- Kristen Nygaard (footballer)
Infobox Football biography
playername = Kristen Nygaard
fullname = Kristen Nygaard Kristensen
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1949|9|9
cityofbirth =Sunds
countryofbirth =Denmark
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height =
nickname =
position = Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =Holstebro BK
years = 1969-1972
1972-1982
clubs =IHF Aarhus AZ Alkmaar Nîmes Olympique Uzec Morieres
caps(goals) =
363 (104)
nationalyears = 1969-1970
1970-1979
nationalteam = Denmark u-21
Denmark
nationalcaps(goals) = 5 (1)
36 (11)
manageryears = 1986-1987
managerclubs =Nîmes Olympique Kristen Nygaard Kristensen (born
September 9 ,1949 ) is a Danish former football player, who played professionally for Dutch teamAZ Alkmaar and several French clubs. He scored 11 goals in 36 games for theDenmark national football team , and represented Denmark at the1972 Summer Olympics .Born in
Sunds nearHerning , Nygaard started playing football withHolstebro BK . He moved toIHF Aarhus , whom he helped win promotion from theDanish 3rd Division in 1969, by scoring 25 goals in 22 league games. [ [http://home6.inet.tele.dk/pin/Danmarksturneringen/1969.htm Danmarksturneringen 1969] at "Peders Fodboldstatistik"] He scored 15 goals in the 1970Danish 2nd Division season, [ [http://home6.inet.tele.dk/pin/Danmarksturneringen/1970.htm Danmarksturneringen 1970] at "Peders Fodboldstatistik"] and was called up for the Danish national team in July 1970. He played on for IHF Aarhus, but could not win promotion for the top-flightDanish 1st Division with the team.Nygaard was included in the Danish 1972 Olympic squad, and played six games and scored one goal at the 1972 Olympic football tournament. He played a further national team game in October 1972, before moving abroad to play professionally for
AZ Alkmaar in the DutchEredivisie championship. He played his last Danish national team game in November 1979. With Alkmaar, he reached the finals of the internationalUEFA Cup 1980-81 tournament, which the team lost to English club Ipswich Town on aggregate. He left Alkmaar to play his career out in France, first playing atNîmes Olympique , before ending his career at smaller French clubs.After retiring from the active game, he went on to coach
Nîmes Olympique from 1986 to 1987. In 1994 he was seriously injured in a traffic accident. He spent eight weeks in acoma afterwards and still has grave health problems. Two years later his old club Alkmaar held a benefit match for him. The supporters home in the newDSB Stadion is named after Nygaard.References
External links
* [http://www.dbu.dk/lbase/playerInfo.aspx?playerid=3378 Danish national team profile]
*da icon [http://www.haslund.info/danmark/as/nygkri.asp Haslund profile]
*da icon [http://home6.inet.tele.dk/pin/landsholdet/Nygaard_Kristen.htm Peders Fodboldstatistik profile]
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