Jens Jakob Dyhr Thomasen (; born 25 June 1996) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for Swedish

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club

IF Elfsborg Idrottsföreningen Elfsborg, more commonly known as IF Elfsborg or simply Elfsborg (), is a professional association football, football club based in Borås, Sweden, and is affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund. They play in the Alls ...

Club career

Early career

Born in Sanderum, a suburb of

Odense Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (after Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2025, the city proper had a population of 185,480 while Odense Municipality had a population of 210, ...

, Thomas started playing football in the youth of Sanderum Boldklub before moving to

Odense Boldklub Odense Boldklub (; also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the city of Odense, in southern Denmark. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play ...

's youth academy at age 11.

OB

On 24 April 2015, Thomasen made his debut for OB in a 2–0 win over

Esbjerg fB Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber (; commonly known as Esbjerg fB or EfB in short) is a Danish professional Association football, football club based in Esbjerg, West Jutland, Jylland, that plays in the Danish 1st Division, 1st division, the sec ...

in the

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. 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. Thomasen was named as the "Revelation of the Year" in OB for 2016. His contract was extended another two-and-a-half years in January 2018. 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.

Nîmes

On 8 July 2022, French

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club

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confirmed that Thomasen had joined the club on a one-year contract with the possibility of a further one-year extension. He made his official debut for the club on 30 July 2022 in a 1–0 defeat against

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IF Elfsborg

A year after his transfer to France, it was confirmed, in July 2023, that Thomasen had joined Swedish

club

on a deal until the end of 2025.Välkommen – Jens Jakob Thomasen
elfsborg.se, 13 July 2023

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomasen, Jens Jakob 1996 births Living people Danish men's footballers Footballers from Odense Men's association football midfielders Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Denmark men's youth international footballers Danish Superliga players Ligue 2 players Odense Boldklub players Nîmes Olympique players IF Elfsborg players Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in France Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden 21st-century Danish sportsmen Allsvenskan players