Jens Jønsson (born 10 January 1993) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club AEK Athens.

Club career

Born in

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and app ...

, Denmark, Jønsson moved up to local team AGF's first team in summer 2011. Prior to that he was playing for the IF Lyseng. On 10 December 2012, Jønsson scored a goal for the final result of 3–3 against Silkeborg IF in the last minute of the last match of 2012 in the

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. This goal was later awarded "Best Goal of 2012" by the viewers of '' DR'' award show "Sport 2012". On 26 August 2016, he signed a three-year contract with the Turkish

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club

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. With Konyaspor he won the

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and

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in 2017. At the European level, he was utilised in four group matches of the 2016–17 and 2017–18 UEFA Europa League. Konyaspor was eliminated after the group stage each year. On 25 August 2020, Jønsson signed a two-year deal with the newly promoted

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side Cádiz CF.

AEK Athens

On 1 July 2022, AEK Athens' technical director Radosław Kucharski travelled to

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to complete Jønsson's signing, with the Danish player putting pen to paper to a four-year contract. At the end of the season, he celebrated the

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, the third in the club's history and first since 1978. On 3 September 2023, the Danish midfielder scored his first goal in four years helping to a 3–2 away win against

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International career

On 3 November 2020 he received his first call-up by Denmark senior national team.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Konyaspor *

: 2016–17 * Turkish Super Cup:

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AEK Athens *

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: 2022–23 *

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: 2022–23

References

External links

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statistics at danskfodbold.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Jonsson, Jens 1993 births Living people Danish men's footballers Denmark men's youth international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Denmark men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Denmark Danish expatriate men's footballers IF Lyseng Fodbold players Aarhus Gymnastikforening players Konyaspor footballers Cádiz CF players AEK Athens F.C. players Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Süper Lig players La Liga players Super League Greece players Footballers from Aarhus Men's association football midfielders Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Danish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Danish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Danish expatriate sportspeople in Greece 21st-century Danish sportsmen