Ove Jensen

Ove Jensen

Personal information
Date of birth	7 November 1919
Date of death	22 April 2011 (aged 91)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	B.93
National team
1945	Denmark U21	1	(0)
1945-1948	Denmark	12	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Ove Jensen (November 7, 1919 – April 22, 2011) was a Danish amateur footballer,^[1] who played 12 games for the Denmark national football team and was an unused substitute as Denmark won bronze medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics.^[2] He was a quick and very elegant goalkeeper, who modeled his game on legendary Danish international goalkeeper Svend Jensen.^[3] He played his club football with B.93, and made his international debut in 1945. He competed for the Danish goalkeeper spot with Egon Sørensen and Eigil Nielsen.^[3] In 1947, Jensen was selected for the Europe XI team, but was an unused substitute as the team lost 1-6 to the Great Britain national football team at Hampden Park.^[3] Jensen played 12 international games until 1948, when he was eclipsed by Eigil Nielsen.

References

1. "Profile". haslund.info. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
2. http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/Landsholdsdatabasen/LBasePlayerInfo.aspx?playerid=2765&allmatch=1#match
3. Lundberg, Knud (1986). Dansk Fodbold. 1. Fra Breslau til Bronceholdet. Copenhagen: Rhodos. pp. 138–139. ISBN 87-7245-132-7.