Poul Nielsen
Personal information
Full name Niels Poul Nielsen
Date of birth (1891-12-25)25 December 1891
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Date of death 9 August 1962(1962-08-09) (aged 70)
Place of death Copenhagen, Denmark
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
0000–1907 Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1907–1927 Kjøbenhavns Boldklub 201 (276)
1928–? CNR Montréal
International career
1910–1925[1] Denmark 38 (52)
Medal record
Men's Football
Silver medal – second place 1912 Stockholm Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Niels Poul "Tist" Nielsen (25 December 1891 – 9 August 1962) was a Danish footballer who is the joint all-time best goalscorer for the Denmark national team with 52 goals in 38 matches.

Nielsen won a silver medal with the national team at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[2] He played his career as a striker for Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, with whom he won six Danish football championships. In Canada, he played for CNR Montréal, winning the Dominion of Canada Championship in 1929.

Biography

As a young boy, Nielsen would sneak in to watch football games without paying, thus becoming a gratist (free rider), abbreviated to "Tist". Born in Copenhagen, Nielsen started playing football with Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB), where he spent his entire senior career. He made his debut for the Denmark national team on 5 May 1910 as the then youngest player, at 18 years and 131 days of age (exceeding Vilhelm Wolfhagen's age record from 1908). Nielsen's record would remain for eight years, until the 18 years and 51 days old Valdemar Laursen became the youngest Denmark national team debutant.

Denmark national team at the 1912 Olympics

Nielsen made his debut in a Denmark national team that was playing its first game since winning silver medals at the 1908 Summer Olympics, and he was included in the Danish squad for the 1912 Summer Olympics tournament. He played one game at the 1912 Olympics, the 4–1 win against the Netherlands, where he scored his first national team goal in his third national team game. Denmark later successfully defended their Olympic silver medal, losing 2–4 to Great Britain in the final game, without Nielsen in the team. After the 1912 Olympics, Nielsen started scoring goals for the Denmark national team at a record-setting pace, while guiding KB to two Danish championships in a row during 1913 and 1914. He scored 22 goals in his first nine national team games after the 1912 Olympics, from May 1913 to June 1916, including six goals in a 10–0 win against Sweden and all four Danish goals in a 4–1 win against Germany. His tally in June 1916 was 23 goals in 12 national team games.

He was a part of the KB team that won the 1917, 1918, 1922 and 1925 Danish championships, while still scoring plenty of goals for the Denmark national team. On 14 October 1923, Nielsen broke Sophus Hansen's record from 1920, becoming became the first Dane to play 32 international games. He ended his national team career in September 1925, having scored a total 52 goals in 38 matches, including 26 goals against Norway and 15 goals against Sweden. Although Nielsen played during the 1910s and 1920s, the number of goals he scored for his country is still the national record, and was not equalled until Jon Dahl Tomasson scored his 52nd goal in June 2010. Nielsen's tally of 38 international matches was another Danish record, but it was exceeded by Michael Rohde in June 1931. Because his career spanned the nascent years of international football, Nielsen never got a chance to play in the World Cup; his only world game was the 1912 Summer Olympics. However, Nielsen managed to score eight hat-tricks in his international career.[3]

Nielsen died in Copenhagen in August 1962, aged 70.

Career statistics

Club statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season, and competition. Only official games are included in this table.[4][5]
Club Season Danish League Danish Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kjøbenhavns Boldklub 1907–08 00000000
1908–09 00000000
1909–10 2+2+00002+2+
1910–11 104700001047
1911 1+3+000000
1911-12 1+1+00001+1+
1912–13 4+10+00004+10+
1913–14 5+7+1+3+006+10+
1914–15 5+7+2+1+1+4+9+12+
1915–16 10+17+3+4+0013+21+
1916–17 4+6+2+3+006+9+
1917–18 5+8+00005+8+
1918–19 3+6+4+8+007+14+
1919–20 4+8+1+4+1+1+6+13+
1920–21 2+4+00002+4+
1921–22 8+13+00008+13+
1922–23 1+0+00001+0+
1923–24 5+7+3+8+008+15+
1924–25 5+14+1+1+006+15+
1925–26 1+1+00001+1+
1926–27 0+0+48004+8+
Total 75+160+21+40+2+4+98+204+

International

Nielsen with Denmark

Sources:[6]

Denmark national team
YearAppsGoals
191010
191110
191211
1913311
191424
191535
191636
191735
191811
191947
192123
192253
192330
192434
192532
Total3852

Honours

KB

See also

References

  1. "Poul "Tist" Nielsen - Goals in International Matches". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  2. "Poul Nielsen". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  3. "Poul Nielsen". eu-football.info.
  4. https://www.kb.dk/en
  5. https://www2.statsbiblioteket.dk/mediestream/avis/record/doms_aviser_page%3Auuid%3A5c9b7b8d-c19d-4c37-b079-10e0f56cb19d/query/Poul%20Nielsen%20Fodbold
  6. "Poul "Tist" Nielsen - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. 26 May 2001. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
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