Denmark national football team
Allan Nielsen played for which team from 1996 to 2002?
Allan Nielsen Allan Nielsen ( born 13 March 1971 ) is a Danish former professional football player whose most notable period of football was four years at English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur with whom he won the 1999 League Cup , scoring the winning goal . He was also an integral part of the Denmark national football team from 1996 to 2001 , playing a total of 44 matches and scoring seven goals . He competed for Denmark in the international 1996 European Championship ( Euro 1996 ) , 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000 tournaments . Biography . Nielsen was born in Esbjerg , Denmark . Having never played a senior match , he moved abroad in 1989 to play for German Bundesliga team Bayern Munich at the age of 18 . In his three years at the club , he played only six minutes in a single game in May 1991 , as he came on as a substitute in a 7–3 win against Hertha Berlin . Failing to break through at Bayern Munich , he left the club in the summer 1991 . Nielsen initially signed a three-year contract with FC Sion in June 1991 , but he never played a game for the club . He swiftly moved back to Denmark , to play with Odense BK in the Danish Superliga championship , where he debuted in September 1991 . At Odense , he was a part of the team that won the 1993 Danish Cup and he was then brought to league rivals FC Copenhagen in 1994 . He played a single season for the club , where he was team captain , before he moved to main rivals Brøndby IF in 1995 . In his year at Brøndby , the club won the 1995–96 Danish Superliga championship , and Nielsen was named Brøndby IF 1995 Player of the Year . He was called up for the Danish national team under national manager Richard Møller Nielsen . Nielsen made his debut against Armenia on 16 August 1995 . He came on as a substitute and following 45 seconds on the pitch , he scored the second goal in Denmarks 2–0 win . He was called up to represent Denmark at the Euro 96 tournament hosted by England , where he scored one goal in his only match , the 3–0 win against Turkey . After Euro 1996 , Brøndby received a transfer fee of £1.65 million , when Nielsen moved to England to play for FA Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur . He played nearly 100 league matches for Tottenham , and he was a pivotal player when the club won the 1999 League Cup . In the final minute , he scored a diving header to give Tottenham a 1–0 win against Leicester City , and Nielsen was subsequently honoured as Man of the Match . Following controversies with Tottenham manager George Graham , Nielsen moved down a league in March 2000 , when he was loaned out to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the English First Division in a three-month deal . During his time at Tottenham , he represented the Danish national team in five games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup , scoring a single goal against South Africa , as well as in two games at the Euro 2000 tournament . He permanently moved away from Tottenham after Euro 2000 , in July 2000 , to play for English First Division team Watford . He was signed by Watford manager Graham Taylor for £2.5million , which at the time was the highest fee the club had ever paid for a player . After three seasons at the club , Nielsen returned to Denmark in 2003 for Superliga relegation battlers Herfølge Boldklub in a role as player/assistant coach . Following a bad first half of the 2003–04 season , head coach Johnny Petersen was fired and Nielsen was promoted to player/coach , in a coaching partnership with former national team player and Esbjerg native Michael Schjønberg . They managed to finish just above the relegation zone at the end of the season . For the subsequent 2004–05 season , Nielsen decided to focus exclusively on coaching , but to no avail as Herfølge was relegated , and he announced his coaching days were over . Today he works as coach at Viborg Sports College . Street Football . Nielsen has bought the rights for the Monta brand in Denmark and arranges Street Football events . Honours . Club . - Odense - Danish Cup : 1992–93 - Brøndby - Danish Superliga : 1995–96 - Tottenham - League Cup : 1998–99 Individual . - Alan Hardaker Trophy : 1999 - Danish Player of the Year : 1996 External links . - Danish national team profile