Fredrik Jensen (footballer, born 1997)

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Fredrik Jensen
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Jensen with Twente in 2017
Personal information
Full name Hans Fredrik Jensen [1]
Date of birth (1997-09-09) 9 September 1997 (age 26) [1]
Place of birth Porvoo, Finland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 FC Augsburg
Number 24
Youth career
0000–2007 Futura
2008–2011 Honka
2012–2013 HJK
2013–2016 Twente
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016 Jong Twente 4 (1)
2016–2018 Twente 55 (9)
2018– Augsburg 83 (5)
2022 → Augsburg II 3 (1)
International career‡
2012–2014 Finland U17 4 (0)
2012–2014 Finland U18 4 (0)
2015 Finland U19 2 (0)
2016–2017 Finland U21 7 (1)
2017– Finland 30 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024

Hans Fredrik Jensen (born 9 September 1997) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club FC Augsburg and the Finland national team.

Contents

Jensen began his senior club career playing for Twente, before signing with FC Augsburg at age 20 in 2018.

Club career

Twente

Jensen began his senior career at Twente. He made his Eredivisie debut on 6 August 2016, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–1 defeat against Excelsior. [2]

FC Augsburg

Jensen signed with Augsburg at age 20 in 2018, on a five-year deal, [3] for a transfer fee of €3 million. [4] He made his Bundesliga debut on 27 October 2018, when he came in as a substitute for Koo Ja-cheol on 68th minute in a 2–1 win against Hannover. [5]

On 20 January 2023, Jensen renewed his contract with Augsburg, signing a new deal until the end of June 2025. [6] [7]

After a long run of minor injuries and other absences, Jensen returned to the starting line-up in the Bundesliga match on 22 October 2023, and recorded three assists for Augsburg in a 5–2 away win against Heidenheim. [8]

International career

Jensen made his debut for Finland on 28 March 2017 at the age of 19 in a 1–1 friendly draw over Austria, scoring the equalising goal. [9] He later appeared in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification and the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying campaign, where Finland secured its first-ever place in the main tournament group stage. [10]

Jensen was called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 pre-tournament friendly match against Sweden on 29 May 2021. [11] He played in two international games at the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament while Finland was placed third in Group B following a 2–0 defeat to Belgium on 21 June 2021. [12] They were subsequently knocked out of the tournament.

Personal life

Jensen's older brother Richard is also a professional footballer and plays for Aberdeen FC. [13] Jensen is a member of the Swedish-speaking population of Finland. [14]

Career statistics

Club

As of 31 March 2024 [15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] ContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong Twente 2016–17 Tweede Divisie 4100—41
Twente 2016–17 Eredivisie 25410—264
2017–18 Eredivisie30540—345
Total55950—609
FC Augsburg 2018–19 Bundesliga 6030—90
2019–20 Bundesliga10110—111
2020–21 Bundesliga13012—142
2021–22 Bundesliga12011—131
2022–23 Bundesliga20211—213
2023–24 Bundesliga22200—222
Total83574—909
FC Augsburg II 2021–22 Regionalliga Bayern 31——31
Career total14516124—15720
  1. ↑ Includes KNVB Beker and DFB Pokal

International

As of match played on 26 March 2024. [16] [17]
National teamYearCompetitiveFriendlyTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Finland 20172 [lower-alpha 1] 03151
20181 [lower-alpha 2] 01121
20194 [lower-alpha 3] 20042
20204 [lower-alpha 4] 31053
20216 [lower-alpha 5] 03090
20221 [lower-alpha 6] 00010
20232 [lower-alpha 7] 00020
20241 [lower-alpha 8] 01121
Total21593308

Notes

  1. ↑ Appearances in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.
  2. ↑ Appearance in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League.
  3. ↑ Appearances and goals in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying.
  4. ↑ Appearances and goals in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League.
  5. ↑ Four appearances in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, two appearances in UEFA Euro 2020.
  6. ↑ Appearance in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League.
  7. ↑ Appearance in the UEFA Euro 2024.
  8. ↑ Appearance in the UEFA Euro 2024.

International goals

As of match played on 21 June 2021 [16] [17]
Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jensen goal.
List of international goals scored by Fredrik Jensen
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
128 March 2017 Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1–11–1 Friendly
226 March 2018Gloria Sports Arena, Belek, Turkey6Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 4–05–0Friendly
326 March 2019 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia8Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 1–02–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
415 October 2019 Veritas Stadion, Turku, Finland10Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 1–03–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
56 September 2020 Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland13Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 1–01–0 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B
611 October 2020 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland15Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2–02–02020–21 UEFA Nations League B
714 October 2020Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland16Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 1–01–02020–21 UEFA Nations League B

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  2. ↑ "Fredrik Jensen" (in Dutch). fctwentestatistieken.nl. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "FCA sign Fredrik Jensen". FC Augsburg. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "FC Twente midfielder, Fredrik Jensen joins Augsburg". okay. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Bundesliga-debuten undanstökad: Fredrik Jensen hoppade in då Augsburg bortaslog Hannover" [Bundesliga debut: Fredrik Jensen jumped in as Augsburg beat Hannover away] (in Swedish). Yle. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "Fredrik Jensen kahden vuoden jatkosopimukseen FC Augsburgin kanssa". Yle . 20 January 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Fredrik Jensen oli jo lähdössä huippuseurasta, kun hän sai uuden mahdollisuuden, tuloksena vakuuttava alkukausi Bundesliigassa". Yle . 23 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
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