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Nils Middelboe

1887 - 1976

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Nils Middelboe (5 October 1887 – 21 September 1976) was a Danish amateur track and field athlete and football player as well as a football referee and leader. He represented the Denmark national football team at the 1908, 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics, winning silver medals in 1908 and 1912. He was the first ever goalscorer for the Denmark national football team, when he scored in Denmark's debut game at the 1908 Summer Olympics. In 1913, he moved abroad to play for English club Chelsea, and became the first foreign player to ever represent the club. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Nils Middelboe is the 5,621st most popular soccer player (down from 4,680th in 2024), the 1,150th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 1,060th in 2019) and the 157th most popular Swedish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Nils Middelboe ranks 5,621 out of 21,273. Before her are Michal Kadlec, Tommy Gemmell, Jennifer Hermoso, Frode Johnsen, Santiago Giménez, and Georges Bregy. After her are Agustín Aranzábal, Jorge Luis Campos, Koichiro Nagatomo, André Gomes, Marc Berdoll, and Keiichi Misawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Nils Middelboe ranks 277. Before her are Robinson Jeffers, Karl Neumer, Nils Granfelt, Cayetano Saporiti, Gustaf Rosenquist, and Raymond Thorne. After her are Carl-Friedrich Freiherr von Langen, Vincenzo Cardarelli, Clive Brook, Hedwig Kohn, Sigurd Jørgensen, and Roland Young. Among people deceased in 1976, Nils Middelboe ranks 263. Before her are DeHart Hubbard, Richard Arlen, Miriam Cooper, Piero Scotti, Joe Fulks, and Vasile Chiroiu. After her are Alan Baxter, Nikolai Ekk, Renata Viganò, Sybil Thorndike, Sid James, and Cathy Downs.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Nils Middelboe ranks 1,150 out of 1,879. Before her are Simon Aspelin (1974), Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (1958), Bruno Söderström (1881), Christian Lindberg (1958), Janne Andersson (1962), and Daniel Espinosa (1977). After her are Stig Claesson (1928), Stefan Olsdal (1974), Magnus Samuelsson (1969), Thomas Ahlström (1952), Kurt Lundquist (1925), and Anders Wejryd (1948).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Sweden

Among soccer players born in Sweden, Nils Middelboe ranks 157. Before her are Örjan Persson (1942), Markus Rosenberg (1982), Jörgen Augustsson (1952), Ingemar Erlandsson (1957), Hasse Backe (1952), and Janne Andersson (1962). After her are Thomas Ahlström (1952), Ola Toivonen (1986), Magnus Andersson (1958), Benno Magnusson (1953), Magnus Hedman (1973), and Olle Nordin (1949).

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