Peter Møller

Infobox Football biography
playername = Peter Møller


2004: Peter Møller at Sportscamp in Farum.
fullname = Peter Møller-Nielsen
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1972|3|23
cityofbirth = Abildgård
countryofbirth = Denmark
nickname = 32
height = 1.90 m
position = Striker
youthyears = 19??–1980
1980–1990
youthclubs = Gistrup IF
Aalborg BK
years = 1990–1993
1993–1994
1994–1995
1995–1997
1997–1998
1998–2001
2000
2001
2001–2005
clubs = Aalborg BK
F.C. Copenhagen
FC Zürich (loan)
Brøndby IF
PSV Eindhoven
Real Oviedo
Brøndby IF (loan)
Fulham FC (loan)
F.C. Copenhagen
caps(goals) = 81 (46)
30 (8)
14 (4)
69 (42)
22 (6)
38 (3)
7 (3)
5 (1)
124 (36)
nationalyears = 1990
1990–1993
1991–2005
nationalteam = Denmark U-19
Denmark U-21
Denmark
nationalcaps(goals) = 1 (0)
22 (16)
20 (5)

Peter Møller-Nielsen (born March 23, 1972), is a Danish former professional football (soccer) player who became a sports journalist after ending his football career in December 2005. He won three Danish Superliga championships for the rival clubs Brøndby IF and F.C. Copenhagen, and became the most scoring Superliga player ever in 2005. He scored five goals in 20 matches for the Denmark national football team, and took part in the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Biography

Born in part of Frederikshavn called Abildgård, Møller played with local team Aalborg Boldspilklub (AaB). He got his breakthrough in the top-flight Danish championship, when he was handed his debut by AaB manager Poul Erik Andreasen in 1990. He was called up for the Danish under-21 national team in November 1990, and went on to score 16 goals in 22 games for the under-21 national team, including games at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He made his Danish national team debut in September 1991, under national manager Richard Møller Nielsen, but would spend the following years mainly as a substitute.

He was AaB's leading goal scorer in his four seasons at the club, and was the Superliga top scorer two years in a row in the 1991-92 and 1992-93 seasons. Møller was chased by both Danish top teams F.C. Copenhagen (FCK) and Brøndby IF, and ended up moving to FCK in July 1993. He played a single year at FCK, but struggled to reproduce his goalscoring ability. He was loaned out to Swiss club FC Zürich in Augsust 1994, and when he returned to FCK in June 1995, he looked to leave the club.

He moved to Brøndby IF, where he was Brøndby's league top goalscorer two years in a row, as Brøndby won the 1995-96 Superliga and 1996-97 Superliga championships. After a three year absence, he was recalled to the Danish national team in August 1996, by new national manager Bo Johansson. He moved abroad in 1997, when he was sold to Dutch club PSV Eindhoven. He did not find success at PSV, but was included in the Danish squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He played two games at the tournament, and scored a goal against Nigeria.

After the World Cup, he moved on to Real Oviedo in Spain. Not a proven goalscorer for Oviedo either, he had short loan spells at English club Fulham FC and back home with Brøndby IF. He was once more dropped from the Danish national team. In the summer 2001, he moved back to Denmark to once again play for F.C. Copenhagen. With his previous success for FCK's arch rivals Brøndby IF, he was initially scorned by the FCK fans and only referred to by his shirt number, "number 32". He would convert even his harshest critics over time, as he always fought for the team and scored some important goals. He helped FCK win two Superliga titles, as well as the 2004 Danish Cup trophy. After two years away from the national team, Møller was recalled by national manager Morten Olsen in March 2005. He scored two goals in Denmark's 3-0 win against Kazakhstan in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Møller ended his active playing career in December 2005. He ended his FCK contract six months early, to become a sports journalist at Danmarks Radio. In 2005, he was elected chairman for the Danish football players' association, a position Møller left in favour of Thomas Lindrup, when ending his active career.

Honours

*Danish Superliga:
**1996 and 1997, with Brøndby I.F
**2003 and 2004, with FC København
*Danish Cup: 2004
*Royal League: 2005

External links

* [http://www.dbu.dk/lbase/playerInfo.aspx?playerid=1251 Danish national team profile]
*da icon [http://www.aabsport.dk/96CF7553-3EFB-42E0-9F3E-B9DE67F765D4.W5Doc?id=86cb6cee-538a-497d-af48-cc3d6c8830b2 AaB profile]
*da icon [http://fck.dk/saesonen/statistik/spillerstatistik/?search=1&play_playerid_fk=119 F.C. Copenhagen statistics]
*da icon [http://www.brondby.com/player.asp?sid=42&id=33 Brøndby IF statistics]
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=14081 Soccerbase career statistics]
*es icon [http://www.lfp.es/historico/primera/plantillas/historial.asp?jug=6645 Spanish career statistics]
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/php/spieler.php?id=1982 National Football Teams career statistics]