Daniel Jensen

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Daniel Jensen
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Monberg Jensen
Date of birth	June 25, 1979 (1979-06-25) (age 28)
Place of birth	Copenhagen, Denmark
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	SV Werder Bremen
Number	20
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996–1998 1998–2003 2003–2004 2004–present	B.93 SC Heerenveen Real Murcia SV Werder Bremen	122 (16) 028 0(0) 094 0(7)
National team2
1995–1997 1999–2002 2002–present	Denmark U-19 Denmark U-21 Denmark	16 (3) 19 (2) 36 (2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 March 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 2 June 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Daniel Monberg Jensen (born June 25, 1979) is a Danish professional football player who plays as a midfielder for SV Werder Bremen in the German Bundesliga. He has played more than 30 matches and scored two goals for the Danish national team, and represented his country at the 2004 European Championship. He is the younger brother of fellow national team player Niclas Jensen.

[edit] Biography

Born in Copenhagen, Daniel Jensen started playing football at B.93 in the secondary Danish 1st Division. He was called up for Danish under-19 national team in September 1995, and made his senior debut for B.93 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 in July 1998. While at Heerenveen, he played 19 games and scored two goals for the 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. He sought a move to a club in the Spanish La Liga championship, and signed a one-year contract with newly promoted team Real Murcia in August 2003. Murcia ended last in the 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 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 and Bulgaria. He was replaced by Christian Poulsen during Denmark's third match, and saw the quarter-final defeat to the 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 for €1 million in July 2004. In August 2006, he was a part of the German League Cup winning Werder Bremen team. In January 2008 Jensen signed an extension to his contract with Werder Bremen, that will keep him at the club until 2011.^[1]

[edit] International goals

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	2006-10-11	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz	Liechtenstein	1-0	4-0	Euro 2008 qualification
2.	2007-02-06	Loftus Road, London	Australia	2-0	3-1	Friendly match

[edit] Honours

• German League Cup: 2006

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Danish national team profile (Danish)
• FussballDaten career statistics (German)
• National Football Teams career statistics

v • d • e Denmark squad - UEFA Euro 2004 1 Sørensen • 2 Bøgelund • 3 Henriksen • 4 Laursen • 5 N. Jensen • 6 Helveg • 7 Gravesen • 8 Grønkjær • 9 Tomasson • 10 Jørgensen • 11 Sand • 12 Kahlenberg • 13 Krøldrup • 14 C. Jensen • 15 D. Jensen • 16 Skov-Jensen • 17 Poulsen • 18 Priske • 19 Rommedahl • 20 Perez • 21 Madsen • 22 Andersen • 23 Løvenkrands • Coach: Olsen