On 9 July 2018 an 8+ foot tall statue of Harald Nielsen in his youth was unveiled on his square, which is the largest statue of a footballer in Denmark.
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Harald Nielsen
Harald Ingemann Nielsen was a Danish footballer who played as a forward. He played professionally for Italian club Bologna F.C. where he was the league top scorer (capocannoniere) in Bologna's 1964 Serie A championship winning season. Harald Nielsen played 14 games for the Denmark national team in 1959 and 1960, scoring 15 goals, and he was known as Guld-Harald (Gold-Harald). He was a football ent…
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business · Danish footballer (1941–2015) · association football player · non-fiction writer · businessperson · also Harald Nielsen, Nielsen
Born 26 October 1941 · Died 11 August 2015 · Q923271
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2018· 1 entry
2016· 1 entry
On 26 October 2016, which would have been his 75th birthday, the square in front of Arena North, in Frederikshavn, was named the Harald Nielsens Plads in his honor.
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2015· 1 entry
Died 2015-08-11.
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2014· 2 entries
Won award: Protektor F.C. Copenhagen Legends Club (2014).
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Won award: Danish Football Hall of Fame (August 2014).
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2010· 1 entry
Won award: Danish Football Hall of Fame (2010).
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2007· 3 entries
Won award: First Honorary Member of F.C. Copenhagen (2007).
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Won award: Honorary President Rebild National Park Society (2007).
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And became the clubs first honorary member
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2004· 1 entry
Won award: Nettuno d'oro (2004).
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2002· 1 entry
Won award: Sportens Ridderkors (2002).
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1992· 2 entries
Won award: Cavaliere/Knight Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1992).
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Harald Nielsen along with Alex Friedman founded – and became the first chairman of FC København A/S later Parken Sport & Entertainment whose primary activity was the Danish club FC København from 1992–1997, he stepped down from the board in 2007 and became the clubs first honorary member.
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1977· 1 entry
And later Danish Minister of Science Helge Sander planned to found a professional Danish football league
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1969· 1 entry
Played for U.C. Sampdoria (1969–1970) — 4 appearances, 0 goals.
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1968· 1 entry
Played for SSC Napoli (1968–1969) — 10 appearances, 2 goals.
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1967· 2 entries
In a transfer deal which made him the most expensive player in the world at the time
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Played for Inter Milan (1967–1968) — 8 appearances, 2 goals.
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1964· 3 entries
Won: Italian Serie A Championship with Bologna (1963–64).
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Won award: Caltex Sportsman Dell'Anno (1963–64).
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Won award: Serie A – Capocannoniere (Topscorer in the tournament) (1963–64).
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1963· 2 entries
Won award: Serie A – Capocannoniere (Topscorer in the tournament) (1962–63).
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Won award: Mitropa Cup Topscorer in the Tournament (1962–63).
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1962· 2 entries
Won award: Mitropa Cup Topscorer in the Tournament (1961–62).
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Won: Mitropa Cup (Coupe Centrale D'Europe) with Bologna (1961–62).
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1961· 4 entries
Won award: First Danish Player of the Year (1961).
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Harald Nielsen moved abroad to play professionally for Bologna F
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Nielsen and Hansen met on the set of Far til fire med fuld musik in 1961 and married in 1963.
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Played for Bologna F.C. 1909 (1961–1967) — 157 appearances, 81 goals.
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1960· 3 entries
Won award: Danish Championship – Topscorer in the Tournament (1960).
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Won: Olympic Silver Medal with Denmark (1960).
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Won award: Topscorer in the Olympic Football Tournament (1960).
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1959· 4 entries
Won award: Årets Fund (Oldest Danish Sports Prize) (1959).
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Played for Frederikshavn fI (1959–1961) — 50 appearances, 44 goals.
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And 1960, scoring 15 goals, and he was known as Guld-Harald (Gold-Harald)
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Played for Denmark men's national football team (1959–1960) — 14 appearances, 15 goals.
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1941· 1 entry
Born 1941-10-26.
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