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Poul Jensen (footballer Born 1934)
Poul Jensen (28 March 1934 – 6 July 2022) was a Danish footballer who played 32 games for the Denmark national football team between 1959 and 1962, 21 of those as team captain. Jensen played his entire career as right back for Vejle Boldklub. In 1958, Jensen took part in one of the clubs' biggest triumphs as Vejle won the Double. The next year the triumph was followed up as Vejle Boldklub went on to win the title once again, with Jensen selected as captain. He played 202 games league games and scored three league goals for Vejle, and played a total 259 games and scored five goals in all competitions for the club. Jensen made his debut for Denmark in 1959 in a game against Iceland and went on to play thirty-two matches, captaining the team in twenty-one of them. In the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Jensen was part of the Danish team who reached the Final, picking up a silver medal as they lost to Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vejle
Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality ('' kommune'') and the Region of Southern Denmark. The city has a population of 60,231 () making it the ninth largest city in Denmark. Vejle Municipality has a population of 119,007 () making it the fifth largest municipality in Denmark. The city is part of the Triangle Region, which includes the neighbouring cities of Kolding and Fredericia and it is located 110 kilometres (68 miles) north of Germany. Vejle is most known for its forested hills, fjord, harbour, shopping, pedestrian mall, and windmill. History The word "Vejle" derives from the Old Danish word ''wæthel'', meaning "ford" or "wading place" due to its location at a busy crossing over Vejle River. During Viking times, the wetlands around Vejle had to be crossed at the Ravning Bridge, a nearly hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
