Nils Herbert Kromann Nielsen (born 3 November 1971) is a Danishfootballmanager who has served as director of football for Manchester City W.F.C. since 4 May 2023. He is the first person appointed to the role.[1]
Both of Nielsen's parents were teachers, and as it was his father's wish to live and work in Greenland, Nielsen was born there. During his first years, he lived in a village of 25 inhabitants. When he was five, his parents separated, and with his mother he moved back to Denmark while his father and his brother stayed in Maniitsoq.[7] Born with a serious back problem, his doctor forbade him to play soccer. To compensate for his weakness, he chose large amounts of muscular strength exercises, and played soccer anyway. During a game, he fell onto the side fence, and broke a vertebra. With great luck, he avoided a paraplegia. After that accident, he stopped playing, and later chose a career as a trainer and studied sports psychology.[7]