Benny Nielsen (footballer)

Benny Nielsen

Personal information
Full name	Benny Nielsen
Date of birth	March 17, 1951
Place of birth	Frederiksvaerk, Denmark
Playing position	forward
Club information
Current team	Director of football - BK Avarta
Youth career
	Brederød IF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1971	AB
1971–1974	Cercle Brugge	79	(21)
1974–1977	RWDM
1977–1981	Anderlecht
1981–1982	AS Saint-Étienne
National team
	Denmark U-19	1	(0)
	Denmark U-21	2	(0)
1970–1982	Denmark	28	(7)
Teams managed
2012	Greve Fodbold
2015-	BK Avarta (director of football)[1]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Jørgen "Benny" Nielsen is a Danish former football player. His position on the field was usually striker, although he also could play as midfielder. Nielsen played 28 matches for Denmark, scoring 7 goals. He made his début against Scotland in a 1–0 loss.

Nielsen started playing football with Brederød IF. He made his a-team début with AB. In 1971, he left Denmark for Belgium. His Belgian career took off immediately, with a hat trick in a cup match against SK Gullegem. One season later, fellow Danishman Morten Olsen became Nielsen's teammate.

In 1974, Nielsen went to RWDM. The team became national champions that season. Just like with Cercle, Nielsen would also stay three seasons for the Brussels team RWDM, as he went to their main rivals Anderlecht. This was again quite a successful move, as Anderlecht won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup that season. In 1981, Nielsen won the national title with Anderlecht. This was also his last season in Belgium. Nielsen ended his career with French side AS Saint-Étienne.

After retiring as a player he worked as a scout for Chelsea F.C. in Denmark. He managed Greve Fodbold from March 2012 until October 2012.

External links

• Career stats
• Danish national team profile
• Cerclemuseum.be (Dutch)

References

1. "Benny Nielsen ny sportschef i Avarta". bold.dk. Retrieved 22 January 2015.