SOCCER PLAYER

Sophus Nielsen

1888 - 1963

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Sophus Erhard "Krølben" Nielsen (15 March 1888 – 6 August 1963) was a Danish amateur football player and manager, and the first player in history to score ten goals in a full national team match. Nielsen scored a total 16 goals in 20 games for the Denmark national team, and won silver medals at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. He was named Denmark national team manager in 1940, and he was a pioneer in educating Danish coaches. His nickname Krølben (literally: curl-leg) is slang for him being bandy-legged. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sophus Nielsen is the 1,215th most popular soccer player (down from 1,016th in 2019), the 284th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 264th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Danish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Sophus Nielsen ranks 1,215 out of 21,273. Before him are Wolfgang Weber, Emmanuel Sanon, Carlos Romero, Umberto Caligaris, José Luis Brown, and Manuel Fleitas Solich. After him are Eusebio Tejera, Michael Essien, Glen Johnson, Álvaro Arbeloa, Angelo Sormani, and Aleksandar Tirnanić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Sophus Nielsen ranks 113. Before him are Grigori Sokolnikov, S. S. Van Dine, Harilal Gandhi, Carl Hilpert, Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria, and James Waddell Alexander II. After him are Kaarel Eenpalu, Marcel L'Herbier, Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Archduchess Isabella of Austria, Josef Beran, and Hans Graf von Sponeck. Among people deceased in 1963, Sophus Nielsen ranks 87. Before him are Jacob Gade, Adrian Carton de Wiart, Alfred Wünnenberg, Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Luis Cernuda, and Pascual Ortiz Rubio. After him are Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Marie Marvingt, André Maschinot, Shinobu Ishihara, Adolphe Menjou, and Joseph Sweeney.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Sophus Nielsen ranks 284 out of 1,032. Before him are Henry Hansen (1902), Laurits Tuxen (1853), Peder Mørk Mønsted (1859), Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark (1603), Per Kirkeby (1938), and Princess Thyra of Denmark (1880). After him are Martin Knudsen (1871), Jean Hersholt (1886), Richard Martin West (1941), Erik Eriksen (1902), Hedwig of Denmark (1581), and Princess Louise of Denmark (1726).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Denmark

Among soccer players born in Denmark, Sophus Nielsen ranks 9. Before him are Richard Møller Nielsen (1937), Preben Elkjær (1957), Poul Nielsen (1891), Søren Lerby (1958), Henning Jensen (1949), and Harald Nielsen (1941). After him are Jon Dahl Tomasson (1976), Frank Arnesen (1956), Thomas Gravesen (1976), John Hansen (1924), Kasper Schmeichel (1986), and Kim Vilfort (1962).

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