8.2.15

Poul "Tist" Nielsen



 In the history of international football 95 players have scored 40 goals or more for their country.
Of those only 5 have averaged more than a goal a game. And the greatest average, 1.37 goals per game, belongs to Poul Nielsen of Denmark.
In an international career lasting from 1910 until 1925 Nielsen scored 52 goals in 38 matches. He scored in 60% of the international matches he played (23).








Goals
1
05.05.10  
Denmark
2
1
England Amateur
Copenhagen

2
21.10.11
England Amateur
3
0
Denmark
London

3
02.07.12  
Denmark
4
1
Netherlands 
Stockholm
1
4
25. 05.13  
Denmark
8
0
Sweden
Copenhagen 
2
5
05.10.13  
Sweden        
0
10
Denmark
Stockholm
8
6
26.10.13  
Germany        
1
4
Denmark
Hamburg
12
7
17.05.14  
Denmark
4
3
Netherlands
Copenhagen
15
8
05.06.14  
Denmark
3
0
England Amateur
Copenhagen
16
9
06.06.15  
Denmark
2
0
Sweden
Copenhagen  
17
10
19.09.15  
Denmark              
8
1
Norway
Copenhagen
20
11
31.10.15  
Sweden         
0
2
Denmark
Stockholm
21
12
04.06.16  
Denmark        
2
0
Sweden
Copenhagen
23
13
08.10.16  
Sweden         
4
0
Denmark
Stockholm

14
15.10.16  
Denmark
8
0
Norway
Copenhagen
27
15
03.06.17  
Denmark
1
1
Sweden
Copenhagen

16
07.10.17  
Denmark
12
0
Norway
Copenhagen
32
17
14.10.17  
Sweden         
2
1
Denmark
Stockholm

18
06.10.18  
Denmark
4
0
Norway
Copenhagen
33
19
05.06.19  
Denmark
3
0
Sweden
Copenhagen
35
20
12.06.19  
Denmark
5
1
Norway
Copenhagen
38
21
21. 09.19  
Norway         
3
2
Denmark
Kristiania (Oslo)     

22
12.10.19  
Sweden        
3
0
Denmark
Stockholm
40
23
02.10.21  
Denmark       
3
1
Norway
Copenhagen
43
24
09.10.21  
Sweden         
0
0
Denmark
Stockholm

25
15. 04.22  
Belgium        
0
0
Denmark
Liège

26
17.04.22  
Netherlands    
2
0
Denmark
Amsterdam

27
11. 06.22  
Denmark 
0
3
Czechoslovakia
Copenhagen

28
10. 09.22  
Norway        
3
3
Denmark
Fredrikstad
44
29
01.10.22  
Denmark            
1
2
Sweden
Copenhagen
45
30
06. 05.23  
Czechoslovakia 
2
0
Denmark
Prague

31
30.09.23  
Denmark               
2
1
Norway
Copenhagen

32
14.10.23  
Sweden       
3
1
Denmark
Stockholm

33
15.06.24                
Denmark
2
3
Sweden   
Copenhagen

34
14. 09.24  
Norway         
1
3
Denmark
Kristiania (Oslo)     
47
35
05.10.24                  
Denmark
2
1
Belgium
Copenhagen
49
36
14.06.25         
Sweden             
0
2
Denmark
Stockholm
50
37
21.06.25                       
Denmark
5
1
Norway
Copenhagen
51
38
27.09.25  
Denmark
3
3
Finland
Aarhus
52

His goals were inflicted on the following opponents:

Norway
23
Sweden
17
Germany    
4
Netherlands 
4
Belgium
2
England amateur
1
Finland
1

Nielsen played his club football for Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB), winning the Danish Championship 6 times (1913, 1914, 1917, 1918, 1922, 1925).

Remarkably he played 201 championship games and scored 276 goals, giving him an average of 1.37 goals per game in club football as well.