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Personal information
Full name	Niels Poul Nielsen
Date of birth	(1891-12-25)25 December 1891
Place of birth	Copenhagen, Denmark
Date of death	9 August 1962(1962-08-09) (aged 70)
Place of death	Copenhagen, Denmark
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
0000–1907	Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1907–1927	Kjøbenhavns Boldklub	201	(276)
1928– ?	CNR Montréal
National team
1910–1925	Denmark	38	(52)
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Niels Poul "Tist" Nielsen (25 December 1891 – 9 August 1962) was a Danish footballer who is the joint all-time best goalscorer for the Denmark national team with 52 goals in 38 matches.

Nielsen won a silver medal with the national team at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He played his career as a Striker for Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, with whom he won six Danish football championships. In Canada, he played for CNR Montréal, winning the Dominion of Canada Championship in 1929.

Biography

As a young boy, Nielsen would sneak in to watch football games without paying, thus becoming a gratist (free rider), abbreviated to "Tist". Born in Copenhagen, Nielsen started playing football with Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB), where he spent his entire senior career. He made his debut for the Danish national team on 5 May 1910 as the then youngest Danish national team player, at 18 years and 131 days of age (exceeding Vilhelm Wolfhagen's age record from 1908). Nielsen's record would remain for eight years, until the 18 years and 51 days old Valdemar Laursen became the youngest Danish national team debutant.

Danish soccer team at the 1912 Olympics.

Nielsen made his debut in a Danish national team that was playing its first game since winning silver medals at the 1908 Summer Olympics, and he was included in the Danish squad for the 1912 Summer Olympics tournament. He played one game at the 1912 Olympics, the 4–1 win against the Netherlands, where he scored his first national team goal in his third national team game. Denmark later successfully defended their Olympic silver medal, losing 2–4 to Great Britain in the final game, without Nielsen in the team. After the 1912 Olympics, Nielsen started scoring goals for the Danish national team at a record-setting pace, while guiding KB to two Danish championships in a row during 1913 and 1914. He scored 22 goals in his first nine national team games after the 1912 Olympics, from May 1913 to June 1916, including six goals in a 10–0 win against Sweden and all four Danish goals in a 4–1 win against Germany. His tally in June 1916 was 23 goals in 12 national team games.

He was a part of the KB team that won the 1917, 1918, 1922 and 1925 Danish championships, while still scoring plenty of goals for the Danish national team. On 14 October 1923 Nielsen broke Sophus Hansen's record from 1920, as Nielsen became the first Dane to play 32 international games. He ended his national team career in September 1925, having scored a total 52 goals in 38 matches, including 26 goals against Norway and 15 goals against Sweden. Although Nielsen played during the 1910s and 1920s, the number of goals he scored for his country is still the national record, and was not equalled until Jon Dahl Tomasson scored his 52nd goal during June 2010. Nielsen's tally of 38 international matches was another Danish record, but it was exceeded by Michael Rohde during June 1931. Because his career spanned the nascent years of international football, Nielsen never got a chance to play in the World Cup; his only world game was the 1912 Summer Olympics. However, Nielsen managed to score eight hat-tricks in his international career.

Nielsen died in Copenhagen during August 1962, aged 70.

Career statistics

International

Poul Nielsen in national team jersey.

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	2 July 1912	Stockholm, Sweden	Netherlands	4–1	Won	1912 Summer Olympics
2.	25 May 1913	Copenhagen, Denmark	Sweden	8–0	Won	Friendly
3.	5 October 1913	Stockholm, Sweden	Sweden	10–0	Won	Friendly
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9.	26 October 1913	Hamburg, Germany	Germany	4–1	Won	Friendly
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13.	17 May 1914	Copenhagen, Denmark	Netherlands	4–3	Won	Friendly
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16.	5 June 1914	Copenhagen, Denmark	England	3–0	Won	Friendly
17.	6 June 1915	Copenhagen, Denmark	Sweden	2–0	Won	Friendly
18.	19 September 1915	Copenhagen, Denmark	Norway	8–1	Won	Friendly
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21.	31 October 1915	Stockholm, Sweden	Sweden	2–0	Won	Friendly
22.	4 June 1916	Copenhagen, Denmark	Sweden	2–0	Won	Friendly
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24.	15 October 1916	Copenhagen, Denmark	Norway	8–0	Won	Friendly
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28.	7 October 1917	Copenhagen, Denmark	Norway	12–0	Won	Friendly
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33.	6 October 1918	Copenhagen, Denmark	Norway	4–0	Won	Friendly
34.	5 June 1919	Copenhagen, Denmark	Sweden	4–0	Won	Friendly
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36.	12 June 1919	Copenhagen, Denmark	Norway	5–1	Won	Friendly
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39.	21 September 1919	Christiania, Norway	Norway	3–2	Won	Friendly
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41.	2 October 1921	Copenhagen, Denmark	Norway	3–1	Won	Friendly
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44.	10 September 1922	Fredrikstad, Norway	Norway	3–3	Draw	Friendly
45.	1 October 1922	Copenhagen, Denmark	Sweden	1–2	Lost	Friendly
46.	14 September 1924	Christiania, Norway	Norway	3–1	Won	1924–28 Nordic Football Championship
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48.	5 October 1924	Copenhagen, Denmark	Belgium	2–1	Won	Friendly
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50.	14 June 1925	Stockholm, Sweden	Sweden	2–0	Won	1924–28 Nordic Football Championship
51.	21 June 1925	Copenhagen, Denmark	Norway	5–1	Won	1924–28 Nordic Football Championship
52.	27 September 1925	Aarhus, Denmark	Finland	3–3	Draw	Friendly

Honours

KB

• Danish championship: 1912–13, 1913–14, 1916–17, 1917–18, 1921–22, 1924–25

See also

In Spanish: Poul Nielsen para niños