Verner Nielsen
{{Short description|Danish footballer (1931–2023)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Eigil Verner Nielsen
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|05|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Nørresundby, Denmark
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|02|22|1931|05|14|df=y}}
| death_place =
| height =
| position = Defender
}}
Eigil Verner Nielsen (14 May 1931 – 22 February 2023) was a Danish football player in the defender position, who played 26 games for the Denmark national football team.[http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/PlayerInfo/2973 Danish national team profile]
Biography
Nielsen was born in Nørresundby,[http://www.haslund.info/danmark/as/niever.asp Haslund.info profile] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101013044753/http://www.haslund.info/danmark/as/niever.asp |date=October 13, 2010 }} and was spotted by Knud Lundberg, coach of Copenhagen club Akademisk Boldklub (AB), during a summer trip to northern Jutland. Nielsen became the first player with no academic background to play for AB, where he gained popularity due to his fighting spirit and technique."Navne - 60 Autoelektriker - Verner Nielsen", Berlingske Tidende, 13 May 1991. He made his debut for the Danish national team in September 1955.
After ending his active career, he ran an auto repair shop, but continued to play football even after he turned 75."GULDBRYLLUP", Hvidovre Avis, 8 July 2008. He died on 22 February 2023, at the age of 91.[https://www.tv3sport.dk/sport/fodbold/nyheder/mindeord-om-en-fighter-og-gentleman-i-dansk-fodbold Mindeord om en fighter og gentleman i dansk fodbold], TV3 Sport
References
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Category:Danish men's footballers
Category:Akademisk Boldklub players
Category:Denmark men's international footballers
Category:People from Nørresundby
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Footballers from the North Jutland Region
Category:20th-century Danish sportsmen
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