Henning Jensen

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Henning Jensen
Full name	Henning Jensen
Date of birth	August 17, 1949
Place of birth	Nørresundby, Denmark
Position	Forward
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
19??-1972 1972-1976 1976-1979 1979-1981 1981-19?? 19??	Nørresundby BK M'gladbach Real Madrid Ajax Amsterdam Aarhus GF Nørresundby BK	125 (44) 81 (16) 53 (17)
National team
1972-1980	Denmark	21 (9)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Henning Jensen (born August 17, 1949) is a Danish former football (soccer) player, who played professionally for German club Borussia Mönchengladbach, Spanish club Real Madrid and Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam where he won the domestic league championship in each country. He scored 9 goals in 21 games^[1] for the Denmark national football team from 1972 to 1980.

Born in Nørresundby, Jensen started playing football for local team Nørresundby BK in the Denmark Series, the then fourth best division of Danish football. Playing as a striker, he made his debut for the Danish national team in May 1972, and scored a goal in the 1972 Summer Olympics qualification match against Romania. Before having ever played a Danish league game, he moved abroad in 1972 as he signed a professional contract with German club Borussia Mönchengladbach.

At Mönchengladbach, he played alongside fellow Danish national team player Allan Simonsen in the attack. He won the 1973 German Cup, 1975 UEFA Cup, and two German Bundesliga championships in his four years at the club. After 44 goals in 125 league games, he moved on to defending Spanish La Liga champions Real Madrid in 1976. He played three years at Madrid, winning the 1978 and 1979 La Liga championships. He moved to the Netherlands in 1979, to play for defending Dutch Eredivisie champions Ajax Amsterdam, with whom he won the 1980 Eredivise championship.

He returned to Denmark in 1981, to play for Aarhus GF, before he moved back to Nørresundby and played his last games for Nørresundby BK.

In 2006, Henning Jensen was named among the nominees for DBU's "Denmark's All-Time Best Footballer" award, alongside Preben Elkjær, Brian Laudrup, Michael Laudrup, Morten Olsen, Peter Schmeichel, Allan Simonsen and Jon Dahl Tomasson.

[edit] Honours

German Cup: 1973
UEFA Cup: 1975
German Bundesliga: 1975 and 1976
Spanish La Liga: 1978 and 1979
Dutch Eredivisie: 1980

[edit] References

^ Not including the January 1973 exhibition match "Old Europe" vs. "New Europe", which marked the 1973 European Community expansion. Jensen started the game, scored a goal, and was substituted after an hour, as "New Europe" won 2-0.