Ove Jensen

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Ove Jensen
Personal information
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
International career
1945 Denmark U21 1 (0)
1945–1948 Denmark 12 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Denmark
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1948 London Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ove Jensen (7 November 1919 – 22 April 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 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.

Honours[edit]

Denmark

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Profile". haslund.info. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  2. ^ http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/PlayerInfo/2765&allmatch=1#match
  3. ^ "Ove Jensen". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Lundberg, Knud (1986). Dansk Fodbold. Vol. 1. Fra Breslau til Bronceholdet. Copenhagen: Rhodos. pp. 138–139. ISBN 87-7245-132-7.
  5. ^ "Herrernes OL-hold fra 1948". DBU (in Danish). Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.