Aage Jørgensen (2 December 1903 – 2 January 1967) was a Danish

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who played as a

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. He was a one club man for

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, commonly known as KB. Jørgensen played in seven matches for the Denmark national team between 1923 and 1929, including at the

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, which was won by Denmark.

Club career

Jørgensen's entire club career was spent at KB in

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, near Copenhagen. He was a part of the KB sides that won the Danish National Football Tournament in the 1921–22 and 1924–25 seasons.

International career

Jørgensen played in seven matches for the Denmark national team. His debut was in October 1923, a 3–1 friendly victory over

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. In the match, Jørgensen's 87th minute free kick found the head of teammate

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, who nodded the ball down to the third Danish goalscorer of the day, Karl Wilhelmsen. He represented Denmark at two

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s, including the 1924–28 championship that was won by Jørgensen's Denmark and the 1929–32 championship where Denmark finished third. Jørgensen retired from both club and international football shortly after his final match for his country, a 5–2 defeat at home to

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in the 1929–32 championship.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jorgensen, Aage 1903 births 1967 deaths Danish men's footballers Denmark men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Kjøbenhavns Boldklub players 20th-century Danish sportsmen Place of birth missing