Casper Nielsen
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Casper Mørup Nielsen[1] | ||
Date of birth | 29 April 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Esbjerg, Denmark | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Union SG | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
Esbjerg fB | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2017 | Esbjerg fB | 90 | (2) |
2017–2019 | OB | 73 | (5) |
2019– | Union SG | 80 | (16) |
International career | |||
2009–2010 | Denmark U-16 | 5 | (1) |
2010 | Denmark U-17 | 3 | (0) |
2013 | Denmark U-20 | 5 | (1) |
2015–2017 | Denmark U-21 | 22 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:30, 22 November 2021 (UTC) |
Casper Mørup Nielsen (born 29 April 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club Union SG.
He is the son of former Esbjerg top scorer Henrik "Ismand" Nielsen.
Club career
Nielsen signed his first professional contract with Esbjerg in June 2009 only 15 years old.[2] A few months later, he went on a trial with English Premier League club Manchester City.[3]
His contract was prolonged in January 2013, where he officially was moved up into the Esbjerg first team squad.[4] Later in the season, he made his professional debut on 12 May 2013 in a 2–0 win against Copenhagen.[5]
In January 2017, Nielsen signed with Danish Superliga team Odense BK on a 3+1⁄2-year contract,[6][7]
On 4 July 2019, Nielsen joined Belgian club Union SG.[8]
International career
He was called up to the senior Denmark squad for friendly matches against the Netherlands and Serbia on 26 and 29 March 2022, respectively.[9]
Career statistics
- As of match played 31 October 2021[10]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Esbjerg | 2012-13 | Danish Superliga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
2013-14 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 19 | 1 | |||
2014-15 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 31 | 2 | |||
2015-16 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | ||||
2016-17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
Total | 90 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 3 | ||
OB | 2016-17 | Danish Superliga | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||
2017-18 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 1 | ||||
2018-19 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 32 | 5 | ||||
Total | 73 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 7 | ||
Union SG | 2019–20 | Proximus League | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 7 | ||
2020–21 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 30 | 5 | ||||
2021–22 | Jupiler Pro League | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 2 | |||
Total | 66 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 14 | ||
Career total | 229 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 255 | 24 |
References
- ^ "Olympic Football Tournaments Rio 2016 – Men: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ Esbjerg skriver med 15-årig
- ^ 15-årig: City ikke meget bedre end Esbjerg
- ^ Esbjerg forlænger med midtbanetalent
- ^ "Kobenhaven 0-2 Esbjerg". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ^ "OB henter endnu en spiller i Esbjerg". sport.tv2.dk. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ Casper Nielsen klar for OB‚ ob.dk, 18 January 2017
- ^ Casper Nielsen solgt til belgisk klub, ob.dkd, 4 July 2019
- ^ "Unionist Casper Nielsen finally selected with Denmark!". archynewsy.com. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Casper Nielsen". SofaScore. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
External links
- Casper Nielsen on DBU
- Casper Nielsen on Esbjerg fB
- Casper Nielsen at Soccerbase
- Casper Nielsen at Soccerway
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Danish footballers
- Denmark under-21 international footballers
- Denmark youth international footballers
- Danish expatriate footballers
- People from Esbjerg
- Danish Superliga players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Belgian First Division B players
- Esbjerg fB players
- Odense Boldklub players
- Royale Union Saint-Gilloise players
- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Denmark
- Association football midfielders
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium