Nils Petersen

Nils Petersen earns my admiration for a stat that may never be matched: five goals in a single game for Germany, the only player to do it. That alone tells you he was a finisher of rare ruthlessness. A 189 cm forward who reached the Rio Olympics, he came up from tiny Wernigerode in Saxony-Anhalt to the top of German football. What I like most, though, is the craftsman's profile rather than the superstar's. He built a reputation as a man who delivered off the bench, and a player who turns up when it counts is worth more to a side than any headline.

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Name (English)

Nils Petersen

Name (Japanese)

ニルス・ペーターゼン

Reading

にるす・ぺーたーぜん

Born

December 6, 1988 (age 37)

Origin

Wernigerode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Height

189 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Dragon

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils%20Petersen
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BC%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159123

Tags

• Saxony-Anhalt
• association football player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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