Janni Arnth
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| Full name | Janni Arnth Jensen | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 October 1986 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Outrup, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Fiorentina | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992–2002 | Outrup BK | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2006 | Varde IF | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2014 | Fortuna Hjørring | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–18 | Linköpings FC | 71 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Arsenal | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Fiorentina | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Denmark U-17 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Denmark U-19 | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Denmark U-23 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010– | Denmark | 88 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 February 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 October 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
Janni Arnth Jensen (born 15 October 1986) is a Danish football player who plays as a defender for Fiorentina in the Serie A who is also the vice-captain for the Danish national team. She previously played for Danish Elitedivisionen club Fortuna Hjørring and Swedish Damallsvenskan club Linköpings FC.
Club career
She played for Fortuna Hjørring after joining in January 2007,[1] following spells at Outrup BK and Varde IF.[2]
In August 2014, Arnth Jensen signed for Linköpings FC and made her debut for the club in the 2014 Svenska Cupen (English: Swedish Cup) final, where Linköpings came from behind to defeat Kristianstads DFF 2–1.[3] She won the 2016 Damallsvenskan title with Linköpings and signed a new two-year contract with the club in November 2016.[4] Following Magdalena Eriksson's departure mid-season in 2017, Arnth was named the new captain of Linköpings FC.
In November 2018 Arnth signed to play with English WSL club Arsenal, with the transfer effective in January 2019.[5][6][7][8]
International career
At the girls' football tournament at the 2003 European Youth Olympic Festival, Arnth Jensen played in the final as Denmark beat Switzerland on penalties after a 1–1 draw at Stade Sébastien Charléty in Paris.[9]
Arnth Jensen made her senior international debut in January 2010, in a 2–1 win over Chile. She was named in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's Denmark squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[10]
Honours
Club
Winner
- Elitedivisionen: 2009–10
Runner-up
- Elitedivisionen: 2011–12, 2012–13
- Danish Women's Cup: 2012–13
Winner
- Damallsvenskan: 2016, 2017[11]
- Swedish Women's Cup: 2013–14
References
- ^ "Nye navne til Fortuna" (in Danish). Fagligt Fælles Forbund. 31 January 2007. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ "Janni Arnth Jensen" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ Rogovitski, Dmitri (8 August 2014). "Ryazan and Linköping claim cups". Moscow: UEFA. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ "LFC och Arnth överens om förlängning" (in Swedish). Linköpings FC. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- ^ "Arnth klar för Arsenal: "Möjlighet jag vill ta"" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 12 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "Lagkapten lämnar LFC – för England" (in Swedish). Norrköpings Tidningar. 12 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "Dansk landsholdsspiller skifter til Arsenal" (in Danish). DR. 12 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "Janni Arnth: Arsenal sign Denmark defender from Swedish side Linkopings". BBC. 12 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ Garin, Erik (9 October 2005). "European Youth Olympic Days (EYOD)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ Bruun, Peter (21 June 2013). "Upbeat Heiner-Møller confirms Denmark squad". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ Engmann, Jesper (30 October 2017). "Dansk landsholdsspiller: »Jeg fatter det ikke, det er jo sygt«" (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
External links
- Janni Arnth – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Danish football stats (in Danish) at DBU (in Danish)
- Janni Arnth at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
- Janni Arnth at Soccerway
- Profile at fussballtransfers.de
- Profile at soccerdonna.de
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- Danish women's footballers
- Denmark women's international footballers
- Fortuna Hjørring players
- Danish expatriate footballers
- Danish footballers
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- Linköpings FC players
- Damallsvenskan players
- Women's association football defenders
- Arsenal W.F.C. players
- Expatriate women's footballers in England
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in England
- FA Women's Super League players
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- Danish women's football biography stubs
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