Daniel Jensen

Daniel Monberg Jensen (born 25 June 1979) is a Danish former professional footballer. A central midfielder, he was known for making good passes in the final third of the field. He played more than 50 matches and scored three goals for the Denmark national team, and represented his country at the 2004 European Championship. He is the younger brother of a retired former Denmark international player Niclas Jensen.

For the FC Nordsjælland player, see Daniel Jensen (footballer born 1985).

Daniel Jensen
Jensen with Werder Bremen
Personal information
Full name Daniel Monberg Jensen
Date of birth (1979-06-25) 25 June 1979
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 B.93 44 (9)
1998–2003 Heerenveen 123 (16)
2003–2004 Murcia 28 (0)
2004–2011 Werder Bremen 133 (7)
2012 Novara 6 (0)
2013 Copenhagen 10 (0)
2013–2015 SønderjyskE 48 (3)
2015–2016 Lyngby BK 9 (0)
Total 401 (35)
National team
1995–1997 Denmark U19 16 (3)
1999–2002 Denmark U21 19 (2)
2002–2010 Denmark 52 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Early career

Born in Copenhagen, Daniel Jensen started playing football at B93 in the secondary Danish 1st Division. In his time at the club he made 44 appearances scoring 9 goals. He was called up for Danish under-19 national team in September 1995, and made his senior debut for Boldklubben in the fall 1996. He played a total 16 matches and scored three goals for the under-19 national team, before he was sold to Dutch club Heerenveen in July 1998.

Heerenveen

While at Heerenveen, he played 19 games and scored two goals for the Danish under-21 national team. In February 2002, he made his Danish national team debut under national coach Morten Olsen.

After more than 100 league matches for Heerenveen, his contract ran out in the summer 2003, and he left the club on a free transfer.

Murcia

Jensen sought a move to a club in the La Liga championship, and signed a one-year contract with newly promoted team Real Murcia in August 2003. Murcia ended last in the 2003–04 La Liga season, and Jensen was reported on his way to a number of German clubs. He was called up to the Danish team for the 2004 European Championship (Euro 2004) in June 2004. He began the Euro 2004 tournament as a part of the Danish starting line-up, and played full-time in the first two matches against Italy and Bulgaria. He was replaced by Christian Poulsen during Denmark's third match, and saw the quarter-final defeat to the Czech Republic from the bench. Back from Euro 2004, Murcia used a clause in Jensen's contract to prolong it for another two years. The extension hindered Jensen from leaving the club on a free transfer, and he was sold to German club Werder Bremen for €1 million in July 2004.

Werder Bremen

In August 2006, he was a part of the German League Cup winning Werder Bremen team. In January 2008, Jensen signed an extension to his contract with Werder Bremen, that would keep him at the club until 2011.[2]

On 11 May 2011, Jensen was released from his contract a month early due to comments made about the coaching staff after being left out of the squad against Borussia Dortmund. "There was a discussion between him and coach Thomas Schaaf this morning and he has been released with immediate effect," sports director Klaus Allofs said in a statement, "He does not play any role in our planning any more."[3]

Later career

In December 2011, he joined Italian Serie A club Novara on trial, in an attempt to get a new contract.[4] In January 2012, Jensen signed a contract with Novara that kept him at the club until 2013.

Personal life

Jensen's older brother Niclas was also a professional footballer. Like Daniel, Niclas also represented Denmark at international level and played in the Bundesliga.[5]

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Heerenveen 1998–99[6] Eredivisie 100010
1999–2000[6] Eredivisie 29410304
2000–01[6] Eredivisie 30361364
2001–02[6] Eredivisie 31531346
2002–03[6] Eredivisie 32420344
Total 12316001220013518
Real Murcia 2003–04[6] Primera División 28010–00290
Werder Bremen 2004–05[6] Bundesliga 210324100283
2005–06[6] Bundesliga 271313000332
2006–07[6] Bundesliga 23410701[lower-alpha 1]0324
2007–08[6] Bundesliga 2722012100413
2008–09[6] Bundesliga 1102060–190
2009–10[6] Bundesliga 1301050–190
2010–11[6] Bundesliga 1101030–150
Total 13371334021018712
Novara 2011–12[7] Serie A 6010––70
2012–13[7] Serie A 0020––20
Total 6030000090
Copenhagen 2012–13[6] Danish Superliga 1000000–100
SønderjyskE 2013–14[6] Danish Superliga 23330––263
2014–15[6] Danish Superliga 25000––250
Total 483300000513
Lyngby 2015–16[6][7] Danish 1st Division 9010––100
Career total 357262135241043133
  1. Appearances in DFL-Ligapokal

International goals
Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jensen goal.
List of international goals scored by Daniel Jensen
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
111 October 2006Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz Liechtenstein1–04–0Euro 2008 qualification
26 February 2007Loftus Road, London Australia2–03–1Friendly match
310 September 2008Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Portugal3–23–2FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying

Honours

References
  1. Daniel Jensen at FootballDatabase.eu
  2. "Jensen signs new Werder Bremen deal". Ontheminute.com. Retrieved 22 January 2008.
  3. "Werder ditch Jensen after critical comments". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  4. "Jensen sempre più vicino a Novara" (in Italian). La Stampa. 29 December 2011. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  5. Freese, Mathias (2 April 2014). "Fußball: Jensen schwärmt von Zeit an der Weser". NWZ Online (in German). Nordwestzeitung. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  6. "Daniel Jensen » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  7. "Denmark - D. Jensen - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
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