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Niels Guldbjerg (born 10 February 1958) is a Danish retired professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who played in the
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and the Major Indoor Soccer League for the
Detroit Express The Detroit Express were a soccer team based in suburban Detroit that played in the now defunct North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1978 to 1980. Its home field was the Pontiac Silverdome. The Express were co-owned by Roger Faulkner, Son ...
, Philadelphia Fever,
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and
Buffalo Stallions The Buffalo Stallions were a soccer team based out of Buffalo, New York, that played in the Major Indoor Soccer League from 1979 to 1984. Their home arena was Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. It was the last professional club for which the Portu ...
. In his native country Guldbjerg played for
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(1976–1977),
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(1978) and
Herfølge BK Herfølge is a suburb of the town of Køge, Denmark, located about 5 kilometers south of central Køge, and is a part of Køge Municipality. The suburb is connected to Køge and Næstved by the Lille Syd railway line. Herfølge Church Herføl ...
(1979) before moving to the US. In the summer of 1982, he played in the
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originally with Detroit Besa, and later with
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. In 1983, he played in the Canadian Professional Soccer League with Hamilton Steelers. He also served as Head Coach of the NCAA Division 1 Niagara University Purple Eagles during the 1984 season posting a 4–8 record.


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NASL/MISL career stats
1958 births Living people Buffalo Stallions players Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers AaB Fodbold players Herfølge Boldklub players Detroit Express players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players New Jersey Rockets (MISL) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Philadelphia Fever (MISL) players Toronto Italia players Hamilton Steelers (1981–1992) players Niagara Purple Eagles men's soccer coaches Men's association football midfielders Danish football managers Danish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Danish expatriate football managers Expatriate soccer coaches in the United States Canadian National Soccer League players Canadian Professional Soccer League (original) players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Frederikshavn fI players 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-footy-midfielder-stub