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. On 20 August 2011, Nielsen married equestrian Tina Lund. The couple moved to Dubai in 2013, but returned to Denmark in 2021. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Nielsen drew controversy for spreading misinformation regarding COVID-19 and its vaccines. International goals Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nielsen goal. Honours Odense Danish Cup: 1992–93 Brøndby Danish Superliga: 1995–96 Tottenham Hotspur Football League Cup: 1998–99 Individual Alan Hardaker Trophy: 1999 Danish Player of the Year: 1996 References External links 1971 births Living people People from Esbjerg Danish men's footballers Association football midfielders FC Bayern Munich II players FC Bayern Munich footballers FC Sion players Odense Boldklub players F.C. Copenhagen players Brøndby IF players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Watford F.C. players Herfølge Boldklub players Bundesliga players Danish Superliga players Premier League