Harald Nielsen
Harald Ingemann Nielsen (26 October 1941 – 11 August 2015) was a Danish footballer. He played professionally for Italian club Bologna F.C. where he was the league top scorer (capocannoniere) in Bologna's 1964 Serie A championship winning season.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Harald Ingemann Nielsen | ||
| Date of birth | 26 October 1941 | ||
| Place of birth | Frederikshavn, Denmark | ||
| Date of death | 11 August 2015 (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | Bologna, Italy | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1961 | Frederikshavn fI | 50 | (44) |
| 1961–1967 | Bologna | 157 | (81) |
| 1967–1968 | Internazionale | 8 | (2) |
| 1968–1969 | Napoli | 10 | (2) |
| 1969–1970 | Sampdoria | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 229 | (129) | |
| National team | |||
| 1959–1960 | Denmark | 14 | (15) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Nielsen played 14 games for the Denmark national football team in 1959 and 1960, scoring 15 goals, and he was known as Guld-Harald (Gold-Harald). He was part of the Danish team that were runners-up at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was a football entrepreneur having continuously worked for the professionalization of both the Danish national team and the national league.[1]
Harald Nielsen Media
Nielsen with Bologna in the early 1960s, between manager Bernardini (left) and teammate Haller (right).
Rudi Hansen and Harald Nielsen in 1961.
Rudi Hansen and Harald Nielsen
References
- ↑ Nielsen, Harald; Lindskog, John (2002). Kaerlighed A/S (in Danish). Copenhagen: People's Press. ISBN 9788770550727.
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