IFFHS EURO 2020 STATISTICS 41 - MOST FREQUENT SURNAME
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 |