Poul Nielsen was a footballer who represented the Denmark national football team as a striker between 1910 and 1925. He scored his first international goal on 2 July 1912 in a 4–1 win over the Netherlands at the 1912 Summer Olympics semi-finals. Since then, he has become his country's all-time top scorer in international football, with 52 goals in just 38 appearances.

On 5 October 1913, Nielsen scored his first international hat-trick against Sweden during a friendly match, netting 6 goals in a 10–0 win. He has scored a national record of eight international hat-tricks (5 of which against Norway), and besides his 6-goal haul against Sweden, he has also netted five international goals in just over 10 minutes in a match against Norway on 7 October 1917.

International goals Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first and score column indicates the score after each Nielsen goal. + List of international goals scored by Poul NielsenNo.CapDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition 1 3 2 July 1912 Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden 4–1 1912 Summer Olympics semi-finals 2 4 25 May 1913 Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark 8–0 Friendly 3 5 5 October 1913 Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden 10–0 Friendly4 5 6 7 8 9 6 26 October 1913 Stadion Hoheluft, Hamburg, Germany 4–1 Friendly10 11 12 13 7 17 May 1914Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark 4–3 Friendly14 15 16 8 5 June 1914 Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark (amateurs) 3–0 Friendly 17 9 6 June 1915 Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark 2–0 Friendly 18 10 19 September 1915 Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark 8–1 Friendly19 20 21 11 31 October 1915 Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden 2–0 Friendly 22 12 4 June 1916 Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark 2–0 Friendly23 24 14 15 October 1916 Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark 8–0 Friendly25 26 27 28 16 7 October 1917 Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark 12–0 Friendly29 30 31 32 33 18 6 October 1918 Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark 4–0 Friendly 34 19 5 June 1919 Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark 4–0 Friendly35 36 20 12 June 1919 Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark 5–1 Friendly37 38 39 21 21 September 1919 Gressbanen, Christiania, Norway 3–2 Friendly40 41 23 2 October 1921 Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark 3–1 Friendly42 43 44 28 10 September 1922 Old Fredrikstad Stadion, Fredrikstad, Norway 3–3 Friendly45 46 29 1 October 1922 Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark 1–2 Friendly 47 34 14 September 1924 Gressbanen, Christiania, Norway 3–1 1924–28 Nordic Football Championship 48 49 35 5 October 1924 Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark 2–1 Friendly 50 51 36 14 June 1925 Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden 2–0 1924–28 Nordic Football Championship 52 37 21 June 1925 Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark 5–1

Hat-tricks

Date Venue Opponent Goals Result Competition 1 Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden 6 – (5', 10', 29', 47', 50', 53') 10–0 Friendly 2 Stadion Hoheluft, Hamburg, Germany 4 – (5', 7', 42', 87') 4–1 3 Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark 3 – (20', 63', 69') 4–3 4 3 – (23', 37', 71') 8–1 5 4 – (25', 40', 47', 70') 8–0 6 5 – (71', 75', 77', 78', 81') 12–0 7 3 – (24', 42', 59') 5–1 8 3 – (7', 51', 75') 3–1

Statistics

Denmark national teamYearAppsGoals1910101911101912111913311191424191535191636191735191811191947192123192253192330192434192532Total3852

+ Goals by competition Competition Goals Friendlies 47 1912 Summer Olympics 1 1924–28 Nordic Football Championship 4 Total 52

See also List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals

References