Fredrik Jensen (footballer, born 1997)

Fredrik Jensen (born 9 September 1997) is a Finnish professional footballer winger who currently plays as a for FC Augsburg in the German Bundesliga and represents the Finland national football team.[1] He began his senior club career playing for Twente, before signing with Augsburg at age 20 in 2018.[2] Jensen made his international debut for Finland in March 2017, at the age of 19 and has since appeared in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification and in Finland's UEFA Euro 2020 campaign in which Finland national team secured its first-ever place in European Football Championship tournament's group stage.

Fredrik Jensen
Personal information
Full name Fredrik Jensen
Date of birth (1997-09-09) 9 September 1997
Place of birth Porvoo, Finland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 FC Augsburg
Number 24
Youth career
0000–2007 Futura
2008–2011 Honka
2012–2013 HJK Helsinki
2013–2016 Twente
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Twente 55 (9)
2018– Augsburg 15 (1)
National team‡
2012–2014 Finland U17 4 (0)
2012–2014 Finland U18 4 (0)
2015 Finland U19 2 (0)
2016–2017 Finland U21 7 (1)
2017– Finland 11 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:36, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:36, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

International career

International goals
Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first.[3]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.28 March 2017Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria Austria1–11–1Friendly
2.26 March 2018Gloria Golf Resort Pitch A, Belek, Turkey Malta4–05–0
3.26 March 2019Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia Armenia1–02–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
4.15 October 2019Veritas Stadion, Turku, Finland1–03–0

Personal life

Jensen's older brother, Richard Jensen is also a professional footballer at FC Twente.[4] Jensen is a member of the Swedish-speaking population of Finland.[5]

References
  1. "Fredrik Jensen" (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. "FCA sign Fredrik Jensen". FC Augsburg. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  3. "F. Jensen". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  4. "Thuis bij Richard en Fredrik Jensen: "Niet normaal wat voor gevechten wij hebben uitgevochten"". 13 August 2016.
  5. Götz, Robert (28 June 2018). "Der FCA erfüllt Fredrik Jensen seinen Traum". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). Presse-Druck- und Verlags-GmbH. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
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