From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Claus Nielsen
Claus Nielsen
Claus Nielsen and finally 20 goals in 1987.[2]
Personal information
In 1985 Claus Nielsen was honored with the title "best
Full name Claus Illemann Nielsen
Brøndby player of the year",[3] and he also managed to
Date of birth January 13, 1964 (1964-01-13) qualify as the overall topscorer of the Danish league in
1986 and 1987.[4] The long string of goals from Claus
Place of birth Kalundborg, Denmark
Nielsen, also helped Brøndby to win the Danish champi-
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) onship in 1985 and 1987.[5] He continued to play well in
Playing position Center Forward spring 1988, but as he transferred to Panathinaikos al-
ready after the first half of the season, he was not in con-
Senior career* tention to repeat his win of the Brøndby topscorer title
Years Team Apps† (Gls)† in 1988.
1984–1988 Brøndby IF 110 (63)
Panathinaikos
1988–1989 Panathinaikos 20 (6) He played the 1988-1989 season for the Greek club
1989–1991 FC Twente 39 (22) Panathinaikos. But with only 6 goals during 20 games, his
time in Greece was only a limited success.
1991–1992 Brøndby IF 17 (5)
National team FC Twente
1984–1986 Denmark u21 7 (3) After his short Greek adventure, he played the next two
seasons from 1989-1991 for FC Twente, in the Dutch Ere-
1986–1991 Denmark 14 (8) divisie. Here he continued to score a high rate of goals, by
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the netting a total number of 22 goals in 39 games.
domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals). Return to Brøndby
In July 1991 he transferred back to Brøndby again. After
Claus Illemann Nielsen (born 13 January 1964), known
playing 13 games in autumn 1991, he unfortunately start-
Nielsen,
as Claus Nielsen is a Danish former association football
ed to suffer from a serious knee injury. This injury kept
player in the striker position. He spent the bulk of his ca-
him away from the pitch, throughout the entire spring
reer with Brøndby IF, but also played for the Greek club
1992. He made a short comeback attempt in autumn 1992.
Panathinaikos and the Dutch club FC Twente.
But unfortunately the knee injury continued to trouble
him, so he only played 4 additional games for the club
Club career in the autumn (with the last one in November 1992). Be-
cause of his knee injury being more or less a permanent
Brøndby problem, he decided to end his football career in March
1993.[6]
He played for Brøndby from July 1984 until July 1988, at
the top level 1.Division in Denmark (later renamed Su-
perliga in 1991). With a total appearance in 167 games International career
during his first 4 years in the club, he was counted on as
He played 14 games and scored 8 goals for the Denmark
one of the most regular first team players at the pitch. In
national football team from October 1986 to June 1991.
1984 he helped Brøndby to win the clubs first title, when
Unfortunately his knee injury put an early stop to his
he scored the winning goal of the Danish League Cup
International career (at only 27 years of age). Without
final against AGF.[1] He scored several goals for Brønd-
the injury, he had most likely also been a part of Den-
by in 1984, but as he only played the last autumn half of
marks National Team in 1992; where Denmark won the
the tournament, it was not enough to qualify him as the
Europeen Championship.
clubs topscorer of the year (that title went for Jens Kold-
ing with 11 goals). Claus Nielsen however subsequently
managed to become the clubs topscorer for the next 3
years; by scoring 17 goals in 1985, then 16 goals in 1986,
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Claus Nielsen
Career highlights [6] Søren Olsen, "Tacklet for sidste gang", Politiken,
March 7, 1993
[7] Brøndby IF. "Brøndby IF - Årbog 2008".
Club statistics http://www.brondbyif.net/data/bif/filedb/
Total number of goals for Brøndby (1984–1988 and 10137.pdf. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
1991–1992):[7]
- In the Danish league: 68 goals External links
- In the Danish Cup: 8 goals
• Danish national team profile
- In the Danish League Cup: 3 goals • Haslund.info profile
- In the UEFA Intertoto Cup: 9 goals • Danish Superliga statistics
- In the UEFA Cup/European Cup: 3 goals • Claus Nielsen at National-Football-Teams.com
- Total score in 184 games: 91 goals Persondata
Name Nielsen, Claus
References Alternative names
Short description
[1] Historiske resultater for Brøndby i 1981-1984
Date of birth 1964-01-13
[2] Slutplacering og topscorer for Brøndby, igennem
hele klubbens historie (1965-2009) Place of birth Kalundborg, Denmark
[3] http://brondby.com/article.asp?aid=11502 Date of death
[4] Denmark – List of Topscorers at RSSSF
Place of death
[5] "Angriber med fin målnæse", Politiken, January 13,
2004
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