Kent Nielsen
Danish footballer and manager (born 1961) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kent Nielsen (born 28 December 1961) is a Danish professional football manager and former player, who is currently the head coach of Silkeborg IF. He was named coach of the year by the Danish Football Association in 2014 after winning both the Danish Superliga and the Danish Cup with AaB. He started his coaching career as caretaker manager of AGF, before getting his breakthrough with AC Horsens, guiding the club to promotion to the top-flight Superliga championship in 2005. He has also coached Superliga clubs Brøndby IF and OB.
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Date of birth | (1961-12-28) 28 December 1961 (age 62) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Frederiksberg, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1980–1986 | Brønshøj | 230 | (34) | ||||||||||||||
1987–1989 | Brøndby | 91 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
1989–1991 | Aston Villa | 79 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
1992–1994 | AGF | 62 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 462 | (52) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1979–1980 | Denmark u19 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1983–1985 | Denmark u21 | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
1983–1992 | Denmark | 54 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | AGF Aarhus (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
2001–2008 | Horsens | ||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Brøndby | ||||||||||||||||
2010–2015 | AaB | ||||||||||||||||
2015–2018 | OB | ||||||||||||||||
2019– | Silkeborg | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
In his active career, Nielsen played as a centre back. He won two Danish championships and a Danish Cup trophy with Brøndby IF. He played three years in England with Aston Villa, before ending his career after winning the Danish Cup with AGF. He played 54 games and scored three goals for the Denmark national team, winning the Euro 1992 championship.