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Poul Nielsen

1891 - 1962

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Niels Poul "Tist" Nielsen (25 December 1891 – 9 August 1962) was a Danish footballer who is the joint all-time top goalscorer for the Denmark national team with 52 goals in 38 matches. Nielsen won a silver medal with the national team at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He played his career as a striker for Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, with whom he won six Danish football championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Poul Nielsen is the 721st most popular soccer player (down from 594th in 2019), the 202nd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 197th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Danish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Poul Nielsen ranks 721 out of 21,273. Before him are Jean Djorkaeff, Thomas N'Kono, Pak Seung-zin, Herbert Kilpin, Jesús Navas, and Aymoré Moreira. After him are Vincent Kompany, Emerich Jenei, Hisao Sekiguchi, Rafael van der Vaart, Ernesto Mascheroni, and Harry Bild.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Poul Nielsen ranks 74. Before him are Oswald Boelcke, Walter A. Shewhart, Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Lajos Zilahy, Hans F. K. Günther, and Kim Seong-su. After him are Johannes R. Becher, Kálmán Kalocsay, Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin, Otto Schmidt, Bruno Loerzer, and Jüri Lossmann. Among people deceased in 1962, Poul Nielsen ranks 66. Before him are Hans von Salmuth, Louis Raymond, Muhammad VIII al-Amin, Trygve Gulbranssen, Wilhelm Ohnesorge, and E. E. Cummings. After him are Tod Browning, Erich von Tschermak, Henri Wallon, Antoine Pevsner, Richard Aldington, and Enrico Mattei.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Poul Nielsen ranks 202 out of 1,032. Before him are Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1609), Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark (1649), Paul Gustav Fischer (1860), Prince Harald of Denmark (1876), Morten P. Meldal (1954), and Mette Frederiksen (1977). After him are King Diamond (1956), Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1765), Princess Margaret of Denmark (1895), Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden (1768), Poul Schlüter (1929), and Hastein (810).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Denmark

Among soccer players born in Denmark, Poul Nielsen ranks 5. Before him are Peter Schmeichel (1963), Allan Simonsen (1952), Richard Møller Nielsen (1937), and Preben Elkjær (1957). After him are Søren Lerby (1958), Henning Jensen (1949), Harald Nielsen (1941), Sophus Nielsen (1888), Jon Dahl Tomasson (1976), Frank Arnesen (1956), and Thomas Gravesen (1976).

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