champions League and hand their UEFA Cup-berth as the Danish Cup winners on to the losing finalists from AaB. Nielsen was also motivated by his gambling debts,[http://nordjyske.dk/nyheder/david-nielsen-har-ikke-betalt-sin-gaeld/df332c9d-b993-4198-a941-e668bd881f7b/112/1513 "David Nielsen har ikke betalt sin gæld"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124224629/http://nordjyske.dk/nyheder/david-nielsen-har-ikke-betalt-sin-gaeld/df332c9d-b993-4198-a941-e668bd881f7b/112/1513 |date=24 November 2016 }} Nordjyske.dk. 26 May 2004 as UEFA Cup qualification would wield him a personal DKK300,000 bonus.{{cite web | url = http://spn.dk/fodbold/article1499099.ece | title = David Nielsen ville tabe med vilje | language = da | publisher = Jyllands-Posten | date = 30 October 2008 | access-date = 5 October 2012}} AaB and Copenhagen drew the match, and Copenhagen eventually won the 2003–04 Superliga championship by one point.
In February 2005, Nielsen was sacked by AaB when he physically attacked teammate Allan Gaarde during a training session, leaving him with a concussion. Nielsen later explained in his autobiography that Gaarde was "pretentious... talking loudly about wine in Italian. "I told him: 'The next time you speak Italian I will break you in half. You're not f***ing Italian – you spent eight months there.' So when he did it again I decided to break his shitting legs like sticks. I jumped at him and bang. Jackpot. Felt good."
During the pre-season of 2010–11, in a friendly against English side Leeds United, he made a 'shocking high-footed' tackle against winger Robert Snodgrass, who was injured and missed the start of the campaign.{{cite news |last1=Hansen |first1=Ole Jonny Eriksrud |title=Becchio senket Brann |url=https://www.nettavisen.no/sport/becchio-senket-brann/s/12-95-2952275 |work=Nettavisen |date=27 July 2010 |language=no}}
Managerial career
Nielsen was appointed assistant manager of Løv-Ham on 27 May 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ba.no/sport/fotball/article5619842.ece?ns_campaign=article&ns_mchannel=recommend_button&ns_source=facebook&ns_linkname=facebook&ns_fee=0|title=David Nielsen blir Løv-Ham-trener|date=27 May 2011|website=www.ba.no}} Later that summer, he was appointed manager of Nest-Sotra.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/hordaland/david-nielsen-forlater-nest-sotra-1.11289333|title=David Nielsen forlater Nest-Sotra|first=Roy Hilmar|last=Svendsen|date=10 October 2013|website=NRK}} After saving the club from relegation from the 2. Divisjon in 2011, he led them to a fourth place in 2012 and promotion to the 1. division in 2013.
On 11 November 2013, he was appointed assistant manager of Strømsgodset.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dt.no/godset/nielsen-er-klar-for-godset-1.8154103?ns_campaign=article&ns_mchannel=recommend_button&ns_source=facebook&ns_linkname=facebook&ns_fee=0|title=Nielsen er klar for Godset|date=11 November 2013|website=www.dt.no}} After just seven months, he was appointed manager, when Ronny Deila left for the vacant managing position at Celtic.{{cite web|title=Fast ansatt som hovedtrener|url=http://www.godset.no/news/article/s1yxnmtqmt6a1dt9a5ght2wwf/title/fast-ansatt-som-hovedtrener|website=www.godset.no|publisher=Strømsgodset Toppfotball|access-date=7 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808052738/http://www.godset.no/news/article/s1yxnmtqmt6a1dt9a5ght2wwf/title/fast-ansatt-som-hovedtrener|archive-date=8 August 2014}} On 26 May 2015, Strømsgodset announced that Nielsen would step down as manager in mutual agreement with the club.{{Cite web|title = David Nielsen fratrer som trener|url = http://www.godset.no/news/article/7nhctvid5dxo12hpfuqc98jvs/title/david-nielsen-fratrer-som-trener|access-date = 26 May 2015|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150526212611/http://www.godset.no/news/article/7nhctvid5dxo12hpfuqc98jvs/title/david-nielsen-fratrer-som-trener|archive-date = 26 May 2015|df = dmy-all}}
On 17 June 2015, he signed a three-year contract as manager for Danish 1st Division club Lyngby.{{cite web|title=David Nielsen bliver ny cheftræner i Lyngby|url=http://www.fyens.dk/sport/David-Nielsen-bliver-ny-cheftraener-i-Lyngby/artikel/2733892|access-date=17 June 2015}}
