Kristian Bak Nielsen

Kristian Bach Bak

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1982-10-20) 20 October 1982
Place of birth	Aaskov, Denmark
Height
Position(s)	Centre back, Right Back
Team information
Current team	Midtjylland
Number	32
Youth career
	Kibæk
	Ikast
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2007	Midtjylland	138	(8)
2007–2010	Heerenveen	72	(6)
2010–	Midtjylland	122	(9)
International career‡
2003	Denmark U21	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 August 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 March 2012

Kristian Bach Bak Nielsen (born 20 October 1982) is a Danish professional footballer who currently plays for FC Midtjylland in the Danish Superliga. Bak Nielsen usually plays central defender, but he has a past as a striker. He has played one game for the Danish under-21 national team.

Biography

Bak Nielsen started his senior career with FC Midtjylland (FCM) in 2000. He helped FCM win the 2000 Danish 1st Division and gain promotion for the Danish Superliga. In his first years at FCM, he played as a striker, but eventually settled as a central defender.

He played all FCM's matches during the 2003–04 Superliga season, and was called up for the Danish under-21 national team in October 2003. He played a single under-21 national match, against the Bosnia & Herzegovina under-21s. He replaced Thomas Kahlenberg in the extra time of the second half, in a match which Denmark won 3–0.

He prolonged his FCM contract in November 2004, and went on to become captain of FCM during 2005. On 20 November 2006, he was called up for the Danish league national team, playing unofficial games against the United States, El Salvador and Honduras in January 2007, by national team manager Morten Olsen. He was called up for the Danish national team in March 2007.

On 19 June 2007, he signed a four-year contract with the Dutch team SC Heerenveen. He was sidelined with an ankle injury from the end of the December 2007. He made his league return in October 2008, against Ajax.

In 2010 Bak Nielsen moved back to FC Midtjylland. On May 21, 2015 he won the first national title of his career, winning the Danish Superliga after a 0-0 draw against FC Vestsjælland.

Honours

SC Heerenveen

• KNVB Cup: 1

2009

FC Midtjylland

• Superliga: 1

2014/2015

External links

• FC Midtjylland profile (Danish)
• Danish national team profile (Danish)
• Career statistics at Danmarks Radio (Danish)
• Voetbal International profile (Dutch)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Mikkel Thygesen	F.C. Midtjylland captain 2011–present	Succeeded by Incumbent