Ove Jensen (November 7, 1919 – April 22, 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 very 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 | (1919-11-07)7 November 1919 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark[1] | |||||||||||||||
Date of death | 22 April 2011(2011-04-22) (aged 91) | |||||||||||||||
Place of death | Hellerup, Denmark[1] | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
1942–1957 | B.93 | |||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
1945 | Denmark U21 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
1945–1948 | Denmark | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Denmark
Denmark squad – 1948 Summer Olympics – Bronze medalists | ||
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