Christine Bøe Jensen (born 3 June 1975 in Hammerfest) is a Norwegian former footballer and Olympic champion, born in Hammerfest.[1]
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Full name | Christine Bøe Jensen | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1975-06-03) 3 June 1975 (age 47) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Hammerfest, Norway[1] | |||||||||||||||
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
HIF-Stein | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
Kvaløysletta | ||||||||||||||||
Fløya | ||||||||||||||||
1999–2000 | Grand Bodø | |||||||||||||||
2001–2003 | Kolbotn | |||||||||||||||
Manglerud Star | ||||||||||||||||
Vålerenga | ||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | Norway | 18 | (2) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:16, 30 September 2014 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:16, 30 September 2014 (UTC) |
Jensen's first club was HIF-Stein in her native Finnmark. She later moved to Tromsø and turned out for Kvaløysletta and Fløya, before linking up with Grand Bodø. In 2000, she broke into the Norway women's national football team as a Grand Bodø player and was included in the gold medal-winning squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[2]
On the back of that success Jensen secured a transfer to Kolbotn in 2001. In 2002, she was top goalscorer with 19 as Kolbotn won the Toppserien title.[3] She later played for Manglerud Star and Vålerenga.[4][5]
Norway women's football squad – 2000 Summer Olympics – Gold medalists | ||
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Norway squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2001 semi-finalists | ||
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