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{{short description|Danish footballer (born 1979)}}
{{About|the Danish footballer born 1979|the footballer born 1985|Daniel Jensen (footballer, born 1985)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Daniel Jensen
| image          = Daniel Jensen.jpg
| upright        = 0.8
| caption        = Jensen with [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]
| full_name      = Daniel Monberg Jensen
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1979|6|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[Copenhagen]], Denmark
| height         = 1.79 m<ref name="wf"/>
| position       = [[Central midfielder]]
| currentclub    = 
| years1 = 1996–1998 |clubs1 = [[Boldklubben af 1893|B.93]]        |caps1 = 44  |goals1 = 9
| years2 = 1998–2003 |clubs2 = [[SC Heerenveen|Heerenveen]]        |caps2 = 123 |goals2 = 16
| years3 = 2003–2004 |clubs3 = [[Real Murcia|Murcia]]              |caps3 = 28  |goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2004–2011 |clubs4 = [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]  |caps4 = 133 |goals4 = 7
| years5 = 2012      |clubs5 = [[Novara Calcio|Novara]]            |caps5 = 6   |goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2013      |clubs6 = [[F.C. Copenhagen|Copenhagen]]      |caps6 = 10  |goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2013–2015 |clubs7 = [[SønderjyskE Fodbold|SønderjyskE]] |caps7 = 48  |goals7 = 3
| years8 = 2015–2016 |clubs8 = [[Lyngby Boldklub|Lyngby BK]]       |caps8 = 9   |goals8 = 0
| totalcaps = 401
| totalgoals = 35
| nationalyears1 = 1995–1997
| nationalteam1 = Denmark U19
| nationalcaps1 = 16
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 1999–2002
| nationalteam2 = [[Denmark national under-21 football team|Denmark U21]]
| nationalcaps2 = 19
| nationalgoals2 = 2
| nationalyears3 = 2002–2010
| nationalteam3 = [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]
| nationalcaps3 = 52
| nationalgoals3 = 3
}}
'''Daniel Monberg Jensen''' (born 25 June 1979) is a Danish former professional [[Association football|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 football team|Denmark national team]], and represented his country at the [[UEFA Euro 2004|2004 European Championship]]. He is the younger brother of a retired former Denmark international player [[Niclas Jensen]].

==Club career==

===Early career===
Born in [[Copenhagen]], Daniel Jensen started playing football at [[Boldklubben 1893|B93]] in the secondary [[Danish 1st Division]]. In his time at the club he made 44 appearances scoring 9 goals.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} 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 [[SC Heerenveen|Heerenveen]] in July 1998.

===Heerenveen===
While at Heerenveen, he played 19 games and scored two goals for the [[Denmark national under-21 football team|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 (soccer)|free transfer]].

===Murcia===
Jensen sought a move to a club in the [[La Liga]] championship, and signed a one-year contract with newly [[promotion and relegation|promoted]] team [[Real Murcia]] in August 2003. Murcia ended last in the [[2003–04 La Liga|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 [[UEFA Euro 2004|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 national football team|Italy]] and [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]]. He was replaced by [[Christian Poulsen]] during Denmark's third match, and saw the quarter-final defeat to the [[Czech Republic national football team|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 [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]] for €1 million in July 2004.

===Werder Bremen===
In August 2006, he was a part of the [[DFB-Ligapokal|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.<ref>{{cite web| title=Jensen signs new Werder Bremen deal| work=Ontheminute.com| url=http://www.ontheminute.com/news/news.php?news=9347| access-date=22 January 2008| archive-date=15 December 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215135453/http://www.ontheminute.com/news/news.php?news=9347| url-status=dead}}</ref>

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."<ref>{{cite web | title=Werder ditch Jensen after critical comments| work=fourfourtwo.com | url=http://fourfourtwo.com/news/restofeurope/79331/default.aspx | access-date=11 May 2011 }}</ref>

