Harald Nielsen
Harald Ingemann Nielsen (26 October 1941 – 11 August 2015) was a Danish footballer. He played professionally for Italian club Bologna F.C. where he was the league top scorer (capocannoniere) in Bologna's 1964 Serie A championship winning season.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Harald Ingemann Nielsen | ||
| Date of birth | 26 October 1941 | ||
| Place of birth | Frederikshavn, Denmark | ||
| Date of death | 11 August 2015 (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | Bologna, Italy | ||
| Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1961 | Frederikshavn fI | 50 | (44) |
| 1961–1967 | Bologna | 157 | (81) |
| 1967–1968 | Internazionale | 8 | (2) |
| 1968–1969 | Napoli | 10 | (2) |
| 1969–1970 | Sampdoria | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 229 | (129) | |
| National team | |||
| 1959–1960 | Denmark | 14 | (15) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
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Nielsen played 14 games for the Denmark national football team in 1959 and 1960, scoring 15 goals, and he was known as Guld-Harald (Gold-Harald). He was part of the Danish team that were runners-up at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was a football entrepreneur having continuously worked for the professionalization of both the Danish national team and the national league.[1]
References
- Nielsen, Harald; Lindskog, John (2002). Kaerlighed A/S (in Danish). Copenhagen: People's Press. ISBN 9788770550727.
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