Niclas Christian Monberg Jensen (born 17 August 1974) is a Danish former professional

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player and current football agent. He played as a

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, and most notably won three

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championships with

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. He played abroad for Dutch club

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, English clubs

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and

Fulham F.C. Fulham Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, London, which compete in the . They have played home games at Craven Cottage since 1896, other than a two-year period spent at Loftus Road whilst Craven Cottage unde ...

, as well as German club

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. Jensen played 62 games for the Denmark national team between 1998 and 2008, representing Denmark at the

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and 2004 European Championship. He was named 1995 Danish ''Under-21 Player of the Year''. He is the older brother of Denmark national team player

Daniel Jensen Daniel Monberg Jensen (born 25 June 1979) is a Danish former professional footballer. A central midfielder, he was known for making good passes in the final third of the field. He played more than 50 matches and scored three goals for the Denma ...

Club career

Born in

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, Denmark, Jensen started playing football for Danish club

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(B.93). He moved on to

Lyngby Boldklub Lyngby Boldklub () is a Danish professional football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, a northern suburb of Copenhagen. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The club ...

in the

championship in 1992. He made his Lyngby debut in April 1993. Jensen played a total of 92 games and scored five goals for Lyngby in the Superliga between April 1993 and September 1996. In the fall of 1996, Jensen was one of several Lyngby players sold by Lyngby CEO

Flemming Østergaard Flemming Ammentorp Østergaard (born 31 October 1943 in ''Det Gule Palæ'' (Danish: ''The Yellow Palace''), Ordrup) is a retired businessman, best known as long-time chairman of Parken Sport & Entertainment, who owns the football club F.C. Cop ...

. Jensen was one of three Lyngby players sold to Dutch team

, alongside

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and

Dennis Rommedahl Dennis Rommedahl (; born 22 July 1978) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a right winger. The second-most capped national player for Denmark, he appeared in 126 matches and scored 21 goals for his country, and was a member ...

. In his first season at PSV, Jensen played three games as the club won the 1996–97 Eredivisie championship. Jensen played only five games in one and a half seasons at PSV, as he underwent two

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operations, and was used as back-up to

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. In March 1998, Jensen returned to Denmark to play for

(FCK) on a -year contract, brought in by FCK's new CEO Flemming Østergaard. Jensen went on to play almost five years for F.C. Copenhagen, winning the

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championship with the club. With former Lyngby teammate Thomas Rytter as right wingback, Jensen formed a wingback duo that was known as the best in the Superliga. Jensen played a total of 122 games and scored eight goals for FCK in the Superliga between April 1998 and December 2001. In January 2002, he was sold to

in the English 1st Division, in a

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worth £ 550,000. Jensen played the remaining 18 games of the season, as Manchester City won promotion to the top-flight

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in the summer 2002. Returning from the

, he played 33 of Manchester City's 38 games in the 2002–03 Premiership season, as the club finished ninth in the Premier League. A high point came at home against

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when Jensen scored a spectacular volley to win the game. Jensen played a total 51 league games, scoring two goals, for Manchester City. Niclas Jensen was bought by German team

in July 2003 for a fee in the region of £750,000. He started well for Dortmund, but Jensen was eventually relegated to the role of substitute for Brazilian wingback Dedê. In his two seasons in the club, Jensen played 43 games and scored two goals for Dortmund in the Bundesliga. After two years at Dortmund, he moved back to England in July 2005, to play for

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in the FA Premier League. At Fulham, he joined former Lyngby teammate

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. In the first half of the 2005–06 season, Niclas Jensen was a Fulham regular. When the club signed a loan deal with English international defender

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in January 2006, Jensen was dropped from the Fulham first team after the 14 January 2006 Premiership game against

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. He would have to wait until September 2006, before he played his next Fulham game, being substituted off in a

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game against

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. With only one competitive game for Fulham in almost a year, Jensen looked to leave Fulham in January 2007. It was rumoured the solution would be a move "home" to F.C. Copenhagen, and his return to FCK was published in January 2007. By waiting to move back to Denmark until January 2007, Jensen was eligible for preferential taxation rules. In his first half season back at FCK, Jensen played 12 of 14 games, as FCK won the 2006–07 Superliga championship. In the following seasons, Jensen saw his playing time dwindling, as he became back-up for Swedish international Oscar Wendt. Jensen played seven of 33 games as FCK won the 2008–09 Superliga championship. He did not play any Superliga games in the fall of 2009, and in October 2009, Jensen decided to end his playing career, in order to pursue a career as a football agent. Niclas Jensen played a total of 213 games and scored 10 goals for FCK in all competitions combined.

International career

While at B.93, Jensen made his debut for the Denmark under-17 national teams in July 1990, and he played three matches at the 1991

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. While playing for Lyngby, Jensen debuted for the Denmark under-21 national team in July 1994, and he won the 1995 Danish ''Under-21 Player of the Year'' award. While at F.C. Copenhagen, he was called up for the senior Denmark national team under national team coach

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. Jensen debuted in a

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against the

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in August 1998. Following his debut, Jensen would have to wait more than two years to play his second national team game. Under new national team coach

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, Jensen was recalled for a

against

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in November 2000. He was selected for the Denmark national team at the

, and in the progress of the tournament, he displaced

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as Denmark's starting left wingback. In his time at Dortmund, Jensen was selected to represent Denmark at the 2004 European Championship. He played Denmark's first three matches at the tournament, before being replaced by

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for Denmark's final game before elimination. In January 2007, having only played few games for his club team Fulham, Jensen received an

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from national manager Morten Olsen to either find himself a new club or be dropped from the Denmark national team. Jensen moved to F.C. Copenhagen, and was a part of the Denmark national team until he played his last national team game in March 2008. He played a total 62 games for the Denmark national team.

Honours

PSV Eindhoven *

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: 1996–97 F.C. Copenhagen *

: 2001–02, 2006–07, 2008–09 *

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: 2008–09 Individual * Danish ''Under-21 Player of the Year'': 1995

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