Julie Trustrup Jensen (born 6 April 1994) is a Danish women's international footballer who plays as a

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for the Danish women's national team as well as for

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in the Norwegian

Toppserien The Toppserien is the top level of women's association football in Norway. It was founded in 1984. History Women's league football was introduced on a county basis in 1977. These leagues acted as qualification for the regional (South) league in ...

Club career

Trustrup Jensen played for B73 Slagelse until 2009, when she joined

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a Danish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Brøndbyvester. Brøndby IF denotes the professional football section of Brøndbyernes ...

. Good form in season 2010–11 led to Trustrup Jensen being named Denmark's Young Player of the Year. She scored a goal in the 3–2

Danish Women's Cup The Danish Women's Cup, or Sydbank Kvindepokalen (previously 3F Cup) for sponsorship reasons, is the national Women's association football, women's football cup competition in Denmark and was first held in 1993. Format The tournament consists ...

final win over rivals

Fortuna Hjørring Fortuna Hjørring is a women's association football team from Hjørring, Denmark. The club was formed in 1966 and play in green and white. Their biggest achievement in European football was reaching the 2002–03 UEFA Women's Cup final where the ...

. She quit football in 2014 to travel round the world, but soon came back to her career with Brøndby. In June 2015 she scored an

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winning goal in the Cup final against Fortuna, as Brøndby won 2–1.

International career

Trustrup Jensen's made her debut for the

Denmark women's national football team The Denmark women's national football team () represents Denmark and Greenland in international Women's association football, women's football. The team is governed by the Danish Football Association (DBU) and competes as a member of UEFA in var ...

in September 2013. She was a substitute for Brøndby team-mate Nanna Christiansen in the 53rd minute of a 4–0 friendly win over

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in Budapest. She was a part of the team for the

2016 Algarve Cup The 2016 Algarve Cup was the 23rd edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 2 to 9 March. Teams Referees On 19 February 2016, FIFA announced the referees and the assis ...

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* * * 1994 births Living people Danish women's footballers Place of birth missing (living people) Women's association football midfielders Denmark women's international footballers Brøndby IF (women) players Vålerenga Fotball Damer players 21st-century Danish sportswomen {{Denmark-women-footy-bio-stub