Poul Nielsen

Niels Poul " Tis " Nielsen ( born December 25, 1891 in Copenhagen, † August 9, 1962 ) was a Danish footballer. With 52 goals in only 38 internationals he is still one of the most successful Danish National scorers. With the national team he won in 1912 at the Olympics, the silver medal. His club Kjøbenhavns Boldklub he remained faithful in his entire career.

Biography

His football career start Poul Nielsen at KB. On May 5, 1912, he made ​​his debut in the national team. At the time he was 18 years and 131 days, the youngest player ever to play for the national team. This record was later broken by eight years Valdemar Laursen. At the Olympics 1912 he was indeed the squad but has been used only in a 4-1 win against the Netherlands, in that victory he was able to enter in his third game for the first time also on the scoresheet. After the Olympic tournament he belonged then to the root force in the team and was able to achieve 22 hits in the next 9 games. With KB he was in 1913, 1914, 1917, 1918, 1922 and 1925 champion. His national team career ended in 1925. Among his 52 goals he scored 26 against the Norwegian and 15 Swedish national football team against ( against Sweden, he scored a 10-0 victory equal to 6 goals). He is the first player to get four goals against Germany in a game: On 26 October 1913, he scored in the 5th, 7th, 42nd and 87th minute goals in the 4-1 victory. His record of 52 goals for Denmark was hired by Jon Dahl Tomasson on June 24, 2010 at the World Cup game against Japan, who stepped down after the World Cup as a national player.

70 -year-old Poul Nielsen died on August 9, 1962 in Copenhagen.