Once a Wolf | Allan Nielsen
Putting the focus on those players who have had long and well-travelled careers in the game, but only made a brief stop off at Molineux.
This week, we focus on a Danish international midfielder who spent just three months with the Old Gold on loan from fellow English club Tottenham Hotspur – Allan Nielsen.
Before Wolves
Nielsen first started out with the youth set up of his hometown club Esbjerg fB, whom he joined from the academy of Saedding-Guldager Idraetsforening, before taking the leap and moving away from home to join German Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich at the age of 18. Although he featured regularly for the club’s B team, in his three years in Munich, Nielsen played only six minutes for the senior side, coming on as a substitute late on in a 7-3 win over Hertha BSC.
Having failed to make the breakthrough at Bayern, Nielsen left Germany in June 1991 and signed a deal with Swiss outfit FC Sion – however he never played a professional game for the club, and the midfielder swiftly moved back to Denmark where he joined Odense BK.
Nielsen spent two seasons in Odense, coming straight into the side for their Danish Superliga campaign, and scoring twice in his eight appearances in his debut season. During his second year with OB, the midfielder hit the ground running, scoring in an opening day 4-0 league win over Naestved IF, before helping the side to a second-place finish, but he enjoyed his first piece of silverware, as part of the team that won the 1993 Danish Cup.
