Victor Nelsson

Victor Enok Nelsson (born 14 October 1998) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Denmark national team.

Victor Nelsson

Nelsson with Galatasaray in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Victor Enok Nelsson[1]
Date of birth	(1998-10-14) 14 October 1998 (age 26)[1]
Place of birth	Hornbæk, Denmark
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Galatasaray
Number	25
Youth career
2002-2010	Hornbæk IF
2010–2016	Nordsjælland
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2019	Nordsjælland	90	(1)
2019–2021	Copenhagen	63	(1)
2021–	Galatasaray	112	(3)
2025	→ Roma (loan)	4	(0)
International career‡
2016	Denmark U18	1	(0)
2016–2017	Denmark U19	8	(0)
2017–2021	Denmark U21	34	(3)
2020–	Denmark	16	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:21, 6 April 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 04:00, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Youth career

Nelsson started playing football when he was 4 years old in Hornbæk IF, where his father also was coaching. Later, he got contacted by scouts from FC Nordsjælland, and joined the club on 25 March 2010.^[2]

Club career

FC Nordsjælland

Nelsson got his debut for FC Nordsjælland on 12 September 2016. Having started on the bench, he replaced Mathias Jensen in the 87nd minute in a 3–1 defeat against AGF in the Danish Superliga.^[3] On 14 October 2016, Nelsson signed his first professional contract and was promoted to the first team squad.^[4] He played 23 league games for FCN in the 2016–17 season. Nelsson played the first two league games at the midfield, but was subsequently retrained to centre-back.^[5] He became a regular starter from the 2017–18 season.

At the age of 19 and after a great period in the first half part of the 2017–18 season, Nelsson got called up to the Denmark B national team by Åge Hareide, so he could look him forward and consider to pick him to the A national team.^[6] In the winter break 2017–18, he changed his shirt number from 36 to 4.

FC Copenhagen

On 5 July 2019, Nelsson joined FC Copenhagen signing a contract until 2024.^[7]

Galatasaray

Galatasaray announced on 11 August 2021 that it had reached an agreement with Copenhagen for a transfer fee of €7 million to be paid within five years. In addition, according to the agreement, the unilateral release fee of the football player was determined as €25 million.^[8][9]

Nelsson became the champion in the Süper Lig in the 2022–23 season with the Galatasaray team. Defeating Ankaragücü 4–1 away in the match played in the 36th week on 30 May 2023, Galatasaray secured the lead with two weeks before the end and won the 23rd championship in its history.^[10]

Loan to AS Roma

On February 3, 2025, on transfer deadline day, it was confirmed that Nelsson joined Italian Serie A club AS Roma on a loan deal with an option to buy.^[11][12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 April 2025^[13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nordsjælland	2016–17	Danish Superliga	23	0	1	0	—		—		24	0
	2017–18	Danish Superliga	33	1	1	0	—		—		34	1
	2018–19	Danish Superliga	34	0	1	0	5[b]	0	—		40	0
	Total		90	1	3	0	5	0	—		98	1
Copenhagen	2019–20	Danish Superliga	34	0	2	0	16[c]	0	—		52	0
	2020–21	Danish Superliga	27	1	0	0	3[b]	0	—		30	1
	2021–22	Danish Superliga	2	0	0	0	2[d]	0	—		4	0
	Total		63	1	2	0	21	0	—		86	1
Galatasaray	2021–22	Süper Lig	36	1	1	0	8[b]	0	—		45	1
	2022–23	Süper Lig	33	0	2	1	—		—		35	1
	2023–24	Süper Lig	32	2	3	0	10[e]	0	1[f]	0	46	2
	2024–25	Süper Lig	11	0	0	0	6[g]	0	1[f]	0	18	0
	Total		112	3	6	1	24	0	2	0	144	4
Roma (loan)	2024–25	Serie A	4	0	1	0	0	0	—		5	0
Career total			269	5	12	1	50	0	2	0	333	6

1. Includes Danish Cup, Turkish Cup, Coppa Italia
2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, twelve appearances in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
5. Nine appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
6. Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
7. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Galatasaray

• Süper Lig: 2022–23,^[14] 2023–24^[15]
• Turkish Super Cup: 2023^[16]