Kent Nielsen
Kent Nielsen in August 2011
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 December 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Frederiksberg, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1986 | Brønshøj BK | 230 | (34) |
| 1987–1989 | Brøndby IF | 91 | (7) |
| 1989–1991 | Aston Villa | 79 | (4) |
| 1992–1994 | AGF Aarhus | 62 | (7) |
| Total | 462 | (52) | |
| National team | |||
| 1979–1980 | Denmark u19 | 9 | (0) |
| 1983–1985 | Denmark u21 | 11 | (1) |
| 1983–1992 | Denmark | 54 | (3) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2000 | AGF Aarhus | ||
| 2001–2008 | AC Horsens | ||
| 2009–2010 | Brøndby IF | ||
| 2010–2015 | Aalborg BK | ||
| 2015– | Odense BK | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Kent Nielsen (born 28 December 1961) is a Danish association football manager and former player, who was named 2006 Danish Coach of the Year. He is the current head coach of Odense Boldklub.
He started his coaching career as caretaker of AGF Aarhus, before getting his breakthrough with AC Horsens, guiding the club to promotion to the top-flight Danish Superliga championship in 2005. He also coached Superliga club Brøndby IF for 15 months.
In his active career, Nielsen played as a centre back. He won two Danish championships and a Danish Cup trophy with Brøndby IF. He played three years in England with Aston Villa, before ending his career after winning the Danish Cup with AGF Aarhus. He played 54 games and scored three goals for the Denmark national football team, winning the Euro 1992 championship and representing Denmark at the 1986 FIFA World Cup tournament.
The son of former Danish international Erik Nielsen (capped once), Kent Nielsen started his career in Erik's former club Brønshøj BK (in Copenhagen). Incidentally both Kents father and brother, Tommy, had around 300 appearances for Brønshøj. Kent Nielsen switched to the Danish team Brøndby IF in 1987, with whom he won the 1987 and 1988 Danish championships, as well as the 1989 Danish Cup. Following 91 first team games for Brøndby, Nielsen left the club in 1989. He was bought by English club Aston Villa for a reported £500,000 transfer fee, and secured himself a place in the starting line-up in his two first seasons with the club. New Aston Villa manager Ron Atkinson did not see Nielsen as fitting into his 4–4–2 tactics and brought in replacement Shaun Teale, and Nielsen looked to leave the club. In early 1992, he moved back to Denmark, to play for AGF Aarhus. He won the 1992 Danish Cup with AGF, before he retired in 1994.
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