Birger Jensen (born 1 March 1951) is a Danish retired

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 ...

who played as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting ...

. He played professionally for Belgian team

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.

, with whom he reached the

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 the ...

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 Septem ...

and lost both to English side

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. After his brilliant display in the final of the European Cup (1978), 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. Jensen played 19 matches for the

Denmark national football team The Denmark men's national football team ( da, Danmarks herre-fodboldlandshold or ''herrelandsholdet'') represents Denmark in men's international football competitions. It is controlled by the Danish Football Association (DBU), the governing bo ...

from 1973 to 1979. He started his career with Danish club

B 1903 Boldklubben 1903 or B 1903 is a football club founded on 2 June 1903, located in Copenhagen, Denmark. Seven times winner of the Danish championship (introduced 1913) in 1920, 1924, 1926, 1938, 1969, 1970 and 1976 and twice winner of the Danis ...

, before moving abroad to play professionally with Club Brugge in 1974. With Club Brugge, he won five Belgian Jupiler League championships and two

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...

s, and reached the

which was lost to English club

. 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 RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merg ...

, before ending his career back in Belgium with amateur sid
FC Varsenare

Honours

Player

;Club Brugge *

Belgian First Division The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 tea ...

(5): 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1987–88 *

(2): 1976–77, 1985–86; 1978-79 (finalists), 1982-83 (finalists) *

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 champio ...

(2): 1980, 1986 *

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: 1975-76 (

runners-up A prize is an award to be given to a person or a group of people (such as sporting teams and organizations) to recognize and reward their actions and achievements.

) *

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 forma ...

: 1977-78 (

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) *

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 i ...

(1): 1978 * Bruges Matins (3): 1979, 1981, 1984 * Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer (1): 1981

External links

Danish national team profileClub Brugge profile

ELFvoetbal profile
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jensen, Birger 1951 births Living people Footballers from Copenhagen Association football goalkeepers Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Club Brugge KV players Lierse S.K. players RKC Waalwijk players Belgian Pro League players Eredivisie players Denmark international footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Danish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium