IFFHS EURO 2020 STATISTICS 41 - MOST FREQUENT SURNAME

Posted on Jul 10, 2021 | History Statistics Category

Picture : Brian Steen Nielsen played 3 EUROS for Denmark and the most games of all 27 Nielsen !

Most frequent surname (including qualifying): Nielsen

As many as 27 players with the surname Nielsen have played in the games of European championships so far (including qualification and final stages): 20 of them for Denmark, 3 for Norway, 4 for Faroe Islands.
This is most frequent surname in the history of competition.

	ALL NIELSENS

	Player	Games
		Qual	Fin	Total	Editions (Games Qual + Fin)
	DENMARK
1	Allan Nielsen	7	3	10	1996 (1+1), 2000 (6+2)
2	Benny Nielsen	12		12	1972 (5+0), 1976 (2+0), 1980 (5+0)
3	Brian Steen Nielsen	17	5	22	1992 (1+0), 1996 (10+3), 2000 (6+2)
4	Carsten Nielsen	4		4	1976 (1+0), 1980 (3+0)
5	Claus Nielsen	3		3	1988 (2+0), 1992 (1+0)
6	Eigil Nielsen	1		1	1976 (1+0)
7	Erik Nielsen	1		1	1972 (1+0)
8	Erling Nielsen		2	2	1964 (0+2)
9	Flemming Gert Nielsen	1		1	1960 (1+0)
10	Flemming Nielsen	4		4	1980 (4+0)
11	Frank Nielsen	2		2	1976 (2+0)
12	Hans Christian Nielsen	2		2	1960 (2+0)
13	Harald Nielsen	1		1	1960 (1+0)
14	Ivan Nielsen	13	7	20	1984 (7+4), 1988 (6+3)
15	Kent Nielsen	9	4	13	1988 (1+0), 1992 (8+4)
16	Leif Nielsen	6	2	8	1964 (0+2), 1968 (6+0)
17	Per Nielsen	3		3	2004 (3+0)
18	Peter Nielsen	2		2	1996 (2+0)
19	Richard Møller Nielsen	1		1	1960 (1+0)
20	Torben Nielsen	5		5	1972 (5+0)
		94	23	117
	NORWAY
1	Håvard Nielsen	6		6	2016 (6+0)
2	Olav Nielsen	12		12	1964 (2+0), 1968 (6+0), 1972 (4+0)
3	Roger Nielsen	3		3	1992 (1+0), 1996 (2+0)
		21		21
	FAROE ISLANDS
1	Eli Nielsen	1		1	2020 (1+0)
2	Gunnar Nielsen	21		21	2012 (3+0), 2016 (10+0), 2020 (8+0)
3	Kári Nielsen	4		4	2008 (4+0)
4	Torkil Nielsen	6		6	1992 (6+0)
		32		32