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Nils Nielsen

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Nils Nielsen
Nielsen at the 2015 Algarve Cup
Personal information
Full name Nils Herbert Kromann Nielsen
Date of birth (1971-11-03) 3 November 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Nuuk, Greenland
Managerial career
Years Team
2012–2013 Denmark U-18
2013–2017 Denmark women
2018 China U-20 women (assistant)
2018–2022 Switzerland women

Nils Herbert Kromann Nielsen (born 3 November 1971) is a Danish football manager who 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.[1]

Nielsen is best known for his tenure with the Denmark women's national football team from 2013 to 2017.[2] He led the Danes to a runners-up finish at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[3][4] 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.[5] He was also manager of the Switzerland women's national football team from 2018 to 2022.[6]

Biography

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Both of Nielsen's parents were teachers, and as it was his father's wish to live and work in Greenland, Nielsen was born there. During his first years, he lived in a village of 25 inhabitants. When he was five, his parents separated, and with his mother he moved back to Denmark while his father and his brother stayed in Maniitsoq.[7] Born with a serious back problem, his doctor forbade him to play soccer. To compensate for his weakness, he chose large amounts of muscular strength exercises, and played soccer anyway. During a game, he fell onto the side fence, and broke a vertebra. With great luck, he avoided a paraplegia. After that accident, he stopped playing, and later chose a career as a trainer and studied sports psychology.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Nils Nielsen joins Manchester City Women as director of football". The Athletic. May 4, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  2. ^ "Træner: Nils Nielsen" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  3. ^ Andersen, Jens (29 July 2017). "Landstræner Nielsen: Tyskland er så gode at det er en ulempe for dem" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  4. ^ Sara Margren (22 August 2017). "Nils Nielsen stopper som landstræner". bold.dk. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  5. ^ "关于组织U20女足国家队2018年第二期集训的通知" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2018-08-11. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  6. ^ "Nils Nielsen named as next Head Coach of the Switzerland WNT". ignite x Soccerella. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  7. ^ a b Wegmann, Michael (2022-04-10). "Frauen-Nati-Coach Nils Nielsen: Er ist der coolste Trainer der Schweiz". Blick. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
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