Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sophus Erhard Nielsen | ||
Date of birth | 15 March 1888 | ||
Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
Date of death | 6 August 1963 | (aged 75)||
Place of death | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
–1898 | Concordia | ||
1898–1902 | Stjernen | ||
1902–1904 | BK Frem | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1904–1912 | BK Frem | 30 | (33) |
1910–1911 | Holstein Kiel | ||
1916–1921 | BK Frem[1] | 107 | (92[2]) |
International career | |||
1908–1919 | Denmark | 20 | (16) |
Managerial career | |||
1932–1933 | Viborg FF | ||
1933 | Holstebro Boldklub | ||
1940 | Denmark | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Sophus Erhard "Krølben" Nielsen (15 March 1888 – 6 August 1963) was a Danish amateur football player and manager, and the first player in history to score ten goals in a full national team match. Nielsen scored a total 16 goals in 20 games for the Denmark national team,[3] and won silver medals at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics.[4] He was named Denmark national team manager in 1940, and he was a pioneer in educating Danish coaches. His nickname Krølben (literally: curl-leg) is slang for him being bandy-legged.