Kristian Bak Nielsen

Football player infobox
playername = Kristian Bak
fullname = Kristian Bak Nielsen
height = Height|m=1.82
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|10|20
cityofbirth = Aaskov
countryofbirth = Denmark
currentclub = SC Heerenveen
clubnumber = 3
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs = Kibæk IF
Ikast FS
years = 2000-2007
2007-present
clubs = FC Midtjylland
SC Heerenveen
caps(goals) = 138 (8)
15 (2)
nationalyears = 2003
nationalteam = Denmark U-21
nationalcaps(goals) = 1 (0)
pcupdate = 15 December 2007
ntupdate = October 10, 2003

Kristian Bak Nielsen (born October 20, 1982) is a Danish professional football player, who currently plays for SC Heerenveen in the Dutch Eredivisie championship. Bak Nielsen usually plays central defender, but he has a past as a striker. He has played one game for the Danish under-21 national team.

Biography

Kristian Bak Nielsen started his senior career with FC Midtjylland (FCM) in 2000. He helped FCM win the 2000 Danish 1st Division and gain promotion for the Danish Superliga. In his first years at FCM, he played as a striker, but eventually settled as a central defender.

He played all FCM's matches during the 2003-04 Superliga season, and was called up for the Danish under-21 national team in October 2003. He played a single under-21 national match, against the Bosnia & Herzegovina under-21s. He replaced Thomas Kahlenberg in the extra time of the second half, in a match which Denmark won 3-0.

He prolonged his FCM contract in November 2004, and went on to become captain of FCM during 2005. On November 20 2006 he was called up for the Danish league national team, playing unofficial games against the United States, El Salvador and Honduras in January 2007, by national team manager Morten Olsen. He was called up for the Danish national team in March 2007.

On June 19, 2007, he signed a 4-year contract with the Dutch team SC Heerenveen. He was sidelined with an ankle injury from the end of the December 2007. He made his league return in October 2008, against Ajax.

External links

*da icon [http://www.fcm.dk/index.php?ID=6&holdID=3&spillerID=20&mode=spillerinfo&topID=5 FC Midtjylland profile]
*da icon [http://www.dbu.dk/lbase/playerInfo.aspx?playerid=4535 Danish national team profile]
*da icon [http://resol.dr.dk/sportservice_person.aspx?personid=359673 Career statistics] at Danmarks Radio