Birger Quistorff Jensen (; 1 March 19514 April 2023) was a Danish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a goalkeeper, spending most of his career with Belgian club

Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062.

Club career

Jensen started his career with Danish club B 1903, before moving abroad to play professionally with

in 1974. With Club Brugge, he won five Belgian First Division championships and two Belgian Cups. He reached

1976 UEFA Cup Final The 1976 UEFA Cup Final were association football matches played over two-legs between Liverpool of England and Club Brugge of Belgium on 28 April 1976 at Anfield, Liverpool and on 19 May 1976 at the Olympiastadion, Bruges. It was the final of th ...

and the

1978 European Cup Final The 1978 European Cup Final was an association football match between Liverpool of England and Club Brugge of Belgium on 10 May 1978 at Wembley Stadium, London, England (the venue was decided in Bern by the UEFA Executive Committee on 20 Septemb ...

and lost both to English side Liverpool. After his brilliant display in the final of the 1978 European Cup, the international press called him the best goalkeeper in the world. He played a total of 390 games for the Belgian side in all competitions and scored two goals. He left Club Brugge in 1988, and went on to play for Belgian club

Lierse SK Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring (), often simply known as Lierse, was a Belgian professional football club from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse have won four championship titles and two Belgian Cups. Lierse was one of the six ...

and Dutch club RKC Waalwijk, before ending his career back in Belgium with amateur side FC Varsenare.

International career

Jensen made his debut for Denmark in a September 1973

Nordic Football Championship The Nordic Football Championship ( da, Nordisk Mesterskab, no, Nordisk Mesterskap, sv, Nordiska Mästerskapet, fi, Pohjoismaiden-mestaruusturnaus, commonly abbreviated NM or PM) was an international football competition contested by the men's ...

match away against Norway and earned a total of 19 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 1979 friendly match away against Spain.

Death

Jensen died in April 2023, at the age of 72.Tidligere landsholdsmålmand Birger Jensen er død

Honours

Player

Club Brugge * Belgian First Division: 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1987–88 * Belgian Cup: 1976–77, 1985–86; runner-up 1978–79, 1982–83 *

Belgian Supercup The Belgian Super Cup ( nl, Belgische Supercup, ; french: Supercoupe de Belgique; german: Belgischer Fußball-Super Cup), ''Pro League Supercup'', is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian First Division A champion ...

: 1980, 1986 * UEFA Cup runner-up: 1975–76 *

European Champion Clubs' Cup The European Champion Clubs' Cup, also known as Coupe des Clubs Champions Européens, or simply the European Cup, is a trophy awarded annually by UEFA to the football club that wins the UEFA Champions League. The competition in its older format ...

runner-up: 1977–78 *

Jules Pappaert Cup Trophy Jules Pappaert or Pappaert cup is a Belgian football trophy since 1953 and is awarded annually to a club in the first, second or third division of the Belgian Pro League with the longest uninterrupted series of unbeaten games. The award is ...

: 1978 * Bruges Matins: 1979, 1981, 1984 * Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer: 1981

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jensen, Birger 1951 births 2023 deaths Footballers from Copenhagen Men's association football goalkeepers Danish men's footballers Denmark men's international footballers Boldklubben 1903 players Club Brugge KV players Lierse S.K. players RKC Waalwijk players Danish 1st Division players Belgian Pro League players Eredivisie players Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands