Victor Nelsson

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Victor Nelsson
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Nelsson in 2021
Personal information
Full name Victor Enok Nelsson
Date of birth (1998-10-14) 14 October 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth Hornbæk, Denmark
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Galatasaray
Number 25
Youth career
2002-2010 Hornbæk IF
2010–2016 Nordsjælland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Nordsjælland 98 (1)
2019–2021 Copenhagen 87 (1)
2021– Galatasaray 27 (1)
National team‡
2016 Denmark U-18 1 (0)
2016–2017 Denmark U-19 8 (0)
2017–2021 Denmark U-21 35 (2)
2020– Denmark 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:20, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:07, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

Victor Enok Nelsson (born 14 October 1998) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Denmark national team.

Youth career[]

Nelsson started playing football when he was 4 years old in Hornbæk IF, where his father also was coaching. Later, he got contacted by scouts from FC Nordsjælland, and joined the club on 25 March 2010.[1]

Club career[]

FC Nordsjælland[]

Nelsson got his debut for FC Nordsjælland on 12 September 2016. Having started on the bench, he replaced Mathias Jensen in the 87nd minute in a 3–1 defeat against AGF in the Danish Superliga.[2] On 14 October 2016, Nelsson signed his first professional contract and was promoted to the first team squad.[3] He played 23 league games for FCN in the 2016–17 season. Nelsson played the first two league games at the midfield, but then he was retrained as a centre back.[4] He also became a regular starter from the 2017–18 season.

At the age of 19 and after a great period in the first half part of the 2017–18 season, Nelsson got called up to the Denmark B national team by Åge Hareide, so he could look him forward and consider to pick him to the A national team.[5] In the winter break 2017–18, he changed his shirt number from 36 to 4.

FC Copenhagen[]

On 5 July 2019, Nelsson joined FC Copenhagen signing a contract until 2024.[6]

Galatasaray[]

Galatasaray announced on 11 August 2021 that it had reached an agreement with Copenhagen for a transfer fee of €7 million to be paid within five years. In addition, according to the agreement, the unilateral release fee of the football player was determined as €25 million.[7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Fokus På: Victor Nelsson – Ét opkald: Fra Hornbæk til Farum". dbold.dk. 21 March 2016.
  2. ^ "AGF VS. NORDSJÆLLAND 3 - 1". soccerway.com. 12 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Ung midtbanemand forlænger med FCN". bold.dk. 14 October 2016.
  4. ^ Victor Nelsson er klar på ny position‚ bold.dk, 31 July 2017
  5. ^ Glad FCN-stopper: Ikke nok bare at være med‚ bold.dk, 12 December 2017
  6. ^ FCK henter Victor Nelsson‚ fck.dk, 5 July 2019
  7. ^ "Victor Nelsson Galatasaray'da!". Galatasaray S.K. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Hoş geldin Victor Nelsson!". Galatasaray S.K. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

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