Peter Møller

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Peter Møller
Peter Møller at Sportscamp in Farum 2004
Full name	Peter Møller Nielsen
Date of birth	March 23, 1972 (age 34)
Place of birth	Abildgård, Frederikshavn, Denmark
Height	1.90 m
Nickname	32
Position	Retired center forward
Youth clubs
–1980 1980–	Gistrup IF Aalborg BK
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1990–1993 1993–1994 1994–1995 1995–1997 1997–1998 1998–2001 2000 2001 2001–2005	Aalborg BK F.C. Copenhagen FC Zürich (loan) Brøndby IF PSV Eindhoven Real Oviedo Brøndby IF (loan) Fulham FC (loan) F.C. Copenhagen	? (?) 30 (8) ? (?) 45 (37) 22 (5) 38 (3) 7 (3) 5 (1) 123 (36)
National team
1990 1990–1993 1991–2005	Denmark U-19 Denmark U-21 Denmark	1 (0) 22 (16) 20 (5)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Peter Møller Nielsen (born March 23, 1972 in Abildgård, Frederikshavn, Denmark), is a former Danish professional football (soccer) player who, in 2005, became the most scoring player ever in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship. He scored five goals in 20 matches for the Denmark national football team, and took part in the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Møller's career led him to play for many different clubs including AaB, FC Zürich, Brøndby IF, PSV Eindhoven, Real Oviedo and Fulham FC. He played for F.C. Copenhagen from 2001 forward, and as he had previously played for arch rivals Brøndby, he was initially scorned by the FCK fans and only called by his shirt number, "number 32". He would over time convert even his harshest critics as he always fought for the team and scored some important goals, both for club and country. After two years away from the national team, Møller was recalled by national team manager Morten Olsen in March 2005, and he scored two goals in Denmark's 3-0 win against Kazakhstan in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification. Møller stopped playing actively at the end of 2005.

In 2005, he was elected chairman for the Danish football players' association, and following his retirement he became a sports journalist at Danmarks Radio.

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	Denmark squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Schmeichel \| 2 Schjønberg \| 3 Rieper \| 4 Høgh \| 5 Heintze \| 6 Helveg \| 7 Nielsen \| 8 Frandsen \| 9 Molnar \| 10 M. Laudrup \| 11 B. Laudrup \| 12 Colding \| 13 Laursen \| 14 Wieghorst \| 15 Tøfting \| 16 Krogh \| 17 Goldbæk \| 18 Møller \| 19 Sand \| 20 Henriksen \| 21 Jørgensen \| 22 Kjær \| Coach: Johansson