John Jensen

Early career

Jensen started his career at Brøndby IF, and was an important part of the team that won the Danish championship in 1987, crowned by a call-up to the Denmark national team and the Danish Player of the Year award in 1987. After impressing in the UEFA Euro 1988, he spent a brief, unhappy spell in the Bundesliga team Hamburger SV, and was back with Brøndby in March 1990, where he took part in the club's successful 1991 UEFA Cup campaign, which reached the semi-final of the tournament.

Arsenal

In July 1992, Jensen was signed by George Graham for Arsenal in a £1.1 million deal to succeed Leeds United-bound David Rocastle in central midfield, after a bid to sign Geoff Thomas from Crystal Palace failed. In his first season at Highbury, after making his Arsenal League debut on the opening day of the season versus Norwich City, he struggled at first to make any sort of impact within the English game and, although a great tackler and a work rate second to none, he found the pace of the Premier League too frenzied. He missed the 1993 Football League Cup final versus Sheffield Wednesday but bounced back to put in two sterling performances in the FA Cup final against the same opposition two months later. In 1993-94, he was of paramount importance to the side. His bustling, combative style was a vital influence in Arsenal's midfield, until a knee ligament injury he received in an international friendly match with Denmark versus Hungary, which resulted in him…

Jensen scored four goals in 69 appearances for the Denmark national team between 1987 and 1995. When he appeared at Euro 1992, he scored the first goal in the Final of an eventual 2–0 victory against Germany. During the years he spent at Arsenal, Jensen scored two goals in 21 games for the Denmark national team: one against Albania in 1993 and one against Belgium in 1994.

Jensen retired from full-time playing in 1999 and accepted the job of player/manager at Herfølge BK, a small Danish club, and immediately made a name for himself by winning the Danish Superliga on his first attempt. However, Herfølge's success was short-lived, and they were relegated from the Superliga in the 2001 season. Jensen's reputation with his old club was good enough to secure him a move back to Brøndby IF, as assistant manager to Michael Laudrup, a position he held until June 2006, when Jensen and Laudrup did not extend their contracts with the club. When Laudrup 2007 was named new manager at Spanish side Getafe, Jensen followed him as assistant manager. Laudrup quit Getafe after only one season, taking Jensen with him. On 12 January 2009, Jensen started as manager of Danish Superliga side Randers FC. On 6 October 2009, Jensen was sacked from Randers FC after a series of nine losses and two draws in 11 matches. On 12 January 2011, he signed a six-month contract with Blackburn Rovers to become assistant manager and work alongside Steve Kean. On 23 May 2011, he signed a new deal one-year deal to remain as Steve Kean's assistant at Blackburn. On 29 September 2011, he left Blackburn Rovers. On 11 October 2012, he was appointed consultant for Brøndby IF by manager Auri Skarbalius. On 27 May 2014, he was named new manager of Danish club Fremad Amager replacing Tim Ilsø. In September 2018, it was announced that Jensen would take temporary charge of the Denmark national…

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International

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jensen goal.