Oskar Nørland

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Oskar Nørland
Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Denmark squad (Nørland).JPG
Nørland with Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name Niels Christian Oskar Nørland
Birth name Niels Christian Oskar Nielsen
Date of birth (1882-10-04)4 October 1882
Place of birth Roskilde, Denmark
Date of death 18 May 1941(1941-05-18) (aged 58)
Place of death Frederiksberg, Denmark
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1898–1918 Copenhagen 133 (?)
National team
1908–1916 Denmark 14 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Niels Christian Oskar Nørland[1] (4 October 1882 in Roskilde – 18 May 1941 in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen) was a Danish amateur football (soccer) player, who played 14 games as a forward for the Denmark national football team and won silver medals at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics.[2] He also won a gold medal at the unofficial 1906 Summer Olympics. Nørlund played his entire career with Copenhagen club KB, with whom he won several Danish football championships.

He was selected for the unofficial Danish national team at the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens, which Denmark went on to win. He played in Denmark's first official national team game at the 1908 Summer Olympics, where he played two games as Denmark won silver medals. Four years later, he played another two games at the 1912 Summer Olympics, as Denmark won silver yet again. He ended his Danish national team career in October 1916, having played 14 games, though scoring no goals despite his forward position.

References[]

  1. ^ He was born Niels Christian Oskar Nielsen, but changed his last name to Nørland in 1914.
  2. ^ "Oskar Nørland". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

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