Niels Tune-Hansen | |
Birth Date: | 19 January 1953 |
Birth Place: | Holbæk, Denmark |
Position: | Defender |
Years1: | 1973–1976 |
Clubs1: | Holbæk B&I |
Caps1: | 64 |
Goals1: | 6 |
Years2: | 1976–1979 |
Clubs2: | FC St. Pauli |
Caps2: | 109 |
Goals2: | 13 |
Years3: | 1979–1982 |
Clubs3: | VfL Osnabrück |
Caps3: | 111 |
Goals3: | 14 |
Years4: | 1982–1985 |
Clubs4: | Holbæk B&I |
Caps4: | 105 |
Goals4: | 9 |
Totalcaps: | 389 |
Totalgoals: | 42 |
Nationalyears1: | 1975–1978 |
Nationalteam1: | Denmark |
Nationalcaps1: | 15 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Niels Tune-Hansen (born 19 January 1953) is a Danish former professional footballer who played at as a defender. He made 15 appearances for the Denmark national team scoring one goal.
Tune-Hansen began his career in his hometown club Holbæk B&I, where he scored six goals in 64 games between 1972 and 1976.
Ahead of the 1976–77 2. Bundesliga season, Tune-Hansen moved to FC St. Pauli.[1] He made his debut on 14 August 1975 in the 1–0 defeat by Wuppertaler SV, and scored his first goal in the game in a 1–1 draw against 1. SC Göttingen 05.[2] Tune-Hansen becamea regular starter, played all 38 games and scoring eight goals. At the end of the season his team won promotion to the Bundesliga.[3] [4]
Tune-Hansen played his first Bundesliga game on the first matchday in a 3–1 win over Werder Bremen. At the end of the 1977–78 season, his club suffered direct relegation. That season, Tune-Hansen had scored one goal in 33 Bundesliga appearances, which was against Bayern Munich,[5] but he also scored an own goal in the 4–0 defeat against 1. FC Saarbrücken.[6]
After another season in the jersey of the St. Pauli, Tune-Hansen left the club after the club did not receive a license and was therefore relocated to the Oberliga Nord.[7] He signed with VfL Osnabrück for the 1979–80 season.[8] He made his debut on the first matchday of the season against SV Arminia Hannover (2–0 loss).[9] There, too, he became a regular starter, and left the club after three years where they had finished in midtable in the 2. Bundesliga. His departure also marked the end of a six-year stint in Germany with 220 games and 27 goals. He then returned to hometown club Holbæk B&I.<ref name="holbaek">Web site: ::holbaek.fodboldarkiv.dk:: ~ Niels Tune . www.fodboldarkiv.dk . 30 March 2021 . da.
After three more years in Holbæk, Tune-Hansen ended his active career in the 1985 season in Denmark.