Harald Nielsen

Harald Ingemann Nielsen (26 October 1941 – 11 August 2015) was a Danish footballer. He played professionally for Italian club Bologna F.C. where he was the league top scorer (capocannoniere) in Bologna's 1964 Serie A championship winning season. 

Nielsen played 14 games for the Denmark national football team in 1959 and 1960, scoring 15 goals, and he was known as Guld-Harald (Gold-Harald). He was part of the Danish team that were runners-up at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was a football entrepreneur having continuously worked for the professionalization of both the Danish national team and the national league. 

Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueDivisionAppsGoalsBologna1961–62Serie A1681962–63Serie A29191963–64Serie A31211964–65Serie A31131965–66Serie A29121966–67Serie A218Inter Milan1967–68Serie A82Napoli1968–69Serie A102Sampdoria1969–70Serie A40

Honours
Bologna
Mitropa Cup (Coupe Centrale D'Europe): 1961–62; runner-up 1962–63
Italian Serie A Championship: 1963–64

Denmark
Olympic Silver Medal: Rome 1960

Individual
Årets Fund (Oldest Danish Sports Prize): 1959
Danish Championship – Topscorer in the Tournament: 1960 (19 goals)
Topscorer in the Olympic Football Tournament: Rome 1960 (6 goals)
First Danish Player of the Year: 1961
Mitropa Cup Topscorer in the Tournament: 1961–62, 1962–63

Serie A – Capocannoniere (Topscorer in the tournament): 1962–63 (21 goals), 1963–64 (19 goals)
Cavaliere/Knight Order of Merit of the Italian Republic: 1992
Sportens Ridderkors: 2002
Nettuno d'oro: 2004
Honorary President Rebild National Park Society: 2007
First Honorary Member of F.C. Copenhagen: 2007
Danish Football Hall of Fame: 2010  
Protektor F.C. Copenhagen Legends Club: 2014

Films
Far til fire med fuld musik, Denmark, 1961 

References

Category:1941 births
Category:2015 deaths
Category:Danish footballers
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Denmark
Category:Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics