Synne Sofie Kinden Jensen (born 15 February 1996) is a Norwegian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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. She made her debut for the Norway women's national team in 2014.

Club career

Norwegian leagues, 2011–2015

Jensen played for

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as a young teenager. In January 2011 at age 16, she signed with

LSK Kvinner FK LSK Kvinner Fotballklubb is a Norwegian women's football club from Lillestrøm. They currently play in Toppserien, the top division of Norwegian football. The club was founded as Setskog/Høland Fotballklubb on 10 October 1989. History The cl ...

. She debuted for the club on 14 April 2012 during the club's 6–0 win over

SK Trondheims-Ørn Rosenborg Ballklub Kvinner (previously known as Sportsklubben Trondheims-Ørn) is a Norwegian women's professional football club in Trondheim, Trøndelag. History The club was founded as a multi-sports club on May 18, 1917, and became a mem ...

in the

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. In August 2012, she joined Linderud-Grei in the

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. Jensen made 10 appearances for the club and scored 11 goals. She returned to Lillestrøm for the 2013 season where she made eight appearances before committing to league rival

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. Jensen played three seasons for the club. In 2013, she scored five goals in 12 appearances. The following season, she scored 13 goals in 21 appearances. In 2015, she scored six goals in eight appearances.

VfL Wolfsburg, 2015–2016

At the age of 19, Jensen signed a three-year contract with German club

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for the 2015–16 season of the

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. Coach

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praised her "enormous potential to develop further." On 29 August 2015 she made her competitive debut for Wolfsburg and scored a brace against

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during the club's season opener, resulting in an 8–0 win. In June 2016, Wolfsburg sent Jensen on

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to Stabæk for one year, to aid her development with regular first team football. At the end of the season she was allowed to return to Stabæk on a permanent basis, as part of Wolfsburg's transfer deal for

Marie Dølvik Markussen Marie Dølvik Markussen (born 15 February 1997) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a forward for Toppserien club Rosenborg. She made her debut for the Norway women's national football team in 2015. Club career After breaking through at her ...

International career

After representing Norway at the youth international level, Jensen made her senior debut for

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against

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on 25 November 2014.

International goals

Honours

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: Winner

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References

External links

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NFF profile

1996 births Living people Footballers from Oslo Kolbotn Fotball players LSK Kvinner FK players Toppserien players Norwegian women's footballers Norway women's international footballers Norwegian expatriate women's footballers VfL Wolfsburg (women) players Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Stabæk Fotball Kvinner players Women's association football forwards {{Norway-women-footy-bio-stub