Per Lundgren Nielsen (born October 15, 1973) is a retired Danish professional football (soccer) player who played in the central defense of Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga his entire club career. With Brøndby, Nielsen won five Danish championships and three Danish Cups since his senior debut in 1993, and from 2002 to 2008 he was the team captain. He played 10 matches for the Denmark national football team and is noted for 19 matches for the na...
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Per Lundgren Nielsen (born October 15, 1973) is a retired Danish professional football (soccer) player who played in the central defense of Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga his entire club career. With Brøndby, Nielsen won five Danish championships and three Danish Cups since his senior debut in 1993, and from 2002 to 2008 he was the team captain. He played 10 matches for the Denmark national football team and is noted for 19 matches for the national under-21 team from 1994 to 1996.
Born in Århus, Per Nielsen's parents moved to Brøndby when he was a child, and he enrolled at Brøndby IF at the age of five. He was called up to play for the national under-21 team in March 1993, and Nielsen made his senior debut in the Brøndby IF jersey on June 26, 1993, and was touted as the long-term successor of central defender Uche Okechukwu. He moved into the senior squad, coming from a Brøndby youth team that sported several later first team regulars, including Kim Daugaard, Allan Ravn and later...
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