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{{short description|Danish handball player (born 1957)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Keld Nielsen
| image =
| caption =
| nationality = Danish
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|09|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Copenhagen]], Denmark
| full_name =
| height =
| position = Left wing
| currentclub = ''Retired''
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = ?-1986
| clubs1 = SAGA
| years2 = 1986-?
| clubs2 = Kristiansand IF
| nationalyears1 = 1978-1987
| nationalteam1 = [[Denmark men's national handball team|Denmark]]
| nationalcaps1 = 106<ref name=Haslund>{{cite web|url=https://www.haslund.info/haandbold/10_herre/20_spillere/niekel.asp|title=Keld Nielsen|publisher=Haslund.info|accessdate=27 January 2025|language=da}}</ref>
| nationalgoals1 = 274
| manageryears1 = 1997-1999
| managerclubs1 = [[Denmark men's national handball team|Denmark]]
| medaltemplates =
}}
'''Keld Nielsen''' (born 12 December 1957, in [[Copenhagen]]) is a former [[Denmark|Danish]] [[handball]] player and handball coach who both played for and coached the [[Denmark men's national handball team|Danish national team]]. As a player he competed in the [[1984 Summer Olympics]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045339/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/keld-nielsen-1.html Sports-Reference profile]</ref>

He played 106 matches for the Danish national team, scoring 274 goals. His national team deubt was on 28 October 1978 in a 15:23 defeat against DDR.<ref name=Haslund/> He scored one goal in the match.

He played his club handball with SAGA (Samvirkets Atletik- og Gymnastik Afdeling) in Denmark and Kristiansand IF in Norway. In 1984 he finished fourth with the [[Denmark men's national handball team]] in the [[Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Olympic tournament]]. He played five matches and scored eight goals.

==National team coach==
Nielsen was the Danish national team coach between 1997 and 1999. He coached the team at the [[1999 World Men's Handball Championship]], but a disappointing result where Denmark was knocked out by Cuba in the round of 16, would lead to him being fired.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/sport/ECE3271085/H%C3%A5ndbold-Usikker-tr%C3%A6nerpost/|title=Håndbold: Usikker trænerpost|publisher=[[Jyllandsposten]]|first=Ivan|last=Philipsen|date=19 June 1999|accessdate=27 January 2025|language=da}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2017-01-16-stoltheden-vendte-foerst-tilbage-970-dage-efter-ydmygelsen-der-kom-som-et-lyn-fra-klar-himmel|title=Stoltheden vendte først tilbage 970 dage efter ydmygelsen, der kom som et lyn fra klar himmel|publisher=[[TV2 Danmark]]|first=Peter|last=Eisnab|date=15 January 2007|accessdate=27 January 2025|language=da}}</ref>
He replaced by [[Leif Mikkelsen]].

Immediately afterwards, he was offered the position as the head coach of the Egyptian national team, but he rejected it as he did not wish to move away from Denmark.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/sport/ECE3271610/Kjeld-Nielsen-Nej-tak-til-Egypten/|title=Kjeld Nielsen: Nej tak til Egypten|publisher=[[Jyllandsposten]]|first=Jan|last=Jensen|date=30 June 1999|accessdate=27 January 2025|language=da}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{sports links}}
{{Danish handball national team coaches}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nielsen, Keld}}
[[Category:1957 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Danish male handball players]]
[[Category:Olympic handball players for Denmark]]
[[Category:Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Handball players from Copenhagen]]
[[Category:20th-century Danish sportsmen]]
[[Category:Danish handball coaches]]
[[Category:Handball coaches of international teams]]

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Keld Nielsen - Revision history

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