Eigil Nielsen (footballer born 1948)

Eigil Nielsen
Personal information
Date of birth	(1948-12-06) December 6, 1948
Place of birth	Tårs, Denmark
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1966-1970	Hjørring
1970-1971	KB
1971-1973	Winterthur
1973-1977	Hjørring
1977-1978	Basel
1978-1981	Lucerne
National team
1971-1975	Denmark	10	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Eigil Nielsen (born 6 December 1948 in Tårs, Hjørring) is a former Danish footballer who played as a midfielder during the 1960s, 1970's and 1980s.

Nielsen began his career in 1966 at Hjørring before moving to KB in 1970. In 1971, he signed for Switzerland's Winterthur and he played there until 1973, when he returned to Hjørring. He went back to Switzerland in 1977, with Basel. Then, in 1978 Lucerne signed him and he retired in 1981.

He was capped ten times by the Danish national team, making his international debut in Denmark's 3-2 win over Japan on 28 July 1971 in Parken, Copenhagen. His last match for the national team was in a 6-1 defeat to Romania on 23 August 1975 in Bucharest.

External links

Stats at WorldFootball.net
International Stats

Swiss Footballer of the Year

Previous winners	1972–73: Karl Odermatt 1973–74: verilmedi 1974–75: Umberto Barberis 1975–76: Köbi Kuhn 1976–77: Hansjörg Pfister 1977–78: Rudolf Elsener 1978–79: Umberto Barberis 1979–80: Umberto Barberis 1980–81: Heinz Lüdi 1981–82: Claudio Sulser 1982–83: Lucien Favre 1983–84: Heinz Hermann 1984–85: Heinz Hermann / Rolf Osterwalder 1985–86: Heinz Hermann 1986–87: Heinz Hermann 1987–88: Heinz Hermann 1988–89: Peter Nadig 1989–90: André Egli 1990–91: Adrian Knup 1991–92: Jean-Paul Brigger 1992–93: Ciriaco Sforza 1993–94: Thomas Bickel 1994–95: Nestor Subiat 1995–96: Kubilay Türkyilmaz 1996–97: Kubilay Türkyilmaz 1997–98: Kubilay Türkyilmaz

Foreigner of the Year	1974–75: Ilija Katić 1975–76: Ilija Katić 1976–77: Eigil Nielsen 1977–78: Martin Chivers 1978–79: Jurica Jerković 1979–80: Piet Hamberg 1980–81: Robert Kok 1981–82: Jurica Jerković 1982–83: Jurica Jerković 1983–84: Raúl Nogués 1984–85: Charly Herberth 1985–86: Lars Lunde 1986–87: Robert Prytz 1987–88: John Eriksen 1988–89: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 1989–90: Iván Zamorano 1990–91: Edwin Gorter 1991–92: Igor Dobrovolski 1992–93: Sonny Anderson 1993–94: Élber 1994–95: Petar Aleksandrov 1995–96: Viorel Moldovan 1996–97: Viorel Moldovan 1997–98: Shabani Nonda