On 30 September 2017, he signed a three-year contract as coach for Danish Superliga team AGF.{{cite news |title=Riddersholm fyret - David Nielsen ny cheftræner i AGF |url=https://www.dr.dk/sporten/fodbold/superliga/riddersholm-fyret-david-nielsen-ny-cheftraener-i-agf |work=DR |date=30 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930175031/https://www.dr.dk/sporten/fodbold/superliga/riddersholm-fyret-david-nielsen-ny-cheftraener-i-agf |archive-date=30 September 2017 |language=da}} In May 2022 Nielsen left AGF by mutual consent.{{cite web|title=AGF SIGER FARVEL TIL DAVID NIELSEN|url=https://agf.dk/nyheder/2022/maj/agf-siger-farvel-til-david-nielsen|access-date=18 May 2022}}
On 8 December 2023, Nielsen signed a contract with Kifisia in the Greek Super League for the remaining six months of the season.{{cite web|title=O Ντέιβιντ Νίλσεν στην Κηφισιά|url=https://kifisiafc.gr/%ce%bd%ce%ad%ce%bf%cf%82-%cf%80%cf%81%ce%bf%cf%80%ce%bf%ce%bd%ce%b7%cf%84%ce%ae%cf%82-%cf%84%ce%b7%cf%82-%ce%ba%ce%b7%cf%86%ce%b9%cf%83%ce%b9%ce%ac%cf%82-%ce%bf-%ce%bd%cf%84%ce%ad%ce%b9%ce%b2%ce%b9/|access-date=8 December 2023}} He was dismissed on 29 January 2024, only six weeks after being appointed.{{cite news |last1=Jensen |first1=Kenneth |title=David Nielsen færdig efter seks uger i Grækenland |url=https://www.tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/generelle/breaking-david-nielsen-faerdig-efter-112-maaned |access-date=29 January 2024 |work=Tipsbladet |date=29 January 2024 |language=da}}
Nielsen returned as manager of Lyngby on 5 March 2024 on a contract running until the end of the season following the sacking of Magne Hoseth.{{cite news |last1=Christensen |first1=Simon Kirkegård |title=Officielt: David Nielsen ny cheftræner i Lyngby |url=https://bold.dk/fodbold/klubber/lyngby/nyheder/officielt-david-nielsen-ny-cheftraener-i-lyngby |access-date=5 March 2024 |work=bold.dk |date=5 March 2024 |language=da}}
In late August 2024 he was presented as the new manager of Lillestrøm SK, on a contract spanning the rest of 2024. After four league games, Lillestrøm had gathered one point and a goal difference of 2–12, and were bottom of the table.{{cite news|url=https://www.vg.no/sport/i/1MVRWJ/eliteserien-david-nielsen-med-marerittstart-for-lillestroem|title=David Nielsens marerittstart: – Har ikke noe supersexy svar|last=Stenersen|first=Steffen|date=30 September 2024|work=VG|language=no|access-date=1 October 2024}} Nielsen was sacked in the evening of 30 September.{{cite news|url=https://www.vg.no/sport/i/mP8VM1/david-nielsen-ferdig-i-lillestroem|title=Dag-Eilev Fagermo tar over Lillestrøm – Nielsen ferdig som hovedtrener|last=Tetlie|first=Lisa Amdam|date=30 September 2024|work=VG|language=no|access-date=1 October 2024}} The sole point came against Rosenborg, where his son Noah Holm played and scored, according to VG the first time a son scored against his father's team in Norway since 1987.{{cite news|url=https://www.vg.no/sport/i/rPnrel/eliteserie-oppsummering-den-foerste-soennen-som-scorer-paa-farens-lag|title=Eliteserie-oppsummering: Den første sønnen som scorer på farens lag siden 1987|last=Svegaarden|first=Knut Espen|date=17 September 2024|work=VG|language=no|access-date=1 October 2024}}
Personal life
Nielsen was born in Denmark to a DR Congolese father and a Danish mother.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/david-nielsen-jeg-var-aldrig-blevet-cheftraener-hvis-jeg-havde-haft-en-far-i-mit-liv|title=David Nielsen: Jeg var aldrig blevet cheftræner, hvis jeg havde haft en far i mit liv|website=DR}}
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|OB
|rowspan="2"|Danish Superliga |8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | |||
| 1995–96
|1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | |||
| Lyngby (loan)
|Danish Superliga |13 | 10 | 13 | 10 | |||
| Fortuna Düsseldorf
|13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 2 | |
| rowspan="6"|Copenhagen
|rowspan="5"|Danish Superliga |14 | 1 | 14 | 1 | |||
| 1997–98
|31 | 11 | 31 | 11 | |||
| 1998–99
|30 | 15 | 30 | 15 | |||
| 1999–00
|26 | 8 | 26 | 8 | |||
| 2000–01
|7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!108 | 36 | 108 | 36 | |||
| Grimsby Town (loan)
|17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | |
| rowspan="3"|Wimbledon
|rowspan="2"|First Division |11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | |
| 2001–02
|12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 4 | |
| rowspan="4"|Norwich City
|rowspan="3"|First Division |23 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 8 | |
| 2002–03
|33 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 6 | |
| 2003–04
|2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!58 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 66 | 14 | |
| rowspan="3"|AaB
|rowspan="2"|Danish Superliga |24 | 11 | 24 | 11 | |||
| 2004–05
|16 | 6 | 16 | 6 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!40 | 17 | 40 | 17 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Midtjylland
|rowspan="2"|Danish Superliga |10 | 2 | 10 | 2 | |||
| 2005–06
|20 | 6 | 20 | 6 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!30 | 8 | 30 | 8 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Start
|2006 |rowspan="2"|Tippeligaen |13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | |
| 2007
|8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!21 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 11 | |
| OB
|Danish Superliga |14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | |
| Strømsgodset (loan)
|2008 |Tippeligaen |23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 11 | |
| rowspan="3"|Brann
|2009 |rowspan="2"|Tippeligaen |23 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 6 | |
| 2010
|10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!33 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 6 | |
| Fyllingen
|2011 |0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!402 | 120 | 22 | 10 | 424 | 130 |
Managerial statistics
{{updated|30 September 2024}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure |
| rowspan="2"| Team
!rowspan="2"| Nat !rowspan="2"| From !rowspan="2"| To !colspan="8"| Record |
|---|
| {{Tooltip|M|Matches coached}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}} !{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}} !{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}} !{{Tooltip|Win%|Winning percentage}} !{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |
| align="left" |Nest-Sotra
|{{flagicon|NOR}} | align="left" |13 July 2011 | align="left" |11 November 2013 {{WDL|72|41|10|21}} |
| align="left" |Strømsgodset
|{{flagicon|NOR}} | align="left" |7 June 2014 | align="left" |26 May 2015 {{WDL|33|14|5|14}} |
| align="left" |Lyngby
|{{flagicon|DEN}} | align="left" |17 June 2015 | align="left" |30 September 2017 {{WDL|92|47|17|28}} |
| align="left" |AGF
|{{flagicon|DEN}} | align="left" |30 September 2017 | align="left" |22 May 2022 {{WDL|184|73|51|60}} |
| align="left" |Kifisia
|{{flagicon|GRE}} | align="left" |8 December 2023 | align="left" |29 January 2024 {{WDL|7|1|2|4}} |
| align="left" |Lyngby
|{{flagicon|DEN}} | align="left" |5 March 2024 | align="left" |30 June 2024 {{WDL|13|5|4|4}} |
| align="left" |Lillestrøm
|{{flagicon|NOR}} | align="left" |23 August 2024 | align="left" |30 September 2024 {{WDL|4|0|1|3}} |
| colspan="4"|Total
{{WDLtot|405|181|90|134}} !— |
Honours
=Player=
=Manager=
Lyngby
- Danish 1st Division: 2015–16
References
{{Reflist}}
Further reading
- {{Citation |last1=Nielsen |first1=David |last2=Ankersen |first2=Jonas |title=Sorte svin |year=2008 |publisher=Turbulenz |place=Copenhagen |isbn=978-87-991918-1-9 }}.
External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{DBU player|4304}}
- [https://www.danskfodbold.com/spiller.php?ligaid=2001&spillerid=10286 David Nielsen] official Danish Superliga statistics at danskfodbold.com {{in lang|da}}
- [http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/nielsen.htm Ex-Canaries – Norwich City profile]
- {{Fussballdaten|nielsendavid}}
- {{Soccerbase}}
- {{nifs|4843|accessdate=28 April 2009}}
{{AC Horsens squad}}
{{F.C. Copenhagen Player of the Year}}
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