Birger Jensen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Birger Quistorff Jensen | ||
| Date of birth | 1 March 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
| Date of death | 4 April 2023 (aged 72) | ||
| Place of death | Brugge, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1974 | B 1903 | ||
| 1974–1988 | Club Brugge | 328 | (0) |
| 1988 | Lierse | 3 | (0) |
| 1989 | RKC | 6 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1973–1979 | Denmark | 19 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Birger Quistorff Jensen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈpiɐ̯ˀwɐ ˈjensn̩]; 1 March 1951 – 4 April 2023) was a Danish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, spending most of his career with Belgian club Club Brugge.
Club career
[edit]Jensen started his career with Danish club B 1903, before moving abroad to play professionally with Club Brugge in 1974. With Club Brugge, he won five Belgian First Division championships and two Belgian Cups.[1] He reached 1976 UEFA Cup Final and the 1978 European Cup Final and lost both to English side Liverpool.[2] After his brilliant display in the final of the 1978 European Cup, the international press called him the best goalkeeper in the world.[3] He played a total of 390 games for the Belgian side in all competitions and scored two goals.One of this was a penalty kick goal vs Tottenham.
He left Club Brugge in 1988, and went on to play for Belgian club Lierse SK and Dutch club RKC Waalwijk, before ending his career back in Belgium with amateur side FC Varsenare.
International career
[edit]Jensen made his debut for Denmark in a September 1973 Nordic Football Championship match away against Norway and earned a total of 19 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 1979 friendly match away against Spain.[4]
Death
[edit]Jensen died in April 2023, at the age of 72.[5]
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]Club Brugge[6]
- Belgian First Division: 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1987–88
- Belgian Cup: 1976–77, 1985–86; runner-up 1978–79, 1982–83[7]
- Belgian Supercup: 1980, 1986
- UEFA Cup runner-up: 1975–76[8]
- European Champion Clubs' Cup runner-up: 1977–78[9]
- Jules Pappaert Cup: 1978[10]
- Bruges Matins: 1979, 1981, 1984[11]
- Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer: 1981[12]
References
[edit]- ^ Iconische Club Brugge-doelman Birger Jensen is overleden - Sporza (in Dutch)
- ^ CLUBICOON BIRGER JENSEN (72) OVERLEDEN - Club Brugge (in Dutch)
- ^ "De Voetbalwandeling (4): 10 mei 1978, Liverpool FC - Club Brugge 1-0". 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ Tidligere landsholdsmålmand Birger Jensen er død (in Danish)
- ^ "Club Brugge | Palmares". 8 July 2017.
- ^ "Belgium - List of Cup Finals".
- ^ "Sportuitslagen | Voetbal - UEFA Cup - 1975/1976 - Home".
- ^ "Uefa.com 1978 final highlights: Liverpool 1-0 Club Brugge".
- ^ "Jules Pappaert Cup".
- ^ "Winnaars Brugse Metten".
- ^ "Kirin Cup 1981".
External links
[edit]- Birger Jensen at Soccerway.com
- Birger Jensen at WorldFootball.net
- Birger Jensen at National-Football-Teams.com
- Birger Jensen at EU-Football.info
- Birger Jensen national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
- ELFvoetbal profile (in Dutch)
- Club Brugge profile (in Dutch) at archive.today (archived 5 July 2013)
- 1951 births
- 2023 deaths
- Footballers from Copenhagen
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Danish men's footballers
- Denmark men's international footballers
- Boldklubben 1903 players
- Club Brugge KV players
- Lierse S.K. players
- RKC Waalwijk players
- Danish 1st Division players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Eredivisie players
- Danish expatriate men's footballers
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- 20th-century Danish sportsmen