Christine Bøe Jensen

Christine Bøe Jensen

Personal information
Full name	Christine Bøe Jensen
Date of birth	3 June 1975
Place of birth	Hammerfest, Norway[1]
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	HIF-Stein
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	Kvaløysletta
	Fløya
1999–2000	Grand Bodø
2001–2003	Kolbotn
	Manglerud Star
	Vålerenga
National team^‡
2000–2001	Norway	18	(2)
Honours Women's football Representing  Norway Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:16, 30 September 2014 (UTC). † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:16, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

Christine Bøe Jensen (born June 3, 1975 in Hammerfest) is a Norwegian former footballer and Olympic champion.

Jensen's first club was HIF-Stein in her native Finnmark. She later moved to Tromsø and turned out for Kvaløysletta and Fløya, before linking up with Grand Bodø. In 2000 she broke into the Norway women's national football team as a Grand Bodø player and was included in the gold medal-winning squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.^[2]

On the back of that success Jensen secured a transfer to Kolbotn in 2001. In 2002 she was top goalscorer with 19 as Kolbotn won the Toppserien title.^[3] She later played for Manglerud Star and Vålerenga.^[4][5]

References

1. "Christine Bøe Jensen". Sports Reference. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
2. "2000 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Soccer" (Retrieved on May 16, 2008)
3. "Historikk" (in Norwegian). Kolbotn Fotball. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
4. Berg, Rune (14 December 2000). "Christine Bøe Jensen: Vil etablere seg på landslaget" (in Norwegian). Finnmarken (newspaper). Retrieved 30 September 2014.
5. "Nordnorsk fotball" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. 10 June 2013. p. 23. Retrieved 30 September 2014.

External links

• Christine Bøe Jensen – FIFA competition record
• National team statistics (Norwegian)