Flemming Gert Nielsen (24 February 1934 – 16 November 2018), known simply as Flemming Nielsen,[1] was a Danish football player in the midfielder position, who won a silver medal with the Denmark national football team at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Born in Copenhagen, Nielsen played as an amateur for local clubs B 93 and AB.
He made his debut for the amateur-only Danish national team in June 1954, and played five games and scored two goals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
He played a total 92 games and scored eight goals for Atalanta in the Serie A, and won the 1963 Coppa Italia with the club.
After ending his active career, Nielsen was a sports journalist for Aftenbladet, Politiken, and B.T., and wrote two books about football.