| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1969-03-23)23 March 1969 (age 56) | ||
| Place of birth | Aalborg, Denmark | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| B52/Aalborg | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1993 | B1909 | ||
| 1994–1996 | Fortuna Hjørring | ||
| 1997–1998 | Speranza Osaka[a] | ||
| 1999–2000 | Fortuna Hjørring | ||
| International career | |||
| 1987–1996 | Denmark | 77 | (38) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Helle Jensen (born 23 March 1969) is a Danish formerfootballforward who played for theDenmark women's national football team. She competed at the1996 Summer Olympics, playing three matches[1] although she was only fit enough to play for half of each match due to a recent recurrence of a knee injury.[2]
Jensen played youth football withB52/Aalborg, before starting her professional career withB1909 in 1989 at 20 years old. Following a period of league dominance byHEI Aarhus, Jensen helped B1909 win the league in 1992 and 1993. She signed withFortuna Hjørring in 1994 and won the league with the club for three consecutive years, before signing with Japanese clubSperanza Osaka (at the time known as Panasonic Bambina LSC). Jensen spent two years with the Japanese side, before returning to Fortuna and winning the league once more in her final season before retiring in 2000 as the then-league season top scorer.[3][4]
Jensen won 77caps with theDenmark national team and scored 38 goals. She made her national team debut at 18 years old on 20 May 1987 in Sweden.[5] In 2024, Jensen was inducted into the Danish Football Hall of Fame.[6]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 7 October 1987 | Oslo,Norway | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1989 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying | |
| 2. | 14 October 1989 | Bern,Switzerland | 1–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 1991 qualifying | |
| 3. | 2–0 | |||||
| 4. | 25 November 1989 | Antequera,Spain | 2–1 | 3–1 | ||
| 5. | 28 April 1990 | Vejle,Denmark | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 6. | 23 May 1990 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |||
| 7. | 2–0 | |||||
| 8. | 13 June 1990 | 1–0 | 5–0 | |||
| 9. | 3–0 | |||||
| 10. | 21 September 1991 | Tampere,Finland | 1–1 | 1–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 1993 qualifying | |
| 11. | 16 October 1991 | Aalborg, Denmark | 2–0 | 4–1 | ||
| 12. | 17 November 1991 | Guangzhou,China | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup | |
| 13. | 2–0 | |||||
| 14. | 2 May 1992 | Quimper,France | 3–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 1993 qualifying | |
| 15. | 15 August 1993 | Kaunas,Lithuania | 1–0 | 11–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualifying | |
| 16. | 11–0 | |||||
| 17. | 29 September 1993 | Hjørring, Denmark | 2–0 | 6–1 | ||
| 18. | 3–0 | |||||
| 19. | 15 June 1994 | Idestrup, Denmark | 1–0 | 11–0 | ||
| 20. | 2–0 | |||||
| 21. | 5–0 | |||||
| 22. | 6–0 | |||||
| 23. | 6 June 1995 | Västerås,Sweden | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup | |
| 24. | 25 July 1996 | Orlando, United States | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1996 Summer Olympics |
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