1. Per Nielsen played 10 matches for the Denmark national football team and is noted for 19 matches for the national under-21 team from 1994 to 1996.
10 Facts About Per Nielsen
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Per Nielsen announced that he would retire as an active footballer in late June 2008.
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Per Nielsen's first international game was a single under-19 national team match in December 1993.
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Per Nielsen was called up to play for the Danish national under-21 team in March 1994, and went on to play 19 games and score two goals for the under-21 national team until July 1996.
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Per Nielsen went on his first trip with the league national team in 1997, playing three games at the US Cup in California, United States.
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Per Nielsen likewise took part in the league national team campaign in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela in 1999, with injuries forcing him out of the 1998 tour.
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Per Nielsen was included in the Danish league national team's trip to California in 2004, where he made his 10th and last appearance for the team, with injuries forcing him out of the 2003 tour.
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In January 2006, Per Nielsen was called up for his sixth trip with the Danish league national team.
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Per Nielsen finally debuted for the Danish national team in September 2002 as a late substitute, and he would go on to be among the fringe players of the Danish squad.
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Per Nielsen played a total 10 national team games until November 2006, helping Denmark qualify for the 2004 European Championship.