Leif Nielsen
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leif Bernhard Nielsen | ||
Date of birth | 28 May 1942 | ||
Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1961–1967 | BK Frem | 164 | (0) |
1968 | Houston Stars | 30 | (0) |
1969–1971 | Greenock Morton | 54 | (0) |
Total | 248 | (0) | |
National team | |||
1960 | Denmark U19 | 2 | (0) |
1963 | Denmark U21 | 1[1] | (0) |
1964–1967 | Denmark | 28 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
Hero | |||
1978–1979 | Brønshøj | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Leif Bernhard Nielsen (born 28 May 1942) is a Danish former football goalkeeper, who was named the 1966 Danish Player of the Year. He played 28 games for the Denmark national football team,[1] and participated in the 1964 European Championship. He played for BK Frem in Denmark. In 1968, he played for the Houston Stars of the North American Soccer League before finishing his career with Scottish club Greenock Morton.
Honours[]
- Danish Player of the Year: 1966
References[]
- ^ a b Players profile, DBU.dk, Retrieved 24. May 2013, Danish
External links[]
Categories:
- 1942 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Copenhagen
- Danish footballers
- Denmark under-21 international footballers
- Denmark international footballers
- Boldklubben Frem players
- Greenock Morton F.C. players
- Houston Stars players
- 1964 European Nations' Cup players
- Scottish Football League players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- Danish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Association football goalkeepers
- Danish football goalkeeper stubs