Nils Nielsen

Nils Herbert Kromann Nielsen (born 3 November 1971) is a Danish football manager. Since 14 November 2018, he is the head coach of the Switzerland women's national football team.[1]

Nils Nielsen
Nielsen at the 2015 Algarve Cup
Personal information
Full name Nils Herbert Kromann Nielsen
Date of birth (1971-11-03) 3 November 1971
Place of birth Greenland
Teams managed
Years Team
2012–2013 Denmark U-18
2013–2017 Denmark women
2018 China U-20 women (assistant)
2018– Switzerland women

Nielsen is best known for his tenure with the Denmark women's national football team from 2013 to 2017.[2] He led the Danes to a runners-up finish at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[3][4] Despite departing the team shortly after, Nielsen received acclaim for his work and finished runner-up in the 2017 The Best FIFA Women's Coach award. He spent most of 2018 as the assistant manager of the China women's national under-20 football team, taking them to the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[5]

References
  1. "Nils Nielsen named as next Head Coach of the Switzerland WNT". ignite x Soccerella. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  2. "Træner: Nils Nielsen" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  3. Andersen, Jens (29 July 2017). "Landstræner Nielsen: Tyskland er så gode at det er en ulempe for dem" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  4. Sara Margren (22 August 2017). "Nils Nielsen stopper som landstræner". bold.dk.
  5. "关于组织U20女足国家队2018年第二期集训的通知" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2018-08-11. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
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