SOCCER PLAYER

Ivan Nielsen

1956 - Today

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Ivan Nielsen (born 9 October 1956) is a Danish former professional football player, who most prominently played professionally for Dutch clubs Feyenoord Rotterdam and PSV Eindhoven, winning the European Cup with PSV. A central defender, he was capped 51 times for the Danish national team, and represented his country at 1986 World Cup and two European Championship tournaments. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Nielsen is the 2,814th most popular soccer player (down from 2,449th in 2019), the 476th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 450th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Danish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ivan Nielsen ranks 2,814 out of 21,273. Before him are Stefan Bozhkov, Francisco Jara, Sergi Barjuán, Krister Kristensson, Erik Lamela, and Julio Morales. After him are Giovanni Simeone, Kazuo Imanishi, Vic Buckingham, Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Eduardo González Valiño, and Julio Montero Castillo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Ivan Nielsen ranks 309. Before him are Simon Tahamata, Aleksandr Kaleri, Marin Alsop, Volodymyr Lytvyn, Marta Kauffman, and Evelin Jahl. After him are Tomáš Šmíd, Michael Spinks, Paul Lockhart, Nigel Kennedy, Joe Montana, and Michael Hoffman.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Ivan Nielsen ranks 476 out of 1,032. Before him are Lorenz Frølich (1820), Ole Ritter (1941), Tom Belsø (1942), Aneela Mirza (1974), Christen Andreas Fonnesbech (1817), and Vivi Bach (1939). After him are Ulla Pia (1945), Inger Andersen (1958), Jacob Ellehammer (1871), Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs (1817), Gustav Winckler (1925), and Knud Kristensen (1880).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Denmark

Among soccer players born in Denmark, Ivan Nielsen ranks 26. Before him are Harald Hansen (1884), Ole Madsen (1934), Brian Steen Nielsen (1968), Jan Heintze (1963), Lars Olsen (1961), and Nicklas Bendtner (1988). After him are Christian Poulsen (1980), Ebbe Sand (1972), Kenneth Brylle (1959), Flemming Povlsen (1966), Karl Aage Hansen (1921), and Jens Jørgen Hansen (1939).

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