Victor Nelsson

Victor Enok Nelsson (born 14 October 1998) is a Danish footballer who plays as a centre back for Galatasaray.

Club Career

FC Nordsjalland

Nelsson got his debut for FC Nordsjalland on 12 September 2016. Nelsson started on the bench, but replaced Mathias Jensen in the 87nd minute in a 1-3 defeat against AGF in the Danish Superliga.

On 14 October 2016, Nelsson signed his first professional contract and was promoted to the first team squad. Nelsson played 23 league games for FCN in the 2016/17 season.

Nelsson played the first two league games at the midfield, but then he was retrained as a centre back. He also became a regular starter form the 2017/18 season.

At the age of 19 and after a great period in the first half part of the 2017/18 season, Nelsson got called up to the Danish National Team B by Age Hareide, so he could look him forward and consider to pick him to the A national team. In the winter break 2017/18, he changed his shirt number from 36 to 4.

FC Copenhagen

On 5 July 2019 Victor joined FC Copenhagen signing a contract until 2024.

Galatasaray

Galatasaray announced on 11 August 2021 that it had reached an agreement with Copenhagen for the transfer of Nelsson. Accordingly, a transfer fee of 7,000,000 Euros will be paid to the former club of the player within five years. In addition, according to the agreement, the unilateral release fee of the football player was determined as 25.000.000 Euros.

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