Christian Tue Jensen

Christian Emil Tue Jensen (born 9 March 2000) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for KuPS as an attacking midfielder.

Christian Tue Jensen
Personal information
Full name Christian Emil Tue Jensen[1]
Date of birth (2000-03-09) 9 March 2000
Place of birth Denmark
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
 KuPS
Number 20
Youth career
2013–2020 FC Midtjylland
2019–2020 → Brentford (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 FC Midtjylland 0 (0)
2020–2021 → FC Fredericia (loan) 28 (10)
2021–2022 → FC Fredericia (loan) 25 (3)
2022– KuPS 7 (0)
2022– → KuPS Akatemia 4 (1)
International career
2015–2016 Denmark U16 8 (4)
2016–2017 Denmark U17 13 (6)
2017–2018 Denmark U18 6 (2)
2018 Denmark U19 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:22, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Jensen is a product of the FC Midtjylland academy and played his first senior football on loan at FC Fredericia. He transferred to KuPS in 2022. Capped by Denmark at youth level, Jensen has been described as "a forward capable of waspish delivery with his right foot".[3]

Club career

FC Midtjylland and loans

An attacking midfielder or winger,[4] Jensen began his career in the academy at Superliga club FC Midtjylland at age 13.[5] He signed his first professional contract in January 2017 and signed a new five-year contract in June 2018.[6][7] On 21 June 2019,[8] Jensen moved to England to join the B team at Championship club Brentford on loan for the duration of the 2019–20 season.[9] He was deployed as a forward.[10]

On 11 August 2020, Jensen joined Danish 1st Division club FC Fredericia on loan for the duration of the 2020–21 season.[11] He top-scored with 10 goals in 29 appearances to help the team to a fifth-place finish in the 1st Division's promotion group.[12][13] In June 2021, Jensen rejoined FC Fredericia on loan for the 2021–22 season and scored three goals in 29 appearances during a campaign in which the club repeated its finish from the previous season.[14][15] Jensen transferred away from FC Midtjylland in July 2022.[16]

KuPS

On 4 July 2022, Jensen transferred to Veikkausliiga club KuPS and signed an 18-month contract, with the option of a further year.[17] He became eligible to play on 13 July 2022 and made seven appearances during the remainder of the 2022 season.[12] He was a part of the club's 2022 Finnish Cup-winning squad.[18]

International career

Jensen was capped by Denmark at youth level.[19]

Career statistics
As of match played 5 May 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Fredericia (loan) 2020–21[12] Danish 1st Division 28 10 1 0 ― ― 29 10
FC Fredericia (loan) 2021–22[12] Danish 1st Division 25 3 4 0 ― ― 29 3
Total 53 13 5 0 ― ― 58 13
KuPS 2022[12] Veikkausliiga 4 0 0 0 ― 3[lower-alpha 1] 0 7 0
2023[12] 3 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 9 2
Total 7 0 0 0 6 2 3 0 16 2
KuPS Akatemia 2022[12] Kakkonen 4 1 ― ― ― 4 1
Career total 64 14 5 0 6 2 3 0 78 16
  1. Appearances in Europa Conference League

Honours

KuPS

References
  1. "Christian Jensen". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 7 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Christian Tue Jensen – Player Profile – Football". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  3. Fifield, Dominic. "Brentford B: The globetrotting reserves who rebelled against England's academies". The Athletic. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  4. "Holdet". FC Fredericia (in Danish). Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  5. "16-årige Christian forfølger sin store drøm – og hele familien følger med". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  6. Hesel, Casper Green (12 January 2017). "Christian Tue Jensen forlænger med FCM". D' BOLD (in Danish). Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  7. "Christian Tue Jensen får seniorkontrakt i FC Midtjylland". www.fcm.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  8. "Christian Tue Jensen – Forward". Official website of Brentford Football Club. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  9. "B Team sign Christian Tue Jensen on season-long loan". www.brentfordfc.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  10. "🗣 Christian Tue Jensen: "It's been really good for me to come to a new place and learn."". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  11. "FC Fredericia lejer spiller med fortid i Brentford FC". FC Fredericia (in Danish). 11 August 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  12. Christian Tue Jensen at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  13. "Summary – 1st Division – Denmark – Results, fixtures, tables and news". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. Risom, Jens. "Christian Tue fortsætter i Fredericia". FC Midtjylland (in Danish). Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  15. "Summary – 1. Division – Denmark – Results, fixtures, tables and news". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  16. "Christian Tue solgt til KuPS". FC Midtjylland (in Danish). Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  17. Ikonen, Juuso (4 July 2022). "Christian Tue Jensen siirtyy KuPS:aan!". KuPS – Kuopion Palloseura (in Finnish). Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  18. "Miesten Suomen Cup | Finaali Loppuottelu". Tulospalvelu. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  19. Christian Tue Jensen at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
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