About Allan Nielsen
Allan Nielsen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈæ.læn ˈne̝l.sn̩]; born 13 March 1971) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. His 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 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. In his year at Brøndby, the club won the 1995–96 Danish Superliga championship, and Nielsen was named the Brøndby 1995 Player of the Year. 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. At Odense, he was a part of the team that won the 1993 Danish Cup and he was then brought to league rivals Copenhagen in 1994.
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