Morten Nordstrand
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Morten Nordstrand Nielsen | ||
Date of birth | 8 June 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Hundested, Denmark | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FC Copenhagen (youth coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
Hundested IK | |||
Frederikshavn | |||
Lyngby | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2006 | Lyngby | 93 | (87) |
2006–2007 | Nordsjælland | 33 | (18) |
2007–2012 | F.C. Copenhagen | 86 | (32) |
2009–2010 | → Groningen (loan) | 12 | (2) |
2011 | → Nordsjælland (loan) | 9 | (5) |
2012–2015 | Nordsjælland | 56 | (10) |
2015–2016 | AGF | 24 | (3) |
2016–2017 | Newcastle Jets | 34 | (7) |
2017–2018 | Fremad Amager | 29 | (5) |
International career | |||
2007–2009 | Denmark | 8 | (3) |
Managerial career | |||
2018–2020 | FC Copenhagen (U17 assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Morten Nordstrand Nielsen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈnoɐ̯stʁɑnˀ]; born 8 June 1983) is a Danish former professional footballer, who played as a striker. He is currently the assistant coach of F.C. Copenhagen U17.[1] He has played eight times for the Denmark national football team.
Club career
Youth football
Born in Hundested, Nordstrand played for the local club from he was 5 to 17 years old. He was known for scoring a lot of goals, and his father thought he should move to Frederikshavn and stay at Nordjyllands Sportscollege and play for the local club Frederikshavn fI. After the college stay he moved back to Hundested.
Lyngby BK
Nordstrand's coach from college contacted
Nordstrand stayed at the club, and proved himself a goalscorer in the lower leagues of Danish football. Lyngby won promotion to the Danish 2nd Division at the end of the 2003–04 season. Nordstrand formed a dangerous striker partnership with Christian Holst,[4] the pair scoring 43 goals in the 2004–05 season. Nordstrand was the club topscorer with 22 goals, as Lyngby finished third in the 2nd Division that year, and won promotion to the Danish 1st Division.[5]
Nordsjælland
When Superliga club
In his first season back in the top-flight Danish Superliga, he was the top goalscorer after the first half of the
F.C. Copenhagen
On 6 July 2007, Nordstrand moved to
At F.C. Copenhagen Nordstrand quickly became an important player. In the
He is also known as Denmark's version of Ole Gunnar Solskjær because of an old nickname "Babyface Assassin".
Loan to FC Groningen
In August 2009 Nordstrand signed for Dutch Eredivisie club FC Groningen on loan, as a replacement for fan favourite and fellow Scandinavian Marcus Berg. In his debut game with his new club, he provided the only goal in a derby against SC Heerenveen, ended in a 1–0 win for FC Groningen, the first in the Eredivisie season for the Green-Whites. On 23 March 2010, Groningen announced they would not consider the purchase option and that Nordstrand would return to F.C. Copenhagen.[11]
Return to Nordsjælland
On 17 January 2012, Nordstrand signed a contract with FC Nordsjælland effective 1 July same year.[12]
AGF
On 14 December 2014 Nordstrand signed 1-year contract with AGF.[13] He left the club on 1 January 2016.[14]
Newcastle Jets
On 28 January 2016, Nordstrand joined
Following a positive performance including 4 goals in 11 appearances, Nordstrand signed a year extension of his contract. Then, he went on a goal drought for 13 rounds after scoring the winning goal against Brisbane Roar. Newcastle Jets did not score a goal since round 22 after his teammate Andrew Nabbout went on a goal drought as well. After he had left the club, in the first round of the next season, his replacement Roy O'Donovan scored a hat-trick against his former team.[16]
Fremad Amager
On 3 June 2017, Nordstrand signed with Danish 1st Division-side Fremad Amager.[17]
Coaching career
After retiring in the summer 2018, he was appointed assistant coach for the U17 team of
International goals
- Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nordstrand goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 12 September 2007 | Aarhus, Denmark | Liechtenstein | 1–0 | 4–0 | Euro 2008 qualification
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2 | 4–0 | |||||
3 | 28 March 2009 | Attard, Malta | Malta | 3–0 | 3–0 | World Cup 2010 qualification
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Honours
- 2008–09
- 2008–09, 2011–12
- 2008–09
References
- ^ Morten Nordstrand bliver U17-assistent i FCK, bold.dk, 4 June 2018
- ^ "Superligabolden ruller igen", B.T., 26 February 2002
- ^ Jan B. Jensen, "Dansk fodbold: Vi bliver til grin", Jyllands-Posten, 5 December 2001
- ^ Jakob Fønss, "Slagelses forsvar skal bremse farlig frontduo", Sjællands Tidende, 14 May 2005
- ^ Danmarksturneringen 2004 – 05 Archived 28 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine at Peders Fodboldstatistik
- ^ "FCN kigger på Nordstrand", Ekstra Bladet, 7 January 2006
- ^ "Nordstrand tabt for Lyngby", Ekstra Bladet, 29 May 2006
- Berlingske Tidende, 8 June 2006
- ^ "To landsholdsspillere til F.C. København" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 6 July 2007. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2007.
- ^ Thorsen, Gisle; Schrøder, Rene; Carlskov, Thor (6 July 2007). "FCK smider 15 millioner for 'Nord'" (in Danish). Ekstra Bladet. Archived from the original on 8 July 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2007.
- ^ "FC Groningen licht optie Nordstrand niet". Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ "Morten Nordstrand bliver i FCK sæsonen ud". Archived from the original on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ "Nordstrand til AGF" (in Danish). agf.dk. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ "AGF siger farvel til Nordstrand og Skhirtladze" (in Danish). bold.dk. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ "Newcastle Jets net Morten Nordstrand". Newcastle Jets. 28 January 2016. Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ "Morten Nordstrand extends Jets stay". Newcastle Jets. 18 April 2016.
- ^ Fremad Amager-scoop: Snupper Nordstrand, bold.dk, 3 June 2017
- ^ Morten Nordstrand bliver U17-assistent i FCK, bold.dk, 4 June 2018
- ^ TRÆNERROKADER I TALENTAFDELINGEN, fck.dk, 28 July 2020
External links
- Morten Nordstrand national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
- Morten Nordstrand at DR (in Danish) (archived)
- Voetbal International profile (in Dutch)