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Nielsen started his career in local amateur club B 52/Aalborg FC. He played youth football for [[AaB Fodbold]], before signing for [[England|English]] club [[Millwall F.C.]] in 1994. He did not play for the club and moved back to Denmark, settling in at AaB in 1995. He made his senior debut in 1996, quickly becoming the starting goalkeeper in AaB. Nielsen was one of the cornerstones of AaB, culminating in the [[1998–99 Danish Superliga]] championship.
Nielsen started his career in local amateur club B 52/Aalborg FC. He played youth football for [[AaB Fodbold]], before signing for [[England|English]] club [[Millwall F.C.]] in 1994. He did not play for the club and moved back to Denmark, settling in at AaB in 1995. He made his senior debut in 1996, quickly becoming the starting goalkeeper in AaB. Nielsen was one of the cornerstones of AaB, culminating in the [[1998–99 Danish Superliga]] championship.


Nielsen signed a contract with Leicester City on June 4, 2007. He joined via [[Martin Allen (footballer)|Martin Allen]]'s agent, who claimed he was "another [[Peter Schmeichel]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thebluearmy.co.uk/details.asp?back=true&key=1D29%7C0%7C2185366269754%7CR%7C536%7C6379262892007329930231&parentkey=1D29%7C0%7C2185366269754%7Cp%7C536%7C0 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071122053025/http://www.thebluearmy.co.uk/details.asp?back=true&key=1D29%7C0%7C2185366269754%7CR%7C536%7C6379262892007329930231&parentkey=1D29%7C0%7C2185366269754%7Cp%7C536%7C0 |archivedate=22 November 2007 |title= Milan works his magic |publisher= ''Leicester Mercury''|date=27 September 2007 |accessdate=24 October 2013}}</ref> However, he was left in the reserve squad following the arrival of [[Hungary|Hungarian]] goalkeeper [[Márton Fülöp]]. As a result, Nielsen revealed he planned to leave the club during the January transfer window,<ref>[http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11712_2762239,00.html Nielsen set for Foxes exit], Sky Sports 2007-09-28. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.</ref> and was given the green light to do so on November 14.<ref>[http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11712_2881522,00.html Nielsen set to quit Foxes], Sky Sports 2007-11-14. Retrieved on 2007-11-15.</ref> He left the club on January 22, 2008 having his contract terminated by mutual consent without ever having played for the club.<ref name="Nielsen Moves On">{{cite web |url=http://www.lcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10274~1222101,00.html |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20120415101417/http://www.lcfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10274~1222101,00.html |archivedate=15 April 2012 |title=Nielsen Moves On |publisher= Leicester City F.C.|date=24 January 2008 |accessdate=24 October 2013}}</ref> The next day he signed a 2½-year contract with Danish team [[Vejle Boldklub]].<ref>{{da icon}} {{cite news |url=http://www.tipsbladet.dk/content/nielsen-vejle-f%C3%A5r-en-sulten-spiller |title=Nielsen: Vejle får en sulten spiller |publisher=Tipsbladet |date=2008-01-23 }}</ref> After the 2009 season, Nielsen was "very close" to retiring after his former club, [[Vejle Boldklub]], was relegated from the [[Danish Superliga]].{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}
Nielsen signed a contract with Leicester City on June 4, 2007. He joined via [[Martin Allen (footballer)|Martin Allen]]'s agent, who claimed he was "another [[Peter Schmeichel]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thebluearmy.co.uk/details.asp?back=true&key=1D29%7C0%7C2185366269754%7CR%7C536%7C6379262892007329930231&parentkey=1D29%7C0%7C2185366269754%7Cp%7C536%7C0 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071122053025/http://www.thebluearmy.co.uk/details.asp?back=true&key=1D29%7C0%7C2185366269754%7CR%7C536%7C6379262892007329930231&parentkey=1D29%7C0%7C2185366269754%7Cp%7C536%7C0 |archivedate=22 November 2007 |title= Milan works his magic |publisher= ''Leicester Mercury''|date=27 September 2007 |accessdate=24 October 2013}}</ref> However, he was left in the reserve squad following the arrival of [[Hungary|Hungarian]] goalkeeper [[Márton Fülöp]]. As a result, Nielsen revealed he planned to leave the club during the January transfer window,<ref>[http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11712_2762239,00.html Nielsen set for Foxes exit], Sky Sports 2007-09-28. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.</ref> and was given the green light to do so on November 14.<ref>[http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11712_2881522,00.html Nielsen set to quit Foxes], Sky Sports 2007-11-14. Retrieved on 2007-11-15.</ref> He left the club on January 22, 2008 having his contract terminated by mutual consent without ever having played for the club.<ref name="Nielsen Moves On">{{cite web |url=http://www.lcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10274~1222101,00.html |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20120415101417/http://www.lcfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10274~1222101,00.html |archivedate=15 April 2012 |title=Nielsen Moves On |publisher= Leicester City F.C.|date=24 January 2008 |accessdate=24 October 2013}}</ref> The next day he signed a 2½-year contract with Danish team [[Vejle Boldklub]].<ref>{{da icon}} {{cite news |url=http://www.tipsbladet.dk/content/nielsen-vejle-f%C3%A5r-en-sulten-spiller |title=Nielsen: Vejle får en sulten spiller |publisher=Tipsbladet |date=2008-01-23 }}</ref> After the 2009 season, Nielsen was "very close" to retiring after his former club, Vejle Boldklub, was relegated from the [[Danish Superliga]].{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}


===Major League Soccer===
===Major League Soccer===

Revision as of 21:39, 10 December 2013

Jimmy Nielsen
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-08-06) August 6, 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Aalborg, Denmark
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
B52/Aalborg Fodbold Club
–1994 AaB U19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 Millwall 0 (0)
1995–2007 AaB 398 (0)
2007–2008 Leicester City 0 (0)
2008–2010 Vejle 63 (0)
2010–2013 Sporting Kansas City[1] 128 (0)
Total 589 (0)
International career‡
1994–1997 Denmark U19 11 (0)
1997–1999 Denmark U21 17 (0)
1999–2003 Danish League XI 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 9, 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 24, 2010

Jimmy Nielsen (born August 6, 1977 in Aalborg) is a retired Danish professional football goalkeeper.

