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Ivan Nielsen
Danish footballer (born 1956) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ivan Nielsen (born 9 October 1956) is a Danish former professional football player, who most prominently played professionally for Dutch clubs Feyenoord Rotterdam and PSV Eindhoven, winning the European Cup with PSV. A central defender, he was capped 51 times for the Danish national team, and represented his country at 1986 World Cup and two European Championship tournaments.
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Date of birth | (1956-10-09) 9 October 1956 (age 67) | ||
Place of birth | Frederiksberg, Denmark | ||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1975–1979 | Fremad Amager | ||
1979–1986 | Feyenoord | 195 | (14) |
1986–1990 | PSV | 83 | (5) |
1990–1991 | Fremad Amager | ||
1991–1992 | B 1903 | 25 | (1) |
1992–1993 | Copenhagen | 20 | (2) |
1993 | Næstved | ||
International career | |||
1977–1979 | Denmark under-21 | 6 | (1) |
1980–1989 | Denmark | 51 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1993 | Næstved | ||
1995–1996 | Dragør | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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