Jens Jakob Thomasen

Jens Jakob Dyhr Thomasen (Danish pronunciation: [tsʰoˈmæˀsn̩]; born 25 June 1996) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for French Ligue 2 club Nîmes Olympique.

Jens Jakob Thomasen
Thomasen in 2022.
Personal information
Full name Jens Jakob Dyhr Thomasen
Date of birth (1996-06-25) 25 June 1996
Place of birth Sanderum, Denmark
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Nîmes
Number 14
Youth career
Sanderum BK
2007–2015 OB
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2022 OB 168 (10)
2022– Nîmes 10 (2)
International career
2012 Denmark U16 5 (1)
2012–2013 Denmark U17 11 (1)
2013–2014 Denmark U18 5 (0)
2014–2015 Denmark U19 8 (0)
2015–2017 Denmark U20 4 (0)
2017 Denmark U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:39, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Born in Sanderum, a suburb of Odense, Thomas started playing football in the youth of Sanderum Boldklub before moving to the Odense Boldklub (OB) youth academy at age 11.[1]

OB

On 24 April 2015, Thomasen made his debut for OB in a 2–0 win over Esbjerg fB in the Danish Superliga. Surprisingly he was in the starting lineup and was not even a part of the first team squad yet. He played the first 62 minutes before being replaced by Mathias Greve.

In the summer of 2015, at the age of 19, Thomasen was moved permanently to the first team squad.

On 1 November 2015, Thomasen signed a contract extension until 2019.[2] Thomasen was named as the "Revelation of the Year" in OB for 2016.[3] His contract was extended another two-and-a-half years in January 2018.[4] Thomasen announced in May 2022 that he would leave OB because he was looking for a new challenge and because his contract was about to expire.[5]

Nîmes

On 8 July 2022, French Ligue 2 club Nîmes Olympique confirmed that Thomasen had joined the club on a one-year contract with the possibility of a further one-year extension.[6] He made his official debut for the club on 30 July 2022 in a 1–0 defeat against Caen in Ligue 2.[7]

References
  1. "Thomasen er trådt et trin op ad stigen". Fyens Stiftstidende (in Danish). 19 September 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  2. "OB forlænger med Greve og Thomasen". bold.dk. 1 November 2015.
  3. "Grytebust er årets spiller i OB". bold.dk. 14 January 2017.
  4. Nørgaard, Malte L. (25 January 2018). "OB forlænger med lokal profil". Tipsbladet.dk (in Danish).
  5. Anfører forlader OB: 'Jeg skal prøve noget nyt', bt.dk, 22 May 2022
  6. Le Nîmes Olympique est fier et heureux de..., twitter.com, 8 July 2022
  7. NÎMES VS. CAEN 0 - 1, Soccerway, 30 July 2022


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