Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nils Herbert Kromann Nielsen | ||
Date of birth | 3 November 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Nuuk, Greenland | ||
Managerial career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2012–2013 | Denmark U-18 | ||
2013–2017 | Denmark women | ||
2018 | China U-20 women (assistant) | ||
2018–2022 | Switzerland women | ||
2024- | Japan women |
Nils Herbert Kromann Nielsen (born 3 November 1971) is a Danish football manager which is the coach of the Japan women's national football team.
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.[1]
Nielsen is best known for his tenure with the Denmark women's national football team from 2013 to 2017.[2] He led the Danes to a runners-up finish at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[3][4] 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.[5] He was also manager of the Switzerland women's national football team from 2018 to 2022.[6]
In 12 of December of 2024, Nielsen was appointed as the new coach of the Japan women's national football team.