| Victor Nelsson | |
| Full Name: | Victor Enok Nelsson[1] |
| Birth Date: | 14 October 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Hornbæk, Denmark |
| Height: | 1.85 m |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Currentclub: | Galatasaray |
| Clubnumber: | 25 |
| Youthyears1: | 2002-2010 |
| Youthclubs1: | Hornbæk IF |
| Youthyears2: | 2010–2016 |
| Youthclubs2: | Nordsjælland |
| Years1: | 2016–2019 |
| Clubs1: | Nordsjælland |
| Caps1: | 98 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2019–2021 |
| Clubs2: | Copenhagen |
| Caps2: | 87 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2021– |
| Clubs3: | Galatasaray |
| Caps3: | 102 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016 |
| Nationalteam1: | Denmark U18 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalteam2: | Denmark U19 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2017–2021 |
| Nationalteam3: | Denmark U21 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 34 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 3 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2020– |
| Nationalteam4: | Denmark |
| Nationalcaps4: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 23:50, 16 August 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 23:53, 26 March 2024 (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 two weeks before the end and won the 23rd championship in its history.[10]
| Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Nordsjælland | 2016–17 | Danish Superliga | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | Danish Superliga | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 1 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Danish Superliga | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 40 | 0 | |||
| Total | 90 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 98 | 1 | ||||
| Copenhagen | 2019–20 | Danish Superliga | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | — | 52 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Danish Superliga | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | Danish Superliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 63 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | — | 86 | 1 | ||||
| Galatasaray | 2021–22 | Süper Lig | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 45 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | Süper Lig | 33 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 35 | 1 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Süper Lig | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | Süper Lig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 102 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 129 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 255 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 313 | 6 | |||
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