Until June 2007, he played 398 games for Danish team AaB Fodbold. Playing every league match for AaB since 1997, Nielsen won the 1999 Danish Superliga championship with AaB. Nielsen has on occasion featured in the Danish national team setup as an unused substitute. He won the 1998 and 2004 Danish Goalkeeper of the Year award.

Football career

Europe

Jimmy Nielsen, goalkeeper of Sporting Kansas City, during a match against the Vancouver Whitecaps in April 2011.

Nielsen started his career in local amateur club B 52/Aalborg FC. He played youth football for AaB Fodbold, before signing for English club Millwall F.C. in 1994. He did not play for the club and moved back to Denmark, settling in at AaB in 1995. He made his senior debut in 1996, quickly becoming the starting goalkeeper in AaB. Nielsen was one of the cornerstones of AaB, culminating in the 1998–99 Danish Superliga championship.

Nielsen signed a contract with Leicester City on June 4, 2007. He joined via Martin Allen's agent, who claimed he was "another Peter Schmeichel".[2] However, he was left in the reserve squad following the arrival of Hungarian goalkeeper Márton Fülöp. As a result, Nielsen revealed he planned to leave the club during the January transfer window,[3] and was given the green light to do so on November 14.[4] He left the club on January 22, 2008 having his contract terminated by mutual consent without ever having played for the club.[5] The next day he signed a 2½-year contract with Danish team Vejle Boldklub.[6] After the 2009 season, Nielsen was "very close" to retiring after his former club, Vejle Boldklub, was relegated from the Danish Superliga.[citation needed]

Major League Soccer

In February 2010, after having a conversation with and receiving a contract offer from Peter Vermes, Nielsen moved to Major League Soccer team Sporting Kansas City. After his first season, Nielsen stated that he would love to stay with the club another two or three years before considering retirement again.[7]

As reported on December 15, 2010, Nielsen signed a 1-year contract extension to stay with the club through at least the 2011 MLS season.[8] He was sent off for a handball outside the box on June 9, 2011, in Sporting Kansas City's inaugural game at their new stadium, Sporting Park.[9] On November 28, 2011, Nielsen signed a contract extension with Kansas City through the 2013 season. The contract also included an option for the 2014 season.[10] Nielsen received the 2012 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year award. He broke the club record with 0.79 goals against average and helped the team finish first in their division. Nielsen retired following the 2013 season which saw him win MLS Cup.[11]

International

During a session with the Denmark national under-21 football team in 1999, Nielsen and U-21 teammates Allan Kierstein Jepsen and Peter Degn went to the Munkebjerg casino in Vejle at night to gamble. They were subsequently excluded from all national team practices, a ban that lasted several years. This earned Nielsen the nickname Casino-Jimmy.[12]

Honors

Club

Aalborg BK
Sporting Kansas City

Individual

References

  1. ^ Team was known as Kansas City Wizards in 2010
  2. ^ "Milan works his magic". Leicester Mercury. 27 September 2007. Archived from the original on 22 November 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ Nielsen set for Foxes exit, Sky Sports 2007-09-28. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
  4. ^ Nielsen set to quit Foxes, Sky Sports 2007-11-14. Retrieved on 2007-11-15.
  5. ^ "Nielsen Moves On". Leicester City F.C. 24 January 2008. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  6. ^ Template:Da icon "Nielsen: Vejle får en sulten spiller". Tipsbladet. 2008-01-23.
  7. ^ http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/nielsen-surprising-even-himself-kc-renaissance
  8. ^ http://www.sportingkc.com/news/2010/12/sporting-notebook-kcs-busiest-offseason
  9. ^ [1]
  10. ^ http://www.sportingkc.com/news/2011/11/nielsen-signs-extension
  11. ^ http://www.sportingkc.com/news/2013/12/mls-cup-champion-jimmy-nielsen-announces-retirement-after-19-year-professional-career
  12. ^ Brisendine, Steve. "Sporting Kansas City's Jimmy Nielsen takes a gamble on a new tell-all autobiography | THE WORD". Major League Soccer. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  13. ^ Wiebe, Andrew. "Sporting KC's Nielsen voted Allstate Goalkeeper of the Yr". MLS Soccer. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  14. ^ http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/nielsen-adds-sixth-sotw-honor
  15. ^ http://www.mlssoccer.com/sotw/2011
Sporting positions
Preceded by Vejle Boldklub captain
2008–2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Sporting Kansas City captain
2012-2013 		Succeeded by
TBD
Awards
Preceded by Det Gyldne Bur
1998 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Det Gyldne Bur
2004 		Succeeded by
Preceded by MLS Goalkeeper of the Year
2012 		Succeeded by

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