Poul Nielsen

Niels Poul "Tist" Nielsen (December 25, 1891 – August 9, 1962) was a Danish football player, who is the joint all-time best goalscorer for the Danish national team with 52 goals from only 38 matches, averaging 1.37 goals per match. He won a silver medal with the Danish team at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He played his entire club career as a Striker for Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, with whom he won six Danish football championships.

Biography

As a young boy Poul would sneak in to watch football games without paying, thus becoming a gratist (free rider), abbreviated to "Tist". Born in Copenhagen, Nielsen started playing football with Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB), where he spent his entire senior career. He made his debut for the Danish national team on May 5, 1910, as the then youngest Danish national team player at 18 years and 131 days of age, exceeding Vilhelm Wolfhagen's age record from 1908. Nielsen's record would remain for eight years, until the 18 years and 51 days old Valdemar Laursen became the youngest Danish national team debutant.