Nils Nielsen, Denmark football coach: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Nils Nielsen is a Greenlandic-Danish football manager he is the currently head coach of the Japan women's national team.

He 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.

Nielsen is best known for his tenure with the Denmark women's national football team from 2013 to 2017. He led the Danes to a runners-up finish at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. Despite departing the team shortly after, Nielsen received acclaim for his work and finished runner-up in the 2017 The Best FIFA Women's Coach award. He spent most of 2018 as the assistant manager of the China women's national under-20 football team, taking them to the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. He was also manager of the Switzerland women's national football team from 2018 to 2022.

On 12 December 2024, Nielsen was appointed as the new coach of the Japan women's national football team.