Birger Jensen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Birger Quistorff Jensen | ||
| Date of birth | 1 March 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1974 | B 1903 | ? | (?) |
| 1974–1988 | Club Brugge | 328 | (0) |
| 1988 | Lierse | 3 | (0) |
| 1989 | RKC Waalwijk | 6 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1973–1979 | Denmark | 19 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Birger Jensen (born 1 March 1951) is a Danish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He played professionally for Belgian team Club Brugge, with whom he reached the 1976 UEFA Cup Final and the 1978 European Cup Final and lost both to English side Liverpool. After his brilliant display in the final of the European Cup (1978), the international press called him the best goalkeeper in the world.[1] He played a total of 390 games for the Belgian side in all competitions and scored two goals. Jensen played 19 matches for the Denmark national football team from 1973 to 1979.
He started his career with Danish club B 1903, before moving abroad to play professionally with Club Brugge in 1974. With Club Brugge, he won five Belgian Jupiler League championships and two Belgian Cups, and reached the 1978 European Cup Final which was lost to English club Liverpool. He left Club Brugge in 1988, and went on to play for Belgian club Lierse SK and Dutch club RKC Waalwijk, before ending his career back in Belgium with amateur side FC Varsenare.
Honours
Player
- Club Brugge[2]
- Belgian First Division (5): 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1987–88
- Belgian Cup (2): 1976–77, 1985–86; 1978-79 (finalists), 1982-83 (finalists)[3]
- Belgian Supercup (2): 1980, 1986
- UEFA Cup: 1975-76 (runners-up)[4]
- European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1977-78 (runners-up)[5]
- Jules Pappaert Cup (1): 1978[6]
- Bruges Matins (3): 1979, 1981, 1984[7]
- Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer (1): 1981[8]
External links
- Danish national team profile
- Club Brugge profile (in Dutch)
- ELFvoetbal profile (in Dutch)
- Birger Jensen at National-Football-Teams.com
References
- ^ "De Voetbalwandeling (4): 10 mei 1978, Liverpool FC - Club Brugge 1-0". 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Club Brugge | Palmares". 8 July 2017.
- ^ "Belgium - List of Cup Finals".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Sportuitslagen | Voetbal - UEFA Cup - 1975/1976 - Home".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Uefa.com 1978 final highlights: Liverpool 1-0 Club Brugge".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Jules Pappaert Cup".
- ^ "Winnaars Brugse Metten".
- ^ "Kirin Cup 1981".
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- 1951 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Copenhagen
- Association football goalkeepers
- Danish footballers
- Danish expatriate footballers
- Club Brugge KV players
- Lierse S.K. players
- RKC Waalwijk players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Eredivisie players
- Denmark international footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- 2023 deaths