Brian Jensen (footballer)

Football player infobox
playername = Brian Jensen
fullname = Brian Boye Jensen
height = 1,86m
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1968|4|23
cityofbirth = Glostrup
countryofbirth = Denmark
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 19??-19??
19??-1994
1994-1997
1997-1998
1998-1999
clubs = Glostrup IF 32
Brøndby IF
Stade Rennais FC
AS Cannes
Brøndby IF
caps(goals) =
149 (?)
51 (0)
17 (2)
17 (?)
nationalyears = 1987
1988
1991-1994
nationalteam = Denmark U-19
Denmark U-21
Denmark
nationalcaps(goals) = 1 (0)
2 (0)
6 (0)
manageryears =
managerclubs =

Brian Boye Jensen [ [http://home6.inet.tele.dk/pin/landsholdet/Jensen_Brian.htm Jensen, Brian ] ] (born April 23, 1968) is a Danish former football player, who most notably played for Danish club Brøndby IF, as well as Stade Rennais FC and AS Cannes in France. Brian Jensen played six games for the Danish national team from 1991 to 1994.

Career

Born in Glostrup, [ [http://www.haslund.info/danmark/as/jenbri.asp www.haslund.info - A-landsholdspillere - Brian Jensen (620) ] ] Brian Jensen begun his career with local club Glostrup IF 32, [da icon "Brian Jensens blå bog", B.T., July 27, 1997] before joining Brøndby IF. After a loan spell at Helsingør IF, Jensen got his breakthrough as a defender in Brøndby, and he made his Danish national team debut in June 1991. Jensen made six international appearances for Denmark over the next three years, under manager Richard Møller Nielsen. His sixth national team appearance came in June 1994.

In the winter 1994, Jensen moved abroad to play for Stade Rennais FC in France. He initially signed a half-year loan deal, for the remainder of the 1994-95 Ligue 1 season. [da icon "Brian Jensen til Rennes", Ritzaus Bureau, December 13, 1994.] In his first time at Rennais, Jensen was a mainstay in the defence, as the club finished 13th of 20 teams in the 1994-95 season. In the summer 1995, Jensen signed a three-year contract with Rennais, and was named team captain. [da icon Søren Olsen, "Brøndby vil se kontanter", Politiken, July 7, 1995] With Rennais' purchase of French international defender Jean-Pierre Cyprien in the summer 1995, Jensen was dropped from the starting line-up halfway through the 1995-96 Ligue 1 season. In the summer of 1996, a number of clubs were reportedly interested in signing Jensen, including FC Lugano, Stoke City, Udinese Calcio, FC Utrecht, and Troyes AC, but they could not overcome the economic demands of Rennais. [da icon Søren Olsen, "Italien lokker spiller", Politiken, October 14, 1996.] [da icon "Fra Frankrig til Holland", Politiken, November 18, 1996.] [da icon Søren Olsen, "Rennes lejer sin dansker ud til Troyes", Politiken, January 12, 1997.] In the final stage of the 1996-97 Ligue 1 season, Rennais were in danger of relegation. Jensen was brought back into the starting formation, and helped the club stay in the top-flight league.da icon Ole Selchau, "Rivieraen venter", Ekstra Bladet, June 24, 1997.]

In the summer 1997, Jensen left Rennais for rival team AS Cannes, signing a two-year contract. [da icon Per Steffensen, "Cannes er mit paradis", B.T., July 27, 1997.] Though he played 17 league games for Cannes in the first half of the 1997-98 Ligue 1 season, Jensen and his family never adjusted to life in Cannes, and wanted to return to Denmark in February 1998. [da icon Kristine Wilkens, "Brian Jensen vil hjem til Danmark", Berlingske Tidende, February 11, 1998.] Within a month, Jensen signed a two-year contract with defending Danish champions Brøndby IF, who bought him for 300.000 French franc. [da icon Kristine Wilkens, "Brian Jensen hjem til Brøndby", Berlingske Tidende, February 19, 1998.] Soon after returning to Brøndby, Jensen suffered a heel injury. Following surgery in the winter 1998, he retired from the game in the winter 1999, [da icon "Brøndby-back siger stop", B.T., December 1, 1999.] at age 31. Brian Jensen played a total 166 first team games for Brøndby IF. [da icon [http://www.brondby.com/article.asp?aid=32438 1. holdsspillere i Brøndby IF] at Brondby.com]

References

External links

* [http://www.dbu.dk/lbase/playerInfo.aspx?playerid=2361 Danish national team profile]
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