Sophus Nielsen
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| Sophus Nielsen | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sophus Erhad Nielsen | |
| Date of birth | March 15, 1888 | |
| Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Date of death | August 6, 1963 | |
| Place of death | Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Nickname | Sophus Krølben (Sophus Twisted Legs) | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
1913-1915 |
BK Frem SV Holstein Kiel |
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| National team | ||
| 1908-1919 | Denmark | 20 (16) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Football | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | 1908 London | Team competition | |
| Silver | 1912 Stockholm | Team competition | |
Sophus Erhard "Krølben" Nielsen (born March 15, 1888; died August 6, 1963) is a former Danish football (soccer) player, the first player in history to score ten goals in a full international match.
Nielsen's ten goals came on October 22, 1908 when Denmark played France in the 1908 Summer Olympics. The Danes won 17-1; Sophus scored in 3rd, 4th, 6th, 39th, 46th, 48th, 52nd, 64th, 66th, and 76th minutes. Denmark went on to take the silver.
Overall, Nielsen played 20 games for Denmark, scoring 16 (according to some reports, 17) goals. He went on to win another silver medal in the 1912 Olympics. Most of Nielsen's club career with spent with Boldklubben Frem. He played for SV Holstein Kiel from 1913 to 1915, but still represented Frem in the Danish national team.
Nielsen's record was matched in the 1912 Olympics, as Germany's Gottfried Fuchs scored 10 in a 16-0 win against Russia; it was not beaten until 2001, when Australia's Archie Thompson scored 13 goals in a 31-0 defeat of American Samoa.
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