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Victor Enok Nelsson (born 14 October 1998) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Denmark national team.

Victor Nelsson

Nelsson in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Victor Enok Nelsson
Date of birth	(1998-10-14) 14 October 1998 (age 24)
Place of birth	Hornbæk, Denmark
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Galatasaray
Number	25
Youth career
2002-2010	Hornbæk IF
2010–2016	Nordsjælland
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2019	Nordsjælland	98	(1)
2019–2021	Copenhagen	87	(1)
2021–	Galatasaray	45	(1)
National team‡
2016	Denmark U18	1	(0)
2016–2017	Denmark U19	8	(0)
2017–2021	Denmark U21	35	(2)
2020–	Denmark	7	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:42, 19 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:06, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Youth career

Nelsson started playing football when he was 4 years old in Hornbæk IF, where his father also was coaching. Later, he got contacted by scouts from FC Nordsjælland, and joined the club on 25 March 2010.[1]

Club career

FC Nordsjælland

Nelsson got his debut for FC Nordsjælland on 12 September 2016. Having started on the bench, he replaced Mathias Jensen in the 87nd minute in a 3–1 defeat against AGF in the Danish Superliga.[2] On 14 October 2016, Nelsson signed his first professional contract and was promoted to the first team squad.[3] He played 23 league games for FCN in the 2016–17 season. Nelsson played the first two league games at the midfield, but then he was retrained as a centre back.[4] He also became a regular starter from the 2017–18 season.

At the age of 19 and after a great period in the first half part of the 2017–18 season, Nelsson got called up to the Denmark B national team by Åge Hareide, so he could look him forward and consider to pick him to the A national team.[5] In the winter break 2017–18, he changed his shirt number from 36 to 4.

FC Copenhagen

On 5 July 2019, Nelsson joined FC Copenhagen signing a contract until 2024.[6]

Galatasaray

Galatasaray announced on 11 August 2021 that it had reached an agreement with Copenhagen for a transfer fee of €7 million to be paid within five years. In addition, according to the agreement, the unilateral release fee of the football player was determined as €25 million.[7][8]

References

External links

• Victor Nelsson at Soccerway
• Victor Nelsson at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)

На других языках

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[de] Victor Nelsson

Victor Enok Nelsson (* 14. Oktober 1998 in Hornbæk) ist ein dänischer Fußballspieler. Er spielt beim türkischen Erstligisten Galatasaray Istanbul und gehört zum Kader der dänischen Nachwuchsnationalmannschaften.

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- [en] Victor Nelsson

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[es] Victor Nelsson

Victor Nelsson (Hornbæk, 14 de octubre de 1998) es un futbolista danés que juega en la demarcación de defensa para el Galatasaray S. K. de la Superliga de Turquía.

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[fr] Victor Nelsson

Victor Nelsson, né le 14 octobre 1998, est un footballeur international danois évoluant actuellement au poste de défenseur central au Galatasaray SK.

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[it] Victor Nelsson

Victor Enok Nelsson (Hornbæk, 14 ottobre 1998) è un calciatore danese, difensore o centrocampista del Galatasaray.

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[ru] Нельссон, Виктор

Виктор Нельссон (дат. Victor Nelsson; 14 октября 1998 года, Дания) — датский футболист, играющий на позиции полузащитника за турецкий клуб «Галатасарай».

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