Victor Jensen

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Victor Jensen
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Jensen with FC Utrecht in 2023
Personal information
Full name Victor Christoffer Jensen
Date of birth (2000-02-08) 8 February 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Hvidovre, Denmark
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Utrecht
Number 7
Youth career
2007–2013 Hvidovre IF [1]
2013–2017 Copenhagen
2017–2019 Ajax
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2020 Jong Ajax 59 (14)
2020–2023 Ajax 2 (0)
2021 → Nordsjælland (loan) 18 (3)
2022 → Rosenborg (loan) 28 (5)
2023– Utrecht 34 (6)
International career‡
2015–2016 Denmark U16 7 (1)
2016–2017 Denmark U17 11 (6)
2017–2018 Denmark U18 6 (1)
2018–2019 Denmark U19 10 (2)
2021 Denmark U20 2 (0)
2019–2022 Denmark U21 10 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 June 2022

Victor Christoffer Jensen (born 8 February 2000) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Eredivisie club Utrecht.

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Club career

Ajax

On 2 June 2017, 17-years old Jensen officially signed for Ajax from FC Copenhagen's youth sector. [2] [3] Jensen would join the club's U19 squad on 1 July due to his young age. Copenhagen sold Jensen for about €3.5 million which made him the most expensive player ever under 18 to be sold from Denmark. [4] In October 2017 Jensen was also nominated by The Guardian to the list of the 60 biggest talents born in 2000. [5]

In his first season at Ajax, he played 27 games for the U19 squad, scoring 6 goals. He also made his way to Jong Ajax making his Eerste Divisie debut for Jong Ajax on 12 January 2018 in a game against Fortuna Sittard. [6] From the 2018–19 season, he became a permanent part of the Jong Ajax squad.

Jensen made his first team debut on 11 January 2019 in a friendly game against Brazilian club Flamengo. [7]

Jensen made his Eredivisie debut for Ajax on 12 December 2020 in a game against PEC Zwolle as a 75th-minute substitute for Antony.

Loan to Nordsjælland

On 1 February 2021, Jensen was sent on a six-month loan to Danish Superliga club Nordsjælland. [8] He made his debut for the club on 4 February against Brøndby which ended in a 1–0 loss. [9]

Loan to Rosenborg

On 1 March 2022, it was announced that Jensen had extended his contract with Ajax until 2024, while undergoing his second loan spell, this time with Norwegian Eliteserien side Rosenborg BK, until the end of the year. [10]

Utrecht

On 31 January 2023, Jensen officially joined Eredivisie side Utrecht on a permanent deal, signing a contract until June 2026 with the club. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Danmarks nye stortalent: Droppede tidligt fredags-slikket, tipsbladet.dk, 16 June 2016
  2. ↑ Ajax and FC Copenhagen reach agreement for the transfer of Victor Jensen, english.ajax.nl, 3 June 2017
  3. ↑ Officielt: Victor Jensen får treårig Ajax-kontrakt, fodbold-transfers.dk, 2 June 2017
  4. ↑ FCK smadrer transferrekord: Her er prisen på Ståles unge darling, ekstrabladet.dk, 2 June 2017
  5. ↑ Victor Jensen på prestigefyldt talentliste: Et stort talent, tipsbladet.dk, 17 October 2017
  6. ↑ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 12 January 2018.
  7. ↑ Victor Jensen fik Ajax-debut i testnederlag, tipsbladet.dk, 11 January 2019
  8. ↑ "Victor Jensen op huurbasis naar FC Nordsjælland" (in Dutch). AFC Ajax. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "Flemming P: Det er pisse ærgerligt". fcn.dk (in Danish). FC Nordsjælland. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Contract extension and loan for Victor Jensen". ajax.nl. AFC Ajax. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "Victor Jensen maakt overstap naar FC Utrecht". FC Utrecht (in Dutch). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
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