Nielsen started his football career in the Danish 2nd Division, playing for B93. There he was scouted by the coach of AEK Athens at the time, Todor Veselinović, and convinced the club's president Andreas Zafeiropoulos to brought him to AEK in the summer of 1987.[1]
The "Copenhagen doll", as he was nicknamed in Greece, initially resembled his predecessor in the position at AEK, Håkan Sandberg, in terms of appearance. He immediately made impressive appearances with the team and showed excellent scoring ability, scoring goals in every way. As a result of his amazing performance that season, he was the top scorer of the Greek league, with 21 goals,[2] while he was much loved by AEK fans.[3] His best match was a 7–1 win at home against Veria, where he scored 4 times.[4] But the following season everything changed. The new coach of AEK Dušan Bajević showed that he did not trust him that much, as a result of which he sometimes used him as the main option and sometimes left him on the bench. Finally, in December 1988, Bajevic and the president Gidopoulos decided to let him leave the club as they were full at the foregners' positions. It was a decision that certainly caused surprise, however AEK finally won the championship at the end of the season, generally justifying the choices of the team managers.[5]
In the rest of the season he played in the colors of Iraklis and in the summer of 1989 he left Greece. He then played in Fenerbahçe, where he won the President Cup in 1990. He played for B 1903 for a few months. Afterwards he spent 2 seasons with Lille and ended his career in the Danish 2nd Division with the colors of Brøndby in 1992, due to an injury.[6]
Personal lifeEdit
Henrik Nielsen now lives in Copenhagen with his 5 daughters and wife. They have a successful wine production business.[7]
henrik, nielsen, footballer, born, 1965, henrik, nielsen, born, october, 1958, former, danish, professional, footballer, played, striker, henrik, nielsenpersonal, informationfull, namehenrik, steffen, nielsendate, birth, 1965, march, 1965, place, birthvirum, d. Henrik Nielsen born 10 October 1958 is a former Danish professional footballer who played as a striker Henrik NielsenPersonal informationFull nameHenrik Steffen NielsenDate of birth 1965 03 29 29 March 1965 age 58 Place of birthVirum DenmarkHeight1 82 m 6 ft 0 in Position s StrikerSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1984 1987B93 34 1987 1988AEK Athens40 26 1988 1989Iraklis14 1 1989 1990Fenerbahce19 5 1990B 19032 0 1990 1992Lille30 9 1992Brondby8 2 Club domestic league appearances and goals Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 Honours 4 ReferencesCareer EditNielsen started his football career in the Danish 2nd Division playing for B93 There he was scouted by the coach of AEK Athens at the time Todor Veselinovic and convinced the club s president Andreas Zafeiropoulos to brought him to AEK in the summer of 1987 1 The Copenhagen doll as he was nicknamed in Greece initially resembled his predecessor in the position at AEK Hakan Sandberg in terms of appearance He immediately made impressive appearances with the team and showed excellent scoring ability scoring goals in every way As a result of his amazing performance that season he was the top scorer of the Greek league with 21 goals 2 while he was much loved by AEK fans 3 His best match was a 7 1 win at home against Veria where he scored 4 times 4 But the following season everything changed The new coach of AEK Dusan Bajevic showed that he did not trust him that much as a result of which he sometimes used him as the main option and sometimes left him on the bench Finally in December 1988 Bajevic and the president Gidopoulos decided to let him leave the club as they were full at the foregners positions It was a decision that certainly caused surprise however AEK finally won the championship at the end of the season generally justifying the choices of the team managers 5 In the rest of the season he played in the colors of Iraklis and in the summer of 1989 he left Greece He then played in Fenerbahce where he won the President Cup in 1990 He played for B 1903 for a few months Afterwards he spent 2 seasons with Lille and ended his career in the Danish 2nd Division with the colors of Brondby in 1992 due to an injury 6 Personal life EditHenrik Nielsen now lives in Copenhagen with his 5 daughters and wife They have a successful wine production business 7 Honours EditAEK Athens Alpha Ethniki 1988 89Fenerbahce President Cup 1990Individual Alpha Ethniki top scorer 1987 88References Edit Koybarhs Giwrgos Xenrik Nilsen Me eixan diw3ei kakhn kakws apo thn AEK gazzetta gr Karasoulos Spyros 12 June 2009 Greece List of Topscorers RSSSF Xenrik Nilsen Ta gene8lia enos megaloy gkoltzh h agaph toy gia thn AEK kai h agnwsth istoria aek365 org AEK BEROIA 7 1 Nilsen synentey3h via youtube com Antio toy Nilsen me dyo gkol kai prwtia Vid 11 December 2019 danskfodbold com DBU s Officielle Statistikere danskfodbold com Xenrik Nilsen kitrinomavro gr Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henrik Nielsen footballer born 1965 amp oldid 1164542167, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
