Lars Jacobsen

Odense Boldklub

Born and raised in Odense, Funen, Jacobsen started his career with local top-flight team Odense Boldklub. Prior to joining Odense Boldklub, he attended Sanderum School and once played as a striker before switching position to a defender. His talent was quickly discovered, as he played 58 matches for various youth national teams, and won the 1997 Danish under-19 Player of the Year award. He made his senior debut for OB in the 1996–97 Danish Superliga season. Jacobsen got his big break-through the following season, when he played 15 first team matches, even though the club was relegated to the 1st Division. He helped the club win promotion the next season. His most notable result with OB came in the 2002 Danish Cup final. OB won 2–0 against defending Superliga champions Copenhagen, and he was named "Cup Fighter" (man of the match) as the club won its first trophy in nine years.

Hamburger SV

After the cup triumph, Jacobsen moved abroad to play for German club Hamburg on pre-contract, effectively starting from the 2002–03 season. He made his Hamburger SV debut on 11 September 2002, making first start in a 2–1 loss against Wolfsburg and was featured again, this time in the right midfield position, in a 2–0 win over Kaiserslautern four days later on 15 September 2002. On 10 May 2003, he scored his first goal for the club, in a 4–1 win over Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jacobsen finished his first season at Hamburger SV having made twelve appearances and…

In 1995, Jacobsen made his debut for Denmark at Denmark U16 level. In subsequent years, he represented national youth sides in various age categories: U17 (11 games), U19 (19 games, 1 goal) and U21 (26 games). Jacobsen did not make his senior team debut until the 2006 friendly 2–0 win against Israel. He scored his first and only Denmark national goal in a 4–1 win over Cyprus in the Euro 2012 qualifier on 7 October 2011. Under Morten Olsen, Jacobsen became a regular member of Denmark's first eleven and was part of Denmark's squads for World Cup 2010 and Euro 2012. He retired from the national team after Denmark missed qualification for Euro 2016.

International goals

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first.

On 31 March 2021, it was confirmed that Jacobsen and former teammate and Danish international player, Daniel Agger, would take charge of Danish 1st Division club HB Køge, affective from 1 July 2021. On 5 of September 2023 DBU announced Jacobsen will be new assistant coach for Denmark national under-18 football team.

In late 2009, Jacobsen became a father.