Henrik Nielsen

Nielsen started his football career in the Danish 2nd Division, playing for B93. In the summer of 1987, he was scouted by the manager of AEK Athens, Todor Veselinović, who convinced the club's president, Andreas Zafiropoulos in signing him. Thus on 14 July he was transferred to the Greek club for a fee of 7 million drachmas. In Greece, he was nicknamed "The Copenhagen doll" and initially resembled in terms of appearance his predecessor in the offense at AEK, Håkan Sandberg. Nielsen immediately adjusted to the team and showed his scoring ability, scoring goals in every way. As a result of his performance, at the end of the season he emerged as the top scorer of the Alpha Ethniki with 21 goals, while he was much loved by the fans of AEK. On 6 December 1987 he scored four goals in a 7–1 win at home against Veria. The following season everything changed, as the new manager of the club, Dušan Bajević showed that he did not trust him that much. As a result, Nielsen was sometimes played as a starter, but he was also left at the bench as a back-up choice. Eventually, in December 1988, Bajevic and the club's president, Gidopoulos decided to let him leave the club, as they were full at the foreigners' slots. It was a decision that certainly caused surprise, but the choices of the manager were generally justifyed, since AEK won the championship at the end of the season. On 15 December, Nielsen was transferred to Iraklis for a fee of 30 million drachmas, where he played for the rest of…

Nielsen lives in Copenhagen with his wife and has five daughters. They successfully run a wine production business.

AEK Athens

Alpha Ethniki: 1988–89 Fenerbahçe

Turkish Cup: 1989–90 President Cup: 1990 Individual

Alpha Ethniki top scorer: 1987–88