Harald Nielsen

Nielsen in the jersey of FC Bologna

Harald Inge man Nielsen ( born October 26, 1941 in Frederikshavn ) is a retired Danish footballer, who spent the longest time of his career in Italy and there was top scorer of the Serie A twice.

Career

In Denmark (1959-1961)

Harald Nielsen, who was born on October 26, 1941 in Frederikshavn, a port city in northern Denmark, his footballing career began at the local Frederikshavn fI, where he made his debut in the second Danish soccer league in March 1959. In his position as a center forward Nielsen finished the season as top scorer in 1959 in the second division and helped his team so that the rise in the 1st Division. In this he made on the opening day of the 1960 season his first match against BK Frem København. Frederikshavn won the game 3-1, with all three goals by Harald Nielsen has been made. At the end of the season Frederikshavn fI took fifth place in the 1st Division, which is the best table placement of the club in the Premier League is all, and Nielsen was again top scorer. He was by this success course for foreign clubs interesting, 1961, he was taken from FC Bologna under contract.

In Italy (1961-1970)

From the summer of 1961 played Harald Nielsen for FC Bologna in at the time best football league in the world, the Italian Serie A. After he had not yet become the absolute master force in his first season in the Emilian city and only sixteen games ( eight goals) made, he was there in his second season in 29 games and scored nineteen goals. Together with the Argentines Pedro Manfredini AS Roma he scored the most goals this season in Serie A 1962 /63. In the following season, Nielsen was again top scorer in Serie A, this time with 21 goals in 31 games. At the same time he was with his team of Italian football champions, having in the table, the first place was tied occupied with Inter Milan, making a play for the championship was necessary, the Bologna goals by Giacinto Facchetti by own goal and Harald Nielsen in the Olympic Stadium Rome with 2: 0 won. To date, this championship is the last for the FC Bologna. In subsequent seasons of FC Bologna and Harald Nielsen could not build on previous achievements, 1964/65 we finished sixth, 1965/66 second behind Inter Milan and 1966/67, of third parties. Even Nielsen succeeded in none of the seasons winning the scoresheet.

In 1967, Harald Nielsen was taken from Inter Milan as until then the most expensive transfer in Serie A under contract, but he was not nearly at Internazionale as much success as with FC Bologna. His time at the Grande Inter, as the former team of Inter Milan if their many successes was called, however, started with a bang. In the unofficial world championship for club teams, he scored the winning goal to make it 1-0 Inter Milan against FC Santos at Pele. In league play the 1967/68 season it brought Harald Nielsen but only eight appearances in the team of Helenio Herrera, which only achieved a disappointing fifth place. After the 1967/68 season Nielsen Inter left again and joined the league rivals Napoli, where he was as well at his last station as a football player, Sampdoria not very successful and only ten league games made ​​where reach two goals to him. After only one year of his term ended in southern Italy and he went to Sampdoria, where he ended his career at age 29 after four league games without a goal in 1970.

National

Harald Nielsen made ​​1959-1960 fourteen caps for the Danish national football team. With it, he took part in Italy 's Olympic football tournament in 1960. After the Danish team had survived round after round, they met in the final at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome on Yugoslavia, but which they lost with 1:3. Harald Nielsen arrive at the Olympic Games 1960 in five tournament games six goals, which he finished second in the scoring charts. But only a short time after the Olympics ended Harald Nielsen's national career that he finished his move to FC Bologna practically self because at that time in Denmark not a professional football was introduced yet and there professional players, the Serie A was already a professional league until 1971 was not allowed to play in the national team.

After the active time

After the end of his career as a footballer Harald Nielsen founded with his wife, Rudi, a former actress, whose films Harald Nielsen had often been involved as a supporting actor, a company that imported Italian leather to Scandinavia. In addition, he has been involved since the 1970s, again in Danish football when he designed together with Helge Sander 's plan to establish a Danish football league on the European model. As a result of these plans allowed the Danish Football Association professional football. Together with Alex Friedman founded Nielsen FC København A / S and its first president. FC København A / S was the predecessor of Parking Sports & Entertainment, which from 1992 to 1997 the newly formed FC Copenhagen supported. Later Harald Nielsen was one of the sponsors of FC Copenhagen, the highest honors of the association and now pursues the home matches of FC Copenhagen from the A tribune of stadium parking. He is also co- owner and founder of the largest Danish company that builds summer houses. From 1997 to 2007 he was president of the Rebild Society. Between 1991 and 2009 he headed the Gunnar Nu Foundation and was responsible for the care of the Danish Sports with nine million Danish kroner in those years. During his time as a player, he wrote six books, which were known as Harald -books in the 1960s.

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