Brian Boye JensenHaslund.info profile
(born April 23, 1968) is a

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former

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player, who most notably played for Danish club

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a professional association football club based in Brøndbyvester, Capital Region of Denmark. The club was founded in 1964 as a merger between two local clubs and was p ...

, as well as

Stade Rennais FC Stade Rennais Football Club (), commonly referred to as Stade Rennais FC, Stade Rennais, Rennes, or simply SRFC, is a French professional association football, football club based in Rennes, Brittany (administrative region), Brittany. They comp ...

and

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. Jensen played six games for the Danish national team from 1991 to 1994. privately he is married to Janni and they have two children together

Career

Born in

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, Jensen begun his career with local club Glostrup IF 32, before joining

. After a loan spell at

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, Jensen got his breakthrough as a defender in Brøndby, and he made his Danish

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debut in June 1991. Jensen made six international appearances for Denmark over the next three years, under manager

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. His sixth national team appearance came in June 1994. In the winter 1994, Jensen moved abroad to play for

. He initially signed a half-year loan deal, for the remainder of the 1994–95 Ligue 1 season. In his first time at Rennais, Jensen was a mainstay in the defence, as the club finished 13th of 20 teams in the 1994–95 season. In the summer 1995, Jensen signed a three-year contract with Rennais, and was named

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. With Rennais' purchase of French international defender

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in the summer 1995, Jensen was dropped from the starting line-up halfway through the 1995–96 Ligue 1 season. In the summer of 1996, a number of clubs were reportedly interested in signing Jensen, including

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, and

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, but they could not overcome the economic demands of Rennais. In the final stage of the 1996–97 Ligue 1 season, Rennais were in danger of

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. Jensen was brought back into the starting formation, and helped the club stay in the top-flight league. Ole Selchau, "Rivieraen venter",

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, June 24, 1997. In the summer 1997, Jensen left Rennais for rival team

, signing a two-year contract. Though he played 17 league games for Cannes in the first half of the 1997–98 Ligue 1 season, Jensen and his family never adjusted to life in

Cannes Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions I ...

, and wanted to return to Denmark in February 1998. Within a month, Jensen signed a two-year contract with defending Danish champions Brøndby IF, who bought him for 300.000

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. Having played 13 Superliga games for Brøndby, Jensen suffered a heel injury. Following surgery in the winter 1998, he retired from the game in the winter 1999, at age 31. Jensen played a total 166

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games for Brøndby IF in all competitions.1. holdsspillere i Brøndby IF
at Brondby.com

References

External links

Danish national team profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jensen, Brian 1968 births Living people People from Glostrup Municipality Danish men's footballers Denmark international footballers Denmark under-21 international footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate footballers in France Danish Superliga players Brøndby IF players Ligue 1 players Stade Rennais F.C. players AS Cannes players Association football defenders Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark