Nils Nielsen

Nils Herbert Kromann Nielsen (born 3 November 1971) is a Danish football manager. Since 14 November 2018, he is the head coach of the Switzerland women's national football team.[1]

Nils Nielsen
Nielsen at the 2015 Algarve Cup
Personal information
Full name Nils Herbert Kromann Nielsen
Date of birth (1971-11-03) 3 November 1971
Place of birth Greenland
Teams managed
Years Team
2012–2013 Denmark U18 men
2013–2017 Denmark women
2018 China U20 women (assistant)
2018– Switzerland women

Nielsen is best known for his tenure with the Denmark women's national football team from 2013 to 2017.[2] He led the Danes to a runners-up finish at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[3][4] Despite departing the team shortly after, Nielsen received acclaim for his work and finished runner-up in the 2017 The Best FIFA Women's Coach award. He spent most of 2018 as the assistant manager of the China women's national under-20 football team, taking them to the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[5]

References

  1. "Nils Nielsen named as next Head Coach of the Switzerland WNT". ignite x Soccerella. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  2. "Træner: Nils Nielsen" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  3. Andersen, Jens (29 July 2017). "Landstræner Nielsen: Tyskland er så gode at det er en ulempe for dem" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  4. Sara Margren (22 August 2017). "Nils Nielsen stopper som landstræner". bold.dk.
  5. "关于组织U20女足国家队2018年第二期集训的通知" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2018-08-11. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
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