Jesper Kristensen (born 9 October 1971) is a Danish former professional

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, who made 129 appearances for Danish team

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in the

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position. He played four games for the

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, with whom he won the

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. Born in

Esbjerg Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport city and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban area, urban population of 71,554 (1 January ...

, Kristensen started his career with lower league club

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 summer 1991, he moved to defending Danish champions Brøndby IF. He was named 1993 " Danish U21 Player of the Year", and made his Danish national team debut in April 1994. He helped Brøndby win the 1994

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trophy, and was a part of the Danish team which won the King Fahd Cup in January 1995. He played a few matches in Brøndby's 1995–96 Superliga winning season, before he had to prematurely end his career in August 1995, due to injuries. He played a total 129 games for Brøndby,1. holdsspillere i Brøndby IF
at

including 103 games and 11 goals in the Superliga.

Honours

Brøndby *

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: 1995–96 *

: 1993–94 Denmark *

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1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

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* * 1971 births Living people Danish men's footballers Danish Superliga players Esbjerg fB players Brøndby IF players Denmark men's