===Later career===
In December 2011, he joined Italian [[Serie A]] club [[Novara Calcio|Novara]] on trial, in an attempt to get a new contract.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www3.lastampa.it/sport/sezioni/quinovara/articolo/lstp/436149/ |publisher=La Stampa |date=29 December 2011 |access-date=2 January 2012 |language=it |title=Jensen sempre più vicino a Novara |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324164105/http://www3.lastampa.it/sport/sezioni/quinovara/articolo/lstp/436149/ |archive-date=24 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In January 2012, Jensen signed a contract with Novara that kept him at the club until 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Daniel-J-Serie-A-en-fantastisk-liga |title=Daniel J: Serie A en fantastisk liga|publisher=bold.dk|date=5 January 2012|language=da|access-date=11 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Daniel-Jensen-fri-af-Novara |title=Daniel Jensen fri af Novara|publisher=bold.dk|date=2 November 2012|access-date=11 March 2025|language=da}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Jensen's older brother [[Niclas Jensen|Niclas]] was also a professional footballer. Like Daniel, Niclas also represented Denmark at international level and played in the Bundesliga.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Freese |first1=Mathias |title=Fußball: Jensen schwärmt von Zeit an der Weser |url=https://www.nwzonline.de/fussball/jensen-schwaermt-von-zeit-an-der-weser_a_14,6,3107790034.html |website=NWZ Online |publisher=Nordwestzeitung |access-date=20 June 2019 |language=de |date=2 April 2014}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[SC Heerenveen|Heerenveen]]
|[[1998–99 SC Heerenveen season|1998–99]]<ref name="wf">{{cite web |title=Daniel Jensen » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/daniel-jensen/2/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref>
|[[Eredivisie]]
|1||0||||||0||0||||||1||0
|-
|[[1990–2000 SC Heerenveen season|1999–2000]]<ref name="wf"/>
|Eredivisie
|29||4||||||1||0||||||30||4
|-
|[[2000–01 SC Heerenveen season|2000–01]]<ref name="wf"/>
|Eredivisie
|30||3||||||6||1||||||36||4
|-
|[[2001–02 SC Heerenveen season|2001–02]]<ref name="wf"/>
|Eredivisie
|31||5||||||3||1||||||34||6
|-
|[[2002–03 SC Heerenveen season|2002–03]]<ref name="wf"/>
|Eredivisie
|32||4||||||2||0||||||34||4
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!123!!16!!0!!0!!12!!2!!0!!0!!135!!18
|-
|[[Real Murcia]]
|[[2003–04 Real Murcia season|2003–04]]<ref name="wf"/>
|[[La Liga|Primera División]]
|28||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||29||0
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]
|[[2004–05 SV Werder Bremen season|2004–05]]<ref name="wf"/>
|[[Bundesliga]]
|21||0||3||2||4||1||0||0||28||3
|-
|[[2005–06 SV Werder Bremen season|2005–06]]<ref name="wf"/>
|Bundesliga
|27||1||3||1||3||0||0||0||33||2
|-
|[[2006–07 SV Werder Bremen season|2006–07]]<ref name="wf"/>
|Bundesliga
|23||4||1||0||7||0||1{{efn|Appearances in [[DFL-Ligapokal]]}}||0||32||4
|-
|[[2007–08 SV Werder Bremen season|2007–08]]<ref name="wf"/>
|Bundesliga
|27||2||2||0||12||1||0||0||41||3
|-
|[[2008–09 SV Werder Bremen season|2008–09]]<ref name="wf"/>
|Bundesliga
|11||0||2||0||6||0||colspan="2"|–||19||0
|-
|[[2009–10 SV Werder Bremen season|2009–10]]<ref name="wf"/>
|Bundesliga
|13||0||1||0||5||0||colspan="2"|–||19||0
|-
|[[2010–11 SV Werder Bremen season|2010–11]]<ref name="wf"/>
|Bundesliga
|11||0||1||0||3||0||colspan="2"|–||15||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!133!!7!!13!!3!!40!!2!!1!!0!!187!!12
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Novara Calcio|Novara]]
|[[2011–12 Novara Calcio season|2011–12]]<ref name="sw">{{cite web |title=Denmark - D. Jensen - Profile with news, career statistics and history |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/daniel-jensen/2029/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref>
|[[Serie A]]
|6||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||7||0
|-
|[[2012–13 Novara Calcio season|2012–13]]<ref name="sw"/>
|Serie A
|0||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||2||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!6!!0!!3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!9!!0
|-
|[[F.C. Copenhagen|Copenhagen]]
|[[2012–13 F.C. Copenhagen season|2012–13]]<ref name="wf"/>
|[[Danish Superliga]]
|10||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||10||0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[SønderjyskE Fodbold|SønderjyskE]]
|[[2013–14 SønderjyskE Fodbold season|2013–14]]<ref name="wf"/>
|Danish Superliga
|23||3||3||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||26||3
|-
|[[2014–15 SønderjyskE Fodbold season|2014–15]]<ref name="wf"/>
|Danish Superliga
|25||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||25||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!48!!3!!3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!51!!3
|-
|[[Lyngby Boldklub|Lyngby]]
|[[2015–16 Danish 1st Division|2015–16]]<ref name="wf"/><ref name="sw"/>
|[[Danish 1st Division]]
|9||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||10||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!357!!26!!21!!3!!52!!4!!1!!0!!431!!33
|}

{{notelist}}

===International===
:''Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jensen goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Daniel Jensen
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 11 October 2006 || [[Rheinpark Stadion]], [[Vaduz]], Liechtenstein || {{fb|LIE}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|4–0 || [[2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying|Euro 2008 qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || 6 February 2007 || [[Loftus Road]], London, England || {{fb|AUS}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|3–1 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|3 || 10 September 2008 || [[Estádio José Alvalade]], [[Lisbon]], Portugal || {{fb|Portugal}} || align="center"|3–2 || align="center"|3–2 || [[FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying]]
|}

==Honours==
'''Werder Bremen'''
*[[DFB-Ligapokal]]: 2006
*[[DFB-Pokal]]: [[2008–09 DFB-Pokal|2008–09]]

'''Copenhagen'''
*[[Danish Superliga]]: [[2012–13 Danish Superliga|2012–13]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{DBU|4228}}
* {{Fussballdaten|jensendaniel|Daniel Jensen}}
* {{NFT|1898}}

{{Denmark squad UEFA Euro 2004}}
{{Denmark squad 2010 FIFA World Cup}}

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