Villads Nielsen

Villads Nielsen
Personal information
Full name Villads Schmidt Nielsen
Date of birth (2005-01-29) 29 January 2005
Place of birth Frederiksværk, Denmark
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Bodø/Glimt
Number 2
Youth career
Frederiksværk FK
Helsinge Fodbold
Nordsjælland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024– Bodø/Glimt 23 (0)
International career‡
2023 Denmark U-18 1 (0)
2023–2024 Denmark U-19 14 (0)
2024–2025 Denmark U-20 7 (0)
2025– Denmark U-21 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:17, 30 August 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:34, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

Villads Schmidt Nielsen (born 29 January 2005) is a Danish footballer who plays as a centre-back for Norwegian Eliteserien club Bodø/Glimt.

Club career

Bodø/Glimt

Nielsen is a product of FC Nordsjælland. Here, he spent nine years of his youth career,[2] before moving to Norwegian club FK Bodø/Glimt on 30 March 2024.[3] Here he signed a deal until June 2028.[4]

Nielsen made his debut for Bodø/Glimt on 9 April 2024 in a Norwegian Football Cup match against Brønnøysund IL.[5] He also played the following match in the cup on 24 April, but then had to watch from the bench until 10 August 2024, when he made his Eliteserien debut against Viking FK.[6] On 25 September 2024, he also made his European debut for Bodø/Glimt, starting in a UEFA Europa League match against FC Porto.[7][8] On 23 October 2024, Villads secured an important away win for Bodø/Glimt in a UEFA Europa League match against S.C. Braga when he scored the winner in the final seconds of the game.[9][10][11]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 August 2026[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Norwegian Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bodø/Glimt 2024 Eliteserien 902011[a]1221
2025 Eliteserien 110406[b]0210
2026 Eliteserien 30003[b]060
Career total 23060201491

Honours

Bodø/Glimt

References

  1. ↑ Villads Nielsen at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ Dansk talent stråler i topklub efter FCN-exit Archived 2025-01-04 at the Wayback Machine, tipsbladet.dk, 26 September 2024
  3. ↑ Villads Nielsen solgt til FK Bodø/Glimt Archived 2025-01-04 at the Wayback Machine, fcn.dk, 30 March 2024
  4. ↑ Villads Nielsen klar for Glimt Archived 2025-01-04 at the Wayback Machine, glimt.no, 30 March 2024
  5. ↑ Videre i cupen etter storseier Archived 2025-01-04 at the Wayback Machine, glimt.no, 9 April 2024
  6. ↑ Viking vs. Bodø / Glimt 1 - 1 Archived 2025-01-04 at the Wayback Machine, soccerway.com, 10 August 2024
  7. ↑ 19-årig dansker får europæisk debut i Bodø/Glimt Archived 2024-12-10 at the Wayback Machine, bold.dk, 25 September 2024
  8. ↑ Bodø / Glimt vs. Porto 3 - 2 Archived 2025-01-04 at the Wayback Machine, soccerway.com, 25 September 2024
  9. ↑ Dansk overtidshelt sikrer sejren til Bodø/Glimt Archived 2025-01-04 at the Wayback Machine, campo.dk, 23 October 2024
  10. ↑ Danske Villads er eksploderet: Vanvittig følelse Archived 2025-01-04 at the Wayback Machine, tipsbladet.dk, 24 October 2024
  11. ↑ Sporting Braga vs. Bodø / Glimt 1 - 2 Archived 2025-01-04 at the Wayback Machine, soccerway.com, 23 October 2024
  12. ↑ "Villads Schmidt Nielsen" (in Norwegian). NFF. Archived from the original on 12 May 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
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