Ove Jensen (7 November 1919 – 22 April 2011) was a Danish amateur footballer,[1] who played 12 games for the Denmark national football team and was an unused substitute as Denmark won bronze medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2][3] He was a quick and elegant goalkeeper, who modeled his game on legendary Danish international goalkeeper Svend Jensen.[4] He played his club football with B.93, and made his international debut in 1945. He competed for the Danish goalkeeper spot with Egon Sørensen and Eigil Nielsen.[4] In 1947, Jensen was selected for the Europe XI team, but was an unused substitute as the team lost 1-6 to the Great Britain national football team at Hampden Park.[4] Jensen played 12 international games until 1948, when he was eclipsed by Eigil Nielsen.
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Date of birth | 7 November 1919 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 22 April 2011 | (aged 91)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Hellerup, Denmark[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1942–1957 | B.93 | ||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1945 | Denmark U21 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1945–1948 | Dänemark | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Honours
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References
edit- ^ a b c "Profile". haslund.info. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ^ "Ove Jensen". DBU (in Danish).
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Ove Jensen". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ a b c Lundberg, Knud (1986). Dansk Fodbold. Vol. 1. Fra Breslau til Bronceholdet. Copenhagen: Rhodos. pp. 138–139. ISBN 87-7245-132-7.
- ^ "Herrernes OL-hold fra 1948". DBU (in Danish). Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.