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 | |||
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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).
References
- ↑ Nielsen, Harald; Lindskog, John (2002). Kaerlighed A/S (in Danish). Copenhagen: People's Press. ISBN 9788770550727.
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