Victor Nelsson

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
Personal information
Full name Victor Enok Nelsson
Date of birth (1998-10-14) 14 October 1998
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
Hornbæk IF
2010–2016 Nordsjælland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Nordsjælland 90 (1)
2019–2021 Copenhagen 61 (1)
2021– Galatasaray 7 (0)
National team‡
2016 Denmark U-18 1 (0)
2016–2017 Denmark U-19 8 (0)
2017–2021 Denmark U-21 34 (3)
2020– Denmark 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:39, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:07, 3 July 2021 (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. Nelsson started on the bench, but replaced Mathias Jensen in the 87nd minute in a 1-3 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] Nelsson 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 form 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 Danish National Team B 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 Victor 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 the transfer of Nelsson. Accordingly, a transfer fee of 7,000,000 Euros will be paid to the former club of the player within five years. In addition, according to the agreement, the unilateral release fee of the football player was determined as 25.000.000 Euros.[7][8]

References
  1. "Fokus På: Victor Nelsson – Ét opkald: Fra Hornbæk til Farum". dbold.dk. 21 March 2016.
  2. "AGF VS. NORDSJÆLLAND 3 - 1". soccerway.com. 12 September 2016.
  3. "Ung midtbanemand forlænger med FCN". bold.dk. 14 October 2016.
  4. Victor Nelsson er klar på ny position‚ bold.dk, 31 July 2017
  5. Glad FCN-stopper: Ikke nok bare at være med‚ bold.dk, 12 December 2017
  6. FCK henter Victor Nelsson‚ fck.dk, 5 July 2019
  7. "Victor Nelsson Galatasaray'da!". Galatasaray S.K. August 11, 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  8. "Hoş geldin Victor Nelsson!". Galatasaray S.K. August 11, 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
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