Per Nielsen
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Per Lundgren Nielsen | ||
| Date of birth | October 15, 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Århus, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1993 | Brøndby IF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–2008 | Brøndby IF | 394 | (23) |
| National team | |||
| 1993 | Denmark U-19 | 1 | (0) |
| 1994–1996 | Denmark U-21 | 19 | (2) |
| 2002–2006 | Denmark | 10 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2008–2010 | Brøndby IF (youth) | ||
| 2011–2014 | Hvidovre IF | ||
| 2015– | Brøndby IF (women) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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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 for his entire club career. With Brøndby, Nielsen won five Danish championships and three Danish Cups since his senior debut in 1993. He played 547 official games for Brøndby IF and scored 26 goals, and from 2002 to 2008 he was named 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. Following his retirement, he has worked as first as an assistant coach, later as head coach. Currently he is at Brøndbys women's team.
Born in Århus, Nielsen's parents moved to Brøndby when he was a child, and he enrolled at Brøndby IF at the age of five. Nielsen made his senior debut in the Brøndby IF jersey on June 26, 1993, and debuted in the Danish Superliga championship in March 1995. Nielsen was touted as the long-term successor of central defender Uche Okechukwu and was permanently moved into the senior squad in December 1993, coming from a Brøndby youth team that sported several later first team regulars, including Kim Daugaard, Allan Ravn and later Danish national team player Ebbe Sand.
Nielsen became a mainstay in the team during the 1995–96 Superliga season, as Brøndby won the Danish championship, and established himself as a regular starter. He helped Brøndby repeat the Superliga win in the 1996–97 Superliga and the Double of both Superliga championship and Danish Cup title in 1998. Following the 2001–02 Superliga championship triumph with Brøndby, Danish international goalkeeper Mogens Krogh retired, and Nielsen was chosen as new team captain. After his second Danish Cup triumph in 2003, Nielsen was elected the 2003 Brøndby IF Player of the Year.
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