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.
 Nelsson with Galatasaray in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Victor Enok Nelsson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 October 1998[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Hornbæk, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Galatasaray | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002-2010 | Hornbæk IF | ||
| 2010–2016 | Nordsjælland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Nordsjælland | 98 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Copenhagen | 87 | (1) |
| 2021– | Galatasaray | 94 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Denmark U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Denmark U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2017–2021 | Denmark U21 | 34 | (3) |
| 2020– | Denmark | 12 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:10, 17 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:53, 26 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
Youth career edit
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.[2]
Club career edit
FC Nordsjælland edit
Nelsson got his debut for FC Nordsjælland on 12 September 2016. Having started on the bench, he replaced Mathias Jensen in the 87nd minute in a 3–1 defeat against AGF in the Danish Superliga.[3] On 14 October 2016, Nelsson signed his first professional contract and was promoted to the first team squad.[4] He 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.[5] He also became a regular starter from 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 Denmark B national team by Åge Hareide, so he could look him forward and consider to pick him to the A national team.[6] In the winter break 2017–18, he changed his shirt number from 36 to 4.
FC Copenhagen edit
On 5 July 2019, Nelsson joined FC Copenhagen signing a contract until 2024.[7]
Galatasaray edit
Galatasaray announced on 11 August 2021 that it had reached an agreement with Copenhagen for a transfer fee of €7 million to be paid within five years. In addition, according to the agreement, the unilateral release fee of the football player was determined as €25 million.[8][9]
Nelsson became the champion in the Süper Lig in the 2022–23 season with the Galatasaray team. Defeating Ankaragücü 4-1 away in the match played in the 36th week on 30 May 2023, Galatasaray secured the lead with 2 weeks before the end and won the 23rd championship in its history.[10]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of match played 17 March 2024[11]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nordsjælland | 2016–17 | Danish Superliga | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | Danish Superliga | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | Danish Superliga | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Total | 90 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 97 | 1 | ||
| Copenhagen | 2019–20 | Danish Superliga | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16[c] | 0 | 52 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | Danish Superliga | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 30 | 1 | |
| 2021–22 | Danish Superliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 63 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 86 | 1 | ||
| Galatasaray | 2021–22 | Süper Lig | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8[b] | 0 | 45 | 1 |
| 2022–23 | Süper Lig | 33 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 35 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | Süper Lig | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10[e] | 0 | 38 | 4 | |
| Total | 94 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 118 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 247 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 301 | 6 | ||
- ^ Includes Danish Cup, Turkish Cup
- ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, twelve appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Nine appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
Honours edit
Galatasaray
References edit
- ^ a b c "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Denmark" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Fokus På: Victor Nelsson – Ét opkald: Fra Hornbæk til Farum". dbold.dk. 21 March 2016.
- ^ "AGF VS. NORDSJÆLLAND 3 - 1". soccerway.com. 12 September 2016.
- ^ "Ung midtbanemand forlænger med FCN". bold.dk. 14 October 2016.
- ^ Victor Nelsson er klar på ny position‚ bold.dk, 31 July 2017
- ^ Glad FCN-stopper: Ikke nok bare at være med‚ bold.dk, 12 December 2017
- ^ FCK henter Victor Nelsson‚ fck.dk, 5 July 2019
- ^ "Victor Nelsson Galatasaray'da!". Galatasaray S.K. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Hoş geldin Victor Nelsson!". Galatasaray S.K. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Turkish Super Lig: Galatasaray win title for 23rd time after beating Ankaragucu 4-1". BBC Sport. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ Victor Nelsson at Soccerway
- ^ "CUMHURİYETİN YÜZÜ, TÜRKİYE'NİN EN BÜYÜĞÜ, ŞAMPİYON GALATASARAY!". Galatasaray S.K. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
External links edit
- Victor Nelsson at Soccerway
- Victor Nelsson national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)