| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Skov-Jensen | ||
| Date of birth | (1971-06-09)9 June 1971 (age 54) | ||
| Place of birth | Esbjerg, Denmark | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | BK Avarta (Goalkeeper coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1997 | Esbjerg fB | 159 | (0) |
| 1997–1999 | Herning Fremad | 48 | (0) |
| 1999–2005 | FC Midtjylland | 166 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | VfL Bochum | 29 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Sandefjord Fotball | 4 | (0) |
| 2008 | Køge Boldklub | 7 | (0) |
| Total | 416 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1990 | Denmark U-21 | 3 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Denmark | 4 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2008– | BK Avarta (Goalkeeper coach) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Peter Skov-Jensen (born 9 June 1971) is a Danish former professionalfootball player who was agoalkeeper. He among others played for the German clubVfL Bochum in theBundesliga championship. He works a goalkeeper coach atBK Avarta. Skov-Jensen played four games for theDenmark national team, and was part of the Danish squad at the2004 European Championship.
Peter Skov-Jensen started his career in 1990, withEsbjerg fB in theDanish 2nd Division. He was a part of an Esbjerg team that eventually settled in theDanish 1st Division, before he moved to league rivalsHerning Fremad in 1997. He continued in the club as Herning Fremad merged withIkast fS to formFC Midtjylland (FCM) in 1999. Skov-Jensen helped FCM gainpromotion for the top-flightDanish Superliga championship in 2001. He played all 33 games of the2001–02 Superliga season, as FCM conceded the second-fewest goals in the league, and wonbronze medals.
He was a part of the Denmark national team, as an understudy for starting goalkeeperThomas Sørensen. When Sørensen suffered an injury in fall 2002, Skov-Jensen made his national team debut in aUEFA Euro 2004 qualifying game againstLuxembourg on 12 October 2002. Skov-Jensen also played the following national team game, afriendly match againstPoland, before Sørensen recovered and Skov-Jensen lost his place as starting goalkeeper.
He suffered a broken toe in March 2004, but returned to play the 2004Danish Cup final, which FC Midtjylland lost, in May 2004. He was selected to represent Denmark at the 2004 European Championship, but spent the tournament as an unused substitute for Thomas Sørensen. When Sørensen was injured in October 2004, Skov-Jensen was once more called upon to tend the goal, in the two2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying games againstAlbania andTurkey. In January 2005, Skov-Jensen moved abroad to play forVfL Bochum in the GermanBundesliga, alongside compatriotsPeter Madsen,Tommy Bechmann andSøren Colding.
His first year at Bochum was no success, as he only played two games in a season that saw Bochumrelegated to the2. Bundesliga. He became a part of the starting line-up in November 2005, but suffered an injury in a December 2005 game againstSpVgg Unterhaching. He returned to the team in March 2006, and played 10 of the last 11 games of the season, as Bochum won promotion back to the Bundesliga. He was Bochum's starting goalkeeper of the2006–07 Bundesliga season, but following a 6–0 defeat toWerder Bremen in October, he was demoted to the substitutes' bench. He returned to the starting line-up in November, but following the signing of Czech goalkeeperJaroslav Drobný in December, he was Bochum's second-choice goalkeeper once more. He left Bochum for the NorwegianSandefjord Fotball at the end of the 2006–07 season.
In January 2008 he moved toKøge Boldklub on an amateur contract. After six months at Køge he ended his playing career and got a job as goalkeeper coach atBK Avarta.
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