Kent Nielsen (footballer)

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Personal information
Kent Nielsen
Full name	Kent Nielsen
Date of birth	28 December 1961
Place of birth	Frederiksberg, Denmark
Position	Manager
Club information
Current club	AC Horsens
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1980-1986 1987-1989 1989-1992 1992-1994	Brønshøj BK Brøndby IF Aston Villa Aarhus GF	230 (34) 91 (7) 79 (4) 75 (?)
National team
1983-1992	Denmark	54 (3)
Teams managed
2000 2002-	Aarhus GF (assistant) AC Horsens
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Kent Nielsen (born 28 December 1961) is a Danish former professional football (soccer) player and current coach of Danish Superliga club AC Horsens. He played as central defender for the Denmark national football team which won the 1992 European Championship (Euro 92), retirring after the 2-0 final win against Germany, following 54 matches and three goals for Denmark.

Kent Nielsen started his career in Danish club Brønshøj BK, for whom he debuted on the Danish national team on 5 October 1983 against Poland. He was selected for the Danish squad at the 1986 FIFA World Cup, but spent the entire tournament as an unused substitute. He switched to the Danish team Brøndby IF in 1987, with whom he won the 1987 and 1988 Danish championships, as well as the 1989 Danish Cup.

Following 91 games for Brøndby, Nielsen moved abroad to play for English club Aston Villa FC in 1989. In 1991, he moved back to Denmark, to play for Aarhus GF (AGF). He won the 1992 Danish Cup with AGF, and was selected to represent Denmark at the Euro 92 tournament. Nielsen played four of Denmark's five games, including the Euro 92 final against Germany where he most famously cleared the ball off the goalline with a scissor-kick. He ended his national team career following the Euro 92 final. He went on to play for AGF, where he retired in 1994.

Following his retirement, Nielsen spent years as an amateur football coach until he and Lars Lundkvist took over as coaches for AGF in 2000. In 2002, he became head coach of the Danish 1st Division team AC Horsens which he managed to promotion for the Danish Superliga 2005-06 season.

[edit] Honours

Danish championship: 1987 and 1988 with Brøndby
Danish Cup: 1989 with Brøndby and 1992 with AGF
1992 European Championship

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Danish national team profile

	Denmark squad - 1986 World Cup
1 Rasmussen \| 2 Sivebæk \| 3 Busk \| 4 M. Olsen \| 5 I. Nielsen \| 6 Lerby \| 7 Mølby \| 8 J. Olsen \| 9 Berggreen \| 10 Elkjær Larsen \| 11 Laudrup \| 12 Bertelsen \| 13 Frimann \| 14 Simonsen \| 15 Arnesen \| 16 Qvist \| 17 K. Nielsen \| 18 Christensen \| 19 Eriksen \| 20 Bartram \| 21 Andersen \| 22 Høgh \| Coach: Piontek

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	Denmark squad - 1992 UEFA European Football Champions
1 Schmeichel \| 2 Sivebæk \| 3 K. Nielsen \| 4 Olsen \| 5 Andersen \| 6 Christofte \| 7 Jensen \| 8 Mølby \| 9 Povlsen \| 10 Elstrup \| 11 Laudrup \| 12 Piechnik \| 13 Larsen \| 14 Frank \| 15 Christensen Arensøe \| 16 Krogh \| 17 Christiansen \| 18 Vilfort \| 19 P. Nielsen \| 20 Bruun \| Coach: Møller Nielsen