Jens Jakob Dyhr Thomasen (; born 25 June 1996) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for French Ligue 2 club

Nîmes Olympique Nîmes Olympique (commonly referred to as simply Nîmes) is a French association football club based in Nîmes. The club was founded on 10 April 1937 and currently plays in Ligue 2, the second level of French football. Until November 2022, ...

Club career

Early career

Born in

Sanderum Sanderum is a village and southwestern suburb of Odense, in Funen, Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_t ...

, a suburb of

Odense Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (behind Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2022, the city proper had a population of 180,863 while Odense Municipality had a population of 20 ...

, Thomas started playing football in the youth of Sanderum Boldklub before moving to the

Odense Boldklub Odense Boldklub (; also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the city Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga ...

(OB) youth academy at age 11.

OB

On 24 April 2015, Thomasen made his debut for OB in a 2–0 win over

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in the

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. Surprisingly he was in the starting lineup and was not even a part of the first team squad yet. He played the first 62 minutes before being replaced by

Mathias Greve Mathias Peter Greve Petersen (; born 11 February 1995) is a Danish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga. Club career OB Greve came to OB at the age of 11, from Langeskov IF. At the age of 19, Greve was ...

. In the summer of 2015, at the age of 19, Thomasen was moved permanently to the first team squad. On 1 November 2015, Thomasen signed a contract extension until 2019. Thomasen was named as the "Revelation of the Year" in OB for 2016. His contract was extended another two-and-a-half years in January 2018. Thomasen announced in May 2022 that he would leave OB because he was looking for a new challenge and because his contract was about to expire.

Nîmes

On 8 July 2022, French Ligue 2 club

confirmed that Thomasen had joined the club on a one-year contract with the possibility of a further one-year extension. He made his official debut for the club on 30 July 2022 in a 1–0 defeat against Caen in Ligue 2.NÎMES VS. CAEN 0 - 1
Soccerway, 30 July 2022

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* * 1996 births Living people Danish men's footballers Footballers from Odense Men's association football midfielders Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Denmark men's youth international footballers Danish Superliga players Ligue 2 players Odense Boldklub players Nîmes Olympique players Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in France {{Denmark-footy-midfielder-stub