| Nils Herbert Kromann Nielsen (born 3 November 1971) is a Danish football manager who is the currently manager of the Japan women.
He has served as director of football for Manchester City W.F.C. since 4 May 2023. He is the first person appointed to the role.
Nielsen is best known for his tenure with the Denmark women's national football team from 2013 to 2017. He led the Danes to a runners-up finish at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. Despite departing the team shortly after, Nielsen received acclaim for his work and finished runner-up in the 2017 The Best FIFA Women's Coach award. He spent most of 2018 as the assistant manager of the China women's national under-20 football team, taking them to the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. He was also manager of the Switzerland women's national football team from 2018 to 2022.
In 12 of December of 2024, Nielsen was appointed as the new coach of the Japan women's national football team. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article |
|  Denmark | 13/17 | | Qualif WWC 15 | 10 | | Algarve Cup 14 | 4 | | Friendlies 15 | 1 | | Algarve Cup 15 | 4 | | Algarve Cup 17 | 4 | | Qualif WWC 19 | 3 | | Euro 17 | 6 | |  Switzerland | 18/22 | | Algarve Cup 19 | 3 | | Wom Euro Qual 21 | 10 | | Friendlies 21 | 2 | | Qualif WWC 23 | 11 | | Friendlies 22 | 4 | | Euro 22 | 3 |
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11 lineups analysed - Number represent player in starting lineup. Click to show
Lineups not confirmed are not included.
See also Team Substitutions
| Lineups found Starting lineup changes since last game | | | | | | | | | | M1 | 17Sep | H | Lithuania | | 4-1 | 4-4-2 | Initial team: Thalmann, Kiwic, Bühler, Wälti, Aigbogun, Lehmann, Sow, Maendly, Brütsch, Bachmann, Crno'ic, | | | M2 | 21Sep | | Moldova | | 0-6 | 3-5-2 | In:Friedli, Mauron, Xhemaili, Touon, Fölmli, Humm,
Out:Thalmann, Kiwic, Lehmann, Maendly, Brütsch, Bachmann, | | | M3 | 22Oct | H | Romania | | 2-0 | 4-1-4-1 | In:Thalmann, Maritz, Kiwic, Stierli, Bachmann,
Out:Friedli, Mauron, Aigbogun, Touon, Humm, | | | M4 | 26Oct | H | Croatia | | 5-0 | 4-1-4-1 | In:Marti, Maendly,
Out:Stierli, Xhemaili, | | | M5 | 26Nov | | Italy | | 1-2 | 4-4-2 | In:Stierli, Aigbogun, Xhemaili,
Out:Kiwic, Marti, Maendly, | | | M6 | 30Nov | | Lithuania | | 0-7 | 4-2-3-1 | In:Kiwic, Call'is, Lehmann,
Out:Bühler, Stierli, Bachmann, | | | M7 | 08Apr | | Romania | | 1-1 | 4-2-3-1 | In:Stierli,
Out:Kiwic, | | | M8 | 12Apr | H | Italy | | 0-1 | 4-2-3-1 | In:Bühler, Kiwic, Reuteler, Bachmann,
Out:Call'is, Stierli, Lehmann, Fölmli, | | | M9 | 02Sep | | Croatia | | 0-2 | 4-4-1-1 | In:Call'is, Fölmli,
Out:Kiwic, Xhemaili, | | | M10 | 06Sep | H | Moldova | | 15-0 | 4-4-1-1 | *** Repeat 11 *** | | | M13 | 11Oct | H | Wales | | 2-1 | 4-1-4-1 | *** Repeat 11 *** | | | Color References: GK, DF, DM, MF, FW , Unknown Pos |
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