Tommy Møller Nielsen
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Tommy Møller Nielsen is a Danish
football coach and former player. He is the son of former Danish national football team coach Richard Møller Nielsen
.
He played for Odense Boldklub, Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
and Boldklubben 1909
. As coach, Nielsen has managed both Boldklubben 1909
and Viborg FF
during his career. He joined Rangers on 27 May 1997 as first team coach to replace the departing Davie Dodds
. He stayed there for three seasons before becoming Ebbe Skovdahl
's number two at Aberdeen
for just over a year.
Nielsen returned to Denmark
and to Boldklubben 1909
as coach in 2003 then took up the offer of being Ove Christensen
's assistant at Viborg FF
. He was a replacement for Flemming Nielsen, who had been promoted to sporting director over Christensen. This was one of the reasons for Christensen's departure in the autumn of 2006. Nielsen became the head coach of Viborg FF
until the end of the year and was replaced when by Anders Linderoth
in January 2007. Nielsen then returned to his previous position as assistant coach but was sacked along with Linderoth later that year.
On 24 October 2011 he succeeded Aurelijus Skarbalius
as manager of HB Køge
.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
football coach and former player. He is the son of former Danish national football team coach Richard Møller Nielsen
Richard Møller Nielsen
Richard Møller Nielsen , nicknamed Ricardo, is a Danish former football player and football manager. His greatest triumph came when he coached the Danish national football team which surprisingly won the 1992 European Championship tournament. In 1995, he was knighted as Knight 1st Degree of the...
.
He played for Odense Boldklub, Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
Kjøbenhavns Boldklub or KB is a Danish sports club based in Copenhagen. The club was founded April 26, 1876 on the grassy fields in outer Copenhagen which later became Fælledparken. Football and cricket has been played in KB since 1879, making KB the oldest football club on Continental Europe and...
and Boldklubben 1909
Boldklubben 1909
Boldklubben 1909, known as B 1909, is a Danish association football club currently playing in the Denmark Series Pool 2. They play at Gillested Park in Odense on Funen, which has a capacity of 6,000...
. As coach, Nielsen has managed both Boldklubben 1909
Boldklubben 1909
Boldklubben 1909, known as B 1909, is a Danish association football club currently playing in the Denmark Series Pool 2. They play at Gillested Park in Odense on Funen, which has a capacity of 6,000...
and Viborg FF
Viborg FF
Viborg FF is a Danish professional football club located in Viborg. The full name of the club is Viborg Fodsports Forening , but the name is frequently abbreviated as Viborg FF or VFF. The club was founded in 1896, but would have to wait more than a century before winning its only countrywide...
during his career. He joined Rangers on 27 May 1997 as first team coach to replace the departing Davie Dodds
Davie Dodds
David Dodds is a former Scottish football player who played for Dundee United, Aberdeen and Rangers in the 1980s. During his playing career, he scored over 100 League goals, and earned two Scotland caps.- Early life and career :...
. He stayed there for three seasons before becoming Ebbe Skovdahl
Ebbe Skovdahl
Ebbe Skovdahl Hansen is a retired Danish football manager. He most prominently was a successful manager at Brøndby IF, for whom he had also played in his active years...
's number two at Aberdeen
Aberdeen F.C.
Aberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen...
for just over a year.
Nielsen returned to Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
and to Boldklubben 1909
Boldklubben 1909
Boldklubben 1909, known as B 1909, is a Danish association football club currently playing in the Denmark Series Pool 2. They play at Gillested Park in Odense on Funen, which has a capacity of 6,000...
as coach in 2003 then took up the offer of being Ove Christensen
Ove Christensen
Ove Christensen is an Association football manager, who is the head coach of Viborg FF in the Danish 1st Division. He has managed a number of Danish Superliga clubs, and won the Danish women's championship with Fortuna Hjørring....
's assistant at Viborg FF
Viborg FF
Viborg FF is a Danish professional football club located in Viborg. The full name of the club is Viborg Fodsports Forening , but the name is frequently abbreviated as Viborg FF or VFF. The club was founded in 1896, but would have to wait more than a century before winning its only countrywide...
. He was a replacement for Flemming Nielsen, who had been promoted to sporting director over Christensen. This was one of the reasons for Christensen's departure in the autumn of 2006. Nielsen became the head coach of Viborg FF
Viborg FF
Viborg FF is a Danish professional football club located in Viborg. The full name of the club is Viborg Fodsports Forening , but the name is frequently abbreviated as Viborg FF or VFF. The club was founded in 1896, but would have to wait more than a century before winning its only countrywide...
until the end of the year and was replaced when by Anders Linderoth
Anders Linderoth
Anders Linderoth is a Swedish football coach and former player.He debuted in the Swedish Premier League for Helsingborgs IF, and during his spell with Östers IF he made his national team debut and received Guldbollen. In 1977 he moved to play professionally in Olympique de Marseille...
in January 2007. Nielsen then returned to his previous position as assistant coach but was sacked along with Linderoth later that year.
On 24 October 2011 he succeeded Aurelijus Skarbalius
Aurelijus Skarbalius
Aurelijus "Auri" Skarbalius is a head-coach and former Lithuanian professional footballer, who started his career as a winger, but played mostly as either left- or right-sided fullback...
as manager of HB Køge
HB Køge
HB Køge is a professional Danish football club based primal in the town of Herfølge, and secondly in the town of Køge, both in the Køge Municipality, part of 'Region of Zealand', in the eastern part of Zealand, south of Copenhagen...
.