Morten Nordstrand
Nordstrand with F.C. Copenhagen in 2008
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Morten Nordstrand Nielsen | ||
| Date of birth | 8 June 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Hundested, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hundested IK | |||
| Frederikshavn | |||
| Lyngby BK | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2006 | Lyngby BK | 93 | (87) |
| 2006–2007 | FC Nordsjælland | 33 | (18) |
| 2007–2012 | F.C. Copenhagen | 86 | (32) |
| 2009–2010 | → FC Groningen (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2011 | → FC Nordsjælland (loan) | 9 | (5) |
| 2012–2015 | FC Nordsjælland | 56 | (10) |
| 2015–2016 | AGF | 24 | (3) |
| 2016–2017 | Newcastle Jets | 34 | (7) |
| National team | |||
| 2007–2009 | Denmark | 8 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 April 2017. |
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Morten Nordstrand Nielsen (born 8 June 1983) is a Danish professional football player, who plays as a striker for the A-League side Newcastle Jets. He has played eight times for the Denmark national football team.
Born in Hundested, Nordstrand played for the local club from he was 5 to 17 years old. He was known for scoring a lot of goals, and his father thought he should move to Frederikshavn and stay at Nordjyllands Sportscollege and play for the local club Frederikshavn fI. After the college stay he moved back to Hundested.
Nordstrand's coach from college contacted Lyngby BK about Nordstrand and his talent, and afterwards he started as senior player in Lyngby. When the club went bankrupt in the winter 2001, Nordstrand moved up from the youth team as one of several amateur players comprising Lyngby BK's first team squad. He made his senior debut in December 2001, 17 years old. He played three league games, as Lyngby finished last in the 2001–02 Superliga season, and underwent forced relegation to the fourth level of Danish football, the Denmark Series.
Nordstrand stayed at the club, and proved himself a goalscorer in the lower leagues of Danish football. Lyngby won promotion to the Danish 2nd Division at the end of the 2003–04 season. Nordstrand formed a dangerous striker partnership with Christian Holst, the pair scoring 43 goals in the 2004–05 season. Nordstrand was the club topscorer with 22 goals, as Lyngby finished third in the 2nd Division that year, and won promotion to the Danish 1st Division.
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