 Nelsson with Galatasaray in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Victor Enok Nelsson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 October 1998[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Hornbæk, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Galatasaray | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002-2010 | Hornbæk IF | ||
| 2010–2016 | Nordsjælland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Nordsjælland | 98 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Copenhagen | 87 | (1) |
| 2021– | Galatasaray | 83 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Denmark U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Denmark U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2017–2021 | Denmark U21 | 34 | (3) |
| 2020– | Denmark | 10 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:10, 10 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:42, 26 March 2023 (UTC) | |||
Victor Enok Nelsson (born 14 October 1998) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Denmark national team.
Nelsson started playing football when he was 4 years old in Hornbæk IF, where his father also was coaching. Later, he got contacted by scouts from FC Nordsjælland, and joined the club on 25 March 2010.[2]
Nelsson got his debut for FC Nordsjælland on 12 September 2016. Having started on the bench, he replaced Mathias Jensen in the 87nd minute in a 3–1 defeat against AGF in the Danish Superliga.[3] On 14 October 2016, Nelsson signed his first professional contract and was promoted to the first team squad.[4] He played 23 league games for FCN in the 2016–17 season. Nelsson played the first two league games at the midfield, but then he was retrained as a centre back.[5] He also became a regular starter from the 2017–18 season.
At the age of 19 and after a great period in the first half part of the 2017–18 season, Nelsson got called up to the Denmark B national team by Åge Hareide, so he could look him forward and consider to pick him to the A national team.[6] In the winter break 2017–18, he changed his shirt number from 36 to 4.
On 5 July 2019, Nelsson joined FC Copenhagen signing a contract until 2024.[7]
Galatasaray announced on 11 August 2021 that it had reached an agreement with Copenhagen for a transfer fee of €7 million to be paid within five years. In addition, according to the agreement, the unilateral release fee of the football player was determined as €25 million.[8][9]
Nelsson became the champion in the Süper Lig in the 2022–23 season with the Galatasaray team. Defeating Ankaragücü 4-1 away in the match played in the 36th week on 30 May 2023, Galatasaray secured the lead with 2 weeks before the end and won the 23rd championship in its history.[10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nordsjælland | 2016–17 | Danish Superliga | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | Danish Superliga | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | Danish Superliga | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Total | 90 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 97 | 1 | ||
| Copenhagen | 2019–20 | Danish Superliga | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16[b] | 0 | 52 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | Danish Superliga | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 30 | 1 | |
| 2021–22 | Danish Superliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 63 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 86 | 1 | ||
| Galatasaray | 2021–22 | Süper Lig | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8[a] | 0 | 45 | 1 |
| 2022–23 | Süper Lig | 33 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 35 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | Süper Lig | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9[d] | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Total | 79 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 99 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 232 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 282 | 4 | ||
Individual
Galatasaray
