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Victor Nelsson
Nelsson with Galatasaray in 2021
Personal information
Full name Victor Enok Nelsson [1]
Date of birth (1998-10-14) 14 October 1998 (age 25) [1]
Place of birth Hornbæk, Denmark
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team 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 94 (3)
International career‡
2016 Denmark U18 1 (0)
2016–2017 Denmark U19 8 (0)
2017–2021 Denmark U21 34 (3)
2020– Denmark 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:10, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:53, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

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.

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. [2]

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. [3] On 14 October 2016, Nelsson signed his first professional contract and was promoted to the first team squad. [4] 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. [5] 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. [6] 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. [7]

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. [8] [9]

Nelsson became the champion in the Süper Lig in the 2022–23 season with the Galatasaray team. Defeating Ankaragücü 4-1 away in the match played in the 36th week on 30 May 2023, Galatasaray secured the lead with 2 weeks before the end and won the 23rd championship in its history. [10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 March 2024 [11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup [a] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nordsjælland 2016–17 Danish Superliga 23 0 0 0 — 23 0
2017–18 Danish Superliga 33 1 1 0 — 34 1
2018–19 Danish Superliga 34 0 1 0 5 [b] 0 40 0
Total 90 1 2 0 5 0 97 1
Copenhagen 2019–20 Danish Superliga 34 0 2 0 16 [c] 0 52 0
2020–21 Danish Superliga 27 1 0 0 3 [b] 0 30 1
2021–22 Danish Superliga 2 0 0 0 2 [d] 0 4 0
Total 63 1 2 0 21 0 86 1
Galatasaray 2021–22 Süper Lig 36 1 1 0 8 [b] 0 45 1
2022–23 Süper Lig 33 0 2 1 — 35 1
2023–24 Süper Lig 25 2 3 0 10 [e] 0 38 4
Total 94 3 6 1 18 0 118 4
Career total 247 5 10 1 44 0 301 6
  1. ^ Includes Danish Cup, Turkish Cup
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, twelve appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. ^ Nine appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Galatasaray

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Denmark" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Fokus På: Victor Nelsson – Ét opkald: Fra Hornbæk til Farum". dbold.dk. 21 March 2016.
  3. ^ "AGF VS. NORDSJÆLLAND 3 - 1". soccerway.com. 12 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Ung midtbanemand forlænger med FCN". bold.dk. 14 October 2016.
  5. ^ Victor Nelsson er klar på ny position‚ bold.dk, 31 July 2017
  6. ^ Glad FCN-stopper: Ikke nok bare at være med‚ bold.dk, 12 December 2017
  7. ^ FCK henter Victor Nelsson‚ fck.dk, 5 July 2019
  8. ^ "Victor Nelsson Galatasaray'da!". Galatasaray S.K. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Hoş geldin Victor Nelsson!". Galatasaray S.K. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Turkish Super Lig: Galatasaray win title for 23rd time after beating Ankaragucu 4-1". BBC Sport. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  11. ^ Victor Nelsson at Soccerway
  12. ^ "CUMHURİYETİN YÜZÜ, TÜRKİYE'NİN EN BÜYÜĞÜ, ŞAMPİYON GALATASARAY!". Galatasaray S.K. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.

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