Kent Nielsen
Danish footballer and manager (born 1961)
Born
Dec 28, 1961 (64)
Birth Place
Frederiksberg
Nationality
Kingdom of Denmark
Position
defender
Height
186 cm
About
Kent Nielsen is a Danish professional football manager and former player, who is currently an assistant coach at the Denmark national team. He was named coach of the year by the Danish Football Association in 2014 after winning both the Danish Superliga and the Danish Cup with AaB. He started his coaching career as caretaker manager of AGF, before getting his breakthrough with AC Horsens, guiding the club to promotion to the top-flight Superliga championship in 2005. He has also coached Superliga clubs Brøndby and OB. He has the record for most games managed in the Danish Superliga.
Career
1979 – 1980
Denmark national under-19 football team
1980 – 1986
Brønshøj Boldklub
1980 – 1982
Denmark national under-21 football team
1983 – 1985
Denmark national under-21 football team
1983 – 1992
Denmark men's national football team
1987 – 1989
Brøndby IF
1989 – 1991
Aston Villa F.C.
1992 – 1994
Aarhus Gymnastikforening