Jens Jønsson (born 10 January 1993) is a Danish professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder for
Greek Super League club
AEK Athens.
Club career
Born in
Aarhus
Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...
, Denmark, Jønsson moved up to local team
AGF's first team in summer 2011. Prior to that he was playing for the
IF Lyseng
Idrætsforeningen Lyseng Fodbold (), commonly known as IF Lyseng, is an association football club based in the suburb of Højbjerg, Aarhus Municipality, Denmark, that competes in the Danish 3rd Division, the fourth tier of the Danish football leag ...
. On 10 December 2012, Jønsson scored a goal for the final result of 3–3 against
Silkeborg IF in the last minute of the last match of 2012 in the
Danish Superliga. This goal was later awarded "Best Goal of 2012" by the viewers of ''
DR'' award show "Sport 2012".
On 26 August 2016, he signed a three-year contract with the Turkish
Süper Lig club
Konyaspor. With Konyaspor he won the
Turkish Cup and
Super Cup
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in 2017.
At the European level, he was utilised in four group matches of the
2016–17 and
2017–18 UEFA Europa League
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The 2018 UEFA Europ ...
. Konyaspor was eliminated after the group stage each year.
On 25 August 2020, Jønsson signed a two-year deal with the newly promoted
La Liga side
Cádiz CF
Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., known simply as Cádiz, is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia.
Founded in 1910, the club competes in the La Liga, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20 ...
.
AEK Athens
On 1 July 2022,
AEK Athens' technical director Radosław Kucharski travelled to
Copenhagen to complete Jønsson's signing, with the Danish player putting pen to paper to a four-year contract.
International career
On 3 November 2020 he received his first call-up by
Denmark senior national team.
Career statistics
Club
Honours
Konyaspor
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Turkish Cup:
2016–17
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Turkish Super Cup:
2017
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AEK Athens
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Super League Greece
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:
2022–23
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References
External links
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Official Danish Superliga stats
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1993 births
Living people
Danish men's footballers
Denmark men's youth international footballers
Denmark men's under-21 international footballers
Denmark men's international footballers
Olympic footballers of Denmark
Danish expatriate men's footballers
IF Lyseng Fodbold players
Aarhus Gymnastikforening players
Konyaspor footballers
Cádiz CF players
AEK Athens F.C. players
Danish Superliga players
Danish 1st Division players
Süper Lig players
La Liga players
Super League Greece players
Footballers from Aarhus
Men's association football midfielders
Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Expatriate footballers in Greece
Expatriate footballers in Turkey
Expatriate footballers in Spain
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Greece