Personal information | |||
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Place of birth | Denmark | ||
Position(s) | Striker, Winger [1] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1989–1995 | Vejlby-Risskov Idrætsklub [1] | ||
1998–2000 | Gombak United FC | ||
Managerial career | |||
2000–2001 | Gombak United FC | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jorgen Nielsen is a Danish former footballer and coach.
A handball player in Denmark, Nielsen went to Singapore to work in the shipping trade. [1] When Gombak United went from amateur to professional status, they immediately offered Nielsen a contract but he was uncertain and was not able to envisage success as a footballer. [1] In the end, the Dane decided to join the club and after two years there, was offered the Gombak United manager job. [1] The former striker accepted the contract, [1] overseeing the Singaporean outfit's sales, salaries, sponsorship, merchandise, expenditures, and development of a fan club- [1] quitting the position in April 2001. [2]
While playing for Gombak, Nielsen got permanent residency in Singapore, allowing them to register him as a local rather than foreign footballer [3] and recording four goals in his last season there. [4]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Place of birth | Denmark | ||
Position(s) | Striker, Winger [1] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1989–1995 | Vejlby-Risskov Idrætsklub [1] | ||
1998–2000 | Gombak United FC | ||
Managerial career | |||
2000–2001 | Gombak United FC | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jorgen Nielsen is a Danish former footballer and coach.
A handball player in Denmark, Nielsen went to Singapore to work in the shipping trade. [1] When Gombak United went from amateur to professional status, they immediately offered Nielsen a contract but he was uncertain and was not able to envisage success as a footballer. [1] In the end, the Dane decided to join the club and after two years there, was offered the Gombak United manager job. [1] The former striker accepted the contract, [1] overseeing the Singaporean outfit's sales, salaries, sponsorship, merchandise, expenditures, and development of a fan club- [1] quitting the position in April 2001. [2]
While playing for Gombak, Nielsen got permanent residency in Singapore, allowing them to register him as a local rather than foreign footballer [3] and recording four goals in his last season there. [4]