Mathias Jensen

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Mathias Jensen
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Jensen while with Celta Vigo in 2018
Personal information
Full name Mathias Jensen[1]
Date of birth (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 (age 26)
Place of birth Jerslev, Zealand, Denmark[2]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Brentford
Number 8
Youth career
2001–2007 Hvidebæk IF
2007–2011 Kalundborg GB
2011–2015 Nordsjælland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Nordsjælland 63 (15)
2018–2019 Celta Vigo 6 (0)
2019– Brentford 105 (3)
National team‡
2014 Denmark U18 1 (0)
2014–2015 Denmark U19 8 (0)
2015–2017 Denmark U20 6 (1)
2017–2019 Denmark U21 15 (2)
2020– Denmark 15 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:21, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:26, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Mathias Jensen (born 1 January 1996) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Brentford and the Denmark national team. Jensen is a product of the Nordsjælland academy and made his debut for Denmark's senior team in 2020.

Club career[]

Nordsjælland[]

A midfielder, Jensen progressed through the academy at Nordsjælland and signed a three-year professional contract in January 2015.[4][5] He was promoted into the first team squad for the 2015–16 season and made five appearances during the campaign, scoring one goal, which came in a 2–2 draw with Randers on 1 May 2016.[1] Jensen was a regular in the 2016–17 season, making 22 appearances,[6] before 2017–18 proved to be his breakthrough season.[1] He made 36 appearances, scored 12 goals, was awarded the captaincy and his achievements were recognised by the DBU and his club,[7] with the DBU 2017 Talent of the Year and FC Nordsjælland Player of the Year awards respectively.[8][9] After three early 2018–19-season appearances, Jensen departed Nordsjælland in August 2018.[10] During just over three seasons as a professional at Farum Park, Jensen made 66 appearances and scored 15 goals.[1]

Celta Vigo[]

On 8 August 2018, Jensen moved to Spain joining La Liga club Celta Vigo on a five-year contract.[10] During an injury-affected 2018–19 season, he made just six appearances and left the club in July 2019.[11][12]

Brentford[]

On 10 July 2019, Jensen moved to England signing with Championship club Brentford on a four-year contract, with the option of an additional year, for an undisclosed fee,[12] reported to be £3.5 million.[13] He made 43 appearances and scored one goal during the 2019–20 season,[14] which ended with defeat in the 2020 Championship play-off Final.[15] Jensen made a career high 53 appearances during the 2020–21 season and celebrated promotion to the Premier League with victory in the 2021 Championship play-off Final.[16][17] As a result of suffering a "badly gashed" foot while away on international duty, Jensen missed Brentford's entire 2021–22 pre-season and the first three matches of the regular season.[18][19]

International career[]

Jensen made 30 appearances and scored 3 goals for Denmark between U18 and U21 level.[20] He was a part of Denmark's squads at the 2017 and 2019 European U21 Championships.[20] Jensen was named in the senior team's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup,[21] but he was not included in the final squad.[12] In October 2020, Jensen won a late call-up to the full Denmark squad for a series of three matches, as a replacement for injured Brentford teammate Christian Nørgaard.[22] He made his full international debut with a start in a 4–0 friendly win over the Faroe Islands on 7 October and scored his first full international goal on his fifth cap, in a 8–0 2022 World Cup qualifying win over Moldova on 28 March 2021.[20] Jensen was named in the Denmark squad for Euro 2020 and he appeared as a substitute in each of the six matches during the Danes' run to the semi-final.[23][24]

Personal life[]

Jensen is a Manchester United and Barcelona supporter.[25]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 29 December 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Nordsjælland 2015–16[1] Danish Superliga 5 1 0 0 ― ― ― 5 1
2016–17[6] Danish Superliga 22 2 1 0 ― ― ― 23 2
2017–18[1] Danish Superliga 35 12 1 0 ― ― ― 36 12
2018–19[1] Danish Superliga 1 0 1 0 ― 1[a] 0 ― 2 0
Total 63 15 3 0 ― 1 0 ― 67 15
Celta Vigo 2018–19[11] La Liga 6 0 0 0 ― ― ― 6 0
Brentford 2019–20[14] Championship 39 1 0 0 1 0 ― 3[b] 0 43 1
2020–21[16] Championship 45 2 1 0 4 0 ― 3[b] 0 53 2
2021–22[19] Premier League 12 0 0 0 3 0 ― ― 15 0
Total 96 3 1 0 8 0 ― 6 0 111 3
Career total 165 18 4 0 8 0 1 0 6 0 184 18
  1. ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ a b Appearances in Championship play-offs

International[]

As of match played 12 October 2021[20]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Denmark 2020 4 0
2021 11 1
Total 15 1
Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jensen goal.
List of international goals scored by Mathias Jensen
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 28 March 2021 MCH Arena, Herning, Denmark  Moldova 5–0 8–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [20]

Honours[]

Brentford

Individual

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Mathias Jensen at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Get to Know: Mathias Jensen". Brentford FC. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Mathias Jensen – Midfielder – First Team". Brentford FC. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  4. ^ "FC Nordsjælland forlænger med U19-anfører" (in Danish). bold.dk. 15 January 2015.
  5. ^ "U/19 og U/17 klar til et spændende forår". FC Nordsjælland (in Danish). 2 March 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Games played by Mathias Jensen in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Mathias Jensen stolt af anførerrolle i FCN". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Mathias Jensen snuppede årets talent". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Mathias Jensen er årets spiller i FCN" (in Danish). bold.dk. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  10. ^ a b "El Celta refuerza su centro del campo con el danés Mathias Jensen" (in Spanish). Europa Press. 8 August 2018.
  11. ^ a b "Games played by Mathias Jensen in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  12. ^ a b c "Brentford sign Mathias Jensen from Celta Vigo". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Frank feeling good about Brentford's fortunes". Ealing Times. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  14. ^ a b "Games played by Mathias Jensen in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  15. ^ "Brentford 1 Fulham 2". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  16. ^ a b "Games played by Mathias Jensen in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  17. ^ a b Vincent, Gareth (29 May 2021). "Brentford 2–0 Swansea City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  18. ^ McCullough, Ian (11 August 2021). "Jensen and Dasilva to miss Arsenal game but Toney is fit". West London Sport. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  19. ^ a b "Games played by Mathias Jensen in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  20. ^ a b c d e "Landsholdsdatabasen". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  21. ^ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad – Final 23-man lists". Goal.com.
  22. ^ "16 players building-up to international action this week". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  23. ^ "Christian Nørgaard and Mathias Jensen named in Denmark Euro 2020 squad". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  24. ^ "Christian and Mathias' Euro adventure ends in Semi-Final". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  25. ^ Gillett, Stephen. "The Mighty Interview – Mathias Jensen" (PDF). The Mighty Delta (Interview). pp. 13–16. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

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