Denmark's Euro 92 winning coach Richard Moller Nielsen dies

Moller Nielsen, who guided Denmark to the European Championship title in 1992, had been ill since undergoing an operation for a brain tumour in July last year.

After ending his seven-year playing career with his hometown club Odense in 1962 due to injury, Moller Nielsen went on to coach several Danish clubs, as well as the Finland and Israel national teams, in a coaching career that spanned four decades.

The highlight was Euro 92 in Sweden, when Denmark were a late replacement in the tournament for Yugoslavia, and under Moller Nielsen they went on to clinch the title with a 2-0 victory over Germany in the final.

He went on to coach the Finland national football team. As Finland manager he was very close at securing a play-off game for the 1998 World Cup in France, but a Hungarian goal in the stoppage time of the last game crushed the dream. The Finnish team also failed to qualify for the Euro 2000 in Belgium and The Netherlands.

In 2000 he took over as coach of the Israeli national team, but Israel did not succeed at securing a place among the teams in the 2002 World Cup. It would become Richard Møller Nielsen's last international job.

Afterwards he managed the Danish second division team Kolding FC before retiring in October 2003.

Career as a player
1955-1962 Odense BK
National team
1959-1961 Denmark

Career as a manager
1962-1963 Brobyværk IF
1964-1967 Odense BK
1968-1969 Esbjerg fB
1969-1974 Svendborg fB
1974-1975 B 1909
1975-1985 Odense BK
1978-1989 Denmark u-21
1987-1990 Denmark (assistant)
1989 Denmark (futsal)
1990-1996 Denmark
1996-1999 Finland
2000-2002 Israel
2003 Kolding FC