Helle Jensen

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Helle Jensen
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-03-23) 23 March 1969 (age 56)
Place of birth Aalborg, Denmark
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
B52/Aalborg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1989–1993 B1909
1994–1996 Fortuna Hjørring
1997–1998 Speranza Osaka [a]
1999–2000 Fortuna Hjørring
International career
1987–1996 Denmark 77 (38)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Helle Jensen (born 23 March 1969) is a Danish former football forward who played for the Denmark women's national football team. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, playing three matches. [1]

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Jensen played youth football with B52/Aalborg, before starting her professional career with B1909 in 1989 at 20 years old. Following a period of league dominance by HEI Aarhus, Jensen helped B1909 win the league in 1992 and 1993. She signed with Fortuna Hjørring in 1994 and won the league with the club for three consecutive years, before signing with Japanese club Speranza Osaka (at the time known as Panasonic Bambina LSC). Jensen spent two years with the Japanese side, before returning to Fortuna and winning the league once more in her final season before retiring in 2000 as the then-league season top scorer. [2] [3]

Jensen won 77 caps with the Denmark national team and scored 38 goals. She made her national team debut at 18 years old on 20 May 1987 in Sweden. [4] In 2024, Jensen was inducted into the Danish Football Hall of Fame. [5]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 October 1987 Oslo, Norway Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1–01–0 1989 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying
2.14 October 1989 Bern, Switzerland Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1–04–0 UEFA Women's Euro 1991 qualifying
3.2–0
4.25 November 1989 Antequera, Spain Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2–13–1
5.28 April 1990 Vejle, Denmark Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1–01–0
6.23 May 1990Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1–04–0
7.2–0
8.13 June 1990Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1–05–0
9.3–0
10.21 September 1991 Tampere, Finland Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1–11–1 UEFA Women's Euro 1993 qualifying
11.16 October 1991 Aalborg, DenmarkFlag of France.svg  France 2–04–1
12.17 November 1991 Guangzhou, China Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1–03–0 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup
13.2–0
14.2 May 1992 Quimper, France Flag of France.svg  France 3–04–0UEFA Women's Euro 1993 qualifying
15.15 August 1993 Kaunas, Lithuania Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1–011–0 UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualifying
16.11–0
17.29 September 1993 Hjørring, DenmarkFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2–06–1
18.3–0
19.15 June 1994 Idestrup, DenmarkFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1–011–0
20.2–0
21.5–0
22.6–0
23.6 June 1995 Västerås, Sweden Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3–05–0 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
24.25 July 1996 Orlando, United StatesFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1–31–3 1996 Summer Olympics

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Notes

  1. At the time, the team was called Panasonic Bambina LSC

References

  1. Women's Olympic Rosters Archived 2016-04-04 at the Wayback Machine Soccer America, 18 July 1996
  2. Ahlstrøm, Frits (1 June 2024). "To kvinder optaget i Fodboldens Hall of Fame". TV3 SPORT (in Danish). Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  3. "Fodbold: Helle Jensen stopper". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). 1 May 2000. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  4. Budolfsen (8 April 2015). "Landsholdsspillere i Fortuna". Fortuna Hjørring (in Danish). Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  5. "Helle Jensen". DBU (in Danish). 1 June 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2025.