Nils Nielsen

{{short description|Danish football manager (born 1971)}}

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| name = Nils Nielsen

| fullname = Nils Herbert Kromann Nielsen

| image = Nils Kromann Nielsen (16086846094).jpg

| caption = Nielsen at the 2015 Algarve Cup

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|11|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Nuuk, Greenland

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| currentclub = Japan women (head coach)

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| manageryears1 = 2012–2013

| manageryears2 = 2013–2017

| manageryears3 = 2018

| manageryears4 = 2018–2022

| managerclubs1 = Denmark U-18

| managerclubs2 = Denmark Women

| managerclubs3 = China U-20 Women (assistant)

| managerclubs4 = Switzerland Women

| manageryears5 = 2024–

| managerclubs5 = Japan Women

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Nils Herbert Kromann Nielsen (born 3 November 1971) is a Greenlandic-Danish football manager he is the currently head coach of the Japan women's national team.

He has served as director of football for Manchester City W.F.C. since 4 May 2023. He is the first person appointed to the role.{{cite news |url=https://theathletic.com/4487971/2023/05/04/nils-nielsen-manchester-city-women/ |title=Nils Nielsen joins Manchester City Women as director of football |date=May 4, 2023 |access-date=May 8, 2023 |work=The Athletic}}

Nielsen is best known for his tenure with the Denmark women's national football team from 2013 to 2017.{{cite web|title=Træner: Nils Nielsen|url=http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/kvindelandshold/A-landsholdstruppen/traener_nils_nielsen|publisher=Danish Football Association|accessdate=5 March 2015|language=Danish|archive-date=8 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808031112/http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/kvindelandshold/A-landsholdstruppen/traener_nils_nielsen|url-status=dead}} He led the Danes to a runners-up finish at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.dr.dk/sporten/fodbold/em-kvinder/landstraener-nielsen-tyskland-er-saa-gode-det-er-en-ulempe-dem|title=Landstræner Nielsen: Tyskland er så gode at det er en ulempe for dem|last=Andersen|first=Jens|date=29 July 2017|publisher=Danmarks Radio|language=Danish|accessdate=5 August 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://bold.dk/kvinde/nyheder/nils-nielsen-stopper-som-landstraener/ |title=Nils Nielsen stopper som landstræner |date=22 August 2017 |publisher=bold.dk |author=Sara Margren |access-date=24 August 2017 |archive-date=28 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328005456/https://www.bold.dk/kvinde/nyheder/nils-nielsen-stopper-som-landstraener/ |url-status=dead }} Despite departing the team shortly after, Nielsen received acclaim for his work and finished runner-up in the 2017 The Best FIFA Women's Coach award. He spent most of 2018 as the assistant manager of the China women's national under-20 football team, taking them to the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.fa.org.cn/bulletin/training/2018-02-11/528818.html|title=关于组织U20女足国家队2018年第二期集训的通知|language=zh|access-date=2018-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811190048/http://www.fa.org.cn/bulletin/training/2018-02-11/528818.html|archive-date=2018-08-11|url-status=dead}} He was also manager of the Switzerland women's national football team from 2018 to 2022.{{cite news |title=Nils Nielsen named as next Head Coach of the Switzerland WNT |url=https://medium.com/ignitetalent/nils-nielsen-named-as-next-head-coach-of-the-switzerland-wnt-908d8bc7cea1 |accessdate=4 December 2018 |publisher=ignite x Soccerella |date=19 September 2018}}

On 12 December 2024, Nielsen was appointed as the new coach of the Japan women's national football team.