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{{short description|Danish footballer (born 1942)}}
{{for|the Danish football striker|Leif Nielsen (footballer born 1943)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Leif Nielsen
| image = 
| fullname = Leif Bernhard Nielsen
| height = 
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1942|5|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Copenhagen]], Denmark
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1961–1967  
| years2 = 1968  
| years3 = 1969–1971
| clubs1 = [[BK Frem]] 
| clubs2 = [[Houston Stars]] 
| clubs3 = [[Greenock Morton]]
| caps1 = 164    
| caps2 = 30    
| caps3 = 54   
| goals1 = 0  
| goals2 = 0  
| goals3 = 0 
| totalcaps = 248
| totalgoals = 0
| manageryears1 = 
| manageryears2 = 1978–1979
| managerclubs1 = Hero 
| managerclubs2 = [[Brønshøj BK|Brønshøj]]
| nationalyears1 = 1960 
| nationalyears2 = 1963
| nationalyears3 = 1964–1967
| nationalteam1 = [[Denmark national under-19 football team|Denmark U19]] 
| nationalteam2 = [[Denmark national under-21 football team|Denmark U21]] 
| nationalteam3 = [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]
| nationalcaps1 = 2  
| nationalcaps2 = 1<ref name="ndeb">[http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/PlayerInfo/3154&teamtypeid=2164#match Players profile], DBU.dk, Retrieved 24. May 2013, Danish</ref>
| nationalcaps3 = 28  
| nationalgoals1 = 0   
| nationalgoals2 = 0   
| nationalgoals3 = 0
}}

'''Leif Bernhard Nielsen''' (born 28 May 1942) is a [[Denmark|Danish]] former [[association football|football]] [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]], who was named the 1966 [[Danish Player of the Year]]. He played 28 games for the [[Denmark national football team]],<ref name="ndeb"/> and participated in the [[1964 UEFA European Football Championship|1964 European Championship]]. He played for [[BK Frem]] in Denmark.  In 1968, he played for the [[Houston Stars]] of the [[North American Soccer League (1968-1984)|North American Soccer League]] before finishing his career with [[Scotland|Scottish]] club [[Greenock Morton]].

==Honours==
* [[Danish Player of the Year|Danish ''Player of the Year'']]: 1966

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{DBU player|3154}}
*[http://www.bkfrem.dk/default.asp?id=19&spillerid=374&todo=arkiv Boldklubben Frem profile] {{in lang|da}}
*[http://nasljerseys.com/Players/N/Neilsen.Leif.htm Houston Stars stats]

{{Danish Football Player of the Year}}
{{Denmark Squad 1964 European Nations' Cup}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nielsen, Leif}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Copenhagen]]
[[Category:Danish men's footballers]]
[[Category:Denmark men's under-21 international footballers]]
[[Category:Denmark men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Boldklubben Frem players]]
[[Category:Greenock Morton F.C. players]]
[[Category:Houston Stars players]]
[[Category:1964 European Nations' Cup players]]
[[Category:Scottish Football League players]]
[[Category:North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players]]
[[Category:Danish expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States]]
[[Category:Men's association football goalkeepers]]
[[Category:Danish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland]]
[[Category:Danish expatriate sportspeople in the United States]]
[[Category:20th-century Danish sportsmen]]


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