Gunnar Nielsen (soccer player)

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Gunnar Nielsen
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Gunnar Nielsen (2013)
Personnel
birthday October 7, 1986
place of birth Tórshavn ,  Faroe Islands
size 195 cm
position goal
Juniors
Years station
HB Tórshavn
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2004-2005 HB Tórshavn 0 (0)
2005-2007 BK Frem København 3 (0)
2007-2009 Blackburn Rovers 0 (0)
2008 →  Motherwell FC  (loan) 0 (0)
2009–2012 Manchester City 1 (0)
2009 →  Wrexham FC  (loan) 5 (0)
2010-2011 →  Tranmere Rovers  (loan) 2 (0)
2013 Silkeborg IF 8 (0)
2013-2015 Motherwell FC 19 (0)
2015 UMF Stjarnan 20 (0)
2016– FH Hafnarfjörður 68 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2001-2002 Faroe Islands U-17 13 (0)
2002-2004 Faroe Islands U-19 8 (0)
2007-2008 Faroe Islands U-21 10 (0)
2009– Faroe Islands 57 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of September 28, 2019

2 As of November 18, 2019

Gunnar Nielsen (born October 7, 1986 in Tórshavn ) is a Faroese football goalkeeper and national player who has played for FH Hafnarfjörður since 2016 .

society

Nielsen started his career at HB Tórshavn , for which he was only used in the youth team. After his move to BK Frem København in the Viasat Sport Division , Nielsen was taken over by Blackburn Rovers for a "small" but unknown transfer fee on July 2, 2007 after he was able to convince in April at Blackburn in training. Nielsen got a two-year contract with the option of one year extension. In August 2008, the Rovers loaned him to the Scottish first division club Motherwell FC for six months .

In early 2009, Manchester City signed the youth national goalkeeper for two and a half years. From January to April 2009 he was loaned to Wrexham FC , for which he only played five games in the Conference National due to an injury. On April 24, 2010, he made his debut in the Premier League for Manchester City against Arsenal FC as the first Faroese player as a substitute for the injured Shay Given , the game ended 0-0. After Manchester City was allowed to replace Sunderland AFC's Márton Fülöp on loan due to the injury , Nielsen was back on the bench in the next game against Aston Villa .

On July 23, 2010 he moved on loan for half a year to the Tranmere Rovers , for which he played in Football League One . He made his debut on Matchday 1 in a 2-1 home defeat by Oldham Athletic . Due to a shoulder injury, however, he had to take a long break and played his second game for Tranmere in December.

On February 23, 2011, Nielsen apparently broke his leg in the Manchester City game against Bolton Wanderers' reserves . In retrospect, however, this turned out to be torn knee ligaments, whereupon a failure of one year was predicted. At the end of December 2012, Nielsen's contract was terminated. In January 2013 Nielsen was invited to a trial training session lasting several days at the Danish first division club SønderjyskE in Hadersleben .

In early April 2013, the Danish first division side Silkeborg IF signed Nielsen until the end of the season after regular goalkeeper Lasse Heinze was injured. He and his compatriot Christian Holst, who also played for Silkeborg, could not prevent relegation in last place . In July 2013, Nielsen signed a two-year contract with the Scottish first division club FC Motherwell . In April 2015 he left the club for Iceland and played for the reigning champions UMF Stjarnan in the Pepsideild until the end of the season . In the Supercup, cup winners KR Reykjavík were defeated 1-0. At Stjarnan, with whom he finished fourth last season, Nielsen was voted Player of the Year. In October of the same year he signed a contract with the Icelandic master FH Hafnarfjörður . In 2016 he won his first championship title. Valur Reykjavík won the Supercup game 1-0. In 2019 Nielsen lost his regular place to Daði Arnarsson .

European Cup

With FC Motherwell , Nielsen played in the second leg of the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League against FK Kuban Krasnodar in 2013/14 . After the first leg was already lost 2-0, Motherwell lost 1-0 in the second leg and was eliminated. In the second qualifying round for the Champions League , Nielsen played for UMF Stjarnan against Celtic Glasgow in 2015/16 , after a 0: 2 and 1: 4 Celtic reached the next round. With his new club FH Hafnarfjörður , he failed in the second qualifying round for the Champions League against Dundalk FC in 2016/17 after a 2: 2 at home and 1: 1 on a foreign place due to the away goals rule . In the second qualifying round for the 2017/18 Champions League, Víkingur Gøta won 1-1 and 2-0 before they were eliminated from this competition after two 0-1 defeats against NK Maribor . In the playoffs for the Europa League, the team lost 2-1 and 3-2 against Sporting Braga . In 2018/19 FH Hafnarfjörður was qualified for the Europa League. In the first qualifying round, Nielsen and his team won 3-0 and 0-0 against FC Lahti . In the second qualifying round in the away game against Hapoel Haifa , Nielsen and his team were eliminated after a 0-1 home defeat in the second leg.

National team

Nielsen first played in the U-17, U-19 and U-21 national football team of the Faroe Islands. He made his debut for the senior national team on March 22, 2009 in Kópavogur in a 2-1 win in a friendly against Iceland . He replaced the long-time goalkeeper Jákup Mikkelsen , who ended his national team career in 2009. However , Mikkelsen returned to goal in 2010 due to a shoulder injury from Nielsen, which he suffered in the international match against Italy on September 7. Also in 2011 Mikkelsen was appointed to the squad due to Nielsen's renewed injury. Nielsen played the first game after his injury on August 15, 2012.

successes

Web links

Commons : Gunnar Nielsen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Blackburn sign Faroes goalkeeper (English), July 2, 2007
  2. ↑ Sportal.fo ( Memento of October 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Faroese), April 27, 2007
  3. ^ ESPN : In-demand striker Rigters signs for Blackburn (English). Retrieved July 2, 2007.
  4. ↑ Gunnar Has Broken His Hand ( Memento April 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English), April 13, 2009. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
  5. ^ Goalkeeper Gunnar Nielsen becomes first ever Faroese in the Premier League (English), April 24, 2010. Accessed April 25, 2010.
  6. ^ Man City sign Sunderland keeper Marton Fulop on loan , April 27, 2010. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
  7. ↑ Match report Manchester City - Aston Villa (English), May 1, 2010. Accessed May 2, 2010.
  8. ^ Rovers Sign International Goalkeeper , Tranmere Rovers FC. July 21, 2010. Retrieved August 14, 2010. 
  9. ↑ a b Gunnar Nielsen out for six weeks (English), September 16, 2010. Accessed November 4, 2010.
  10. ↑ Manchester City's goalkeeper crisis deepens after Gunnar Nielsen suffers suspected leg fracture , February 24, 2011. Retrieved March 5, 2011.
  11. ↑ Update on Gunnar Nielsen's injury - sidelined for up to a year , March 12, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
  12. ↑ The national goalkeeper comes for a trial training session ( memento from February 17, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), January 15, 2013, accessed on January 15, 2013.
  13. ↑ Målmandsrokade i Silkeborg IF ( Memento from May 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Danish), April 4, 2013, accessed on April 5, 2013.
  14. ^ Goalkeeper Gunnar Nielsen pens two-year contract with Motherwell (English), July 3, 2013. Accessed July 15, 2013.
  15. ↑ Goalkeeper Gunnar Nielsen to Icelandic champions Stjarnan (English), April 13, 2015. Accessed May 31, 2015.
  16. ↑ October 2015 Round-Up , October 31, 2015. Accessed January 12, 2016.
  17. ↑ May 2011 Round-Up , May 20, 2011. Accessed September 8, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Nielsen, Gunnar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Faroese football goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Tórshavn , Faroe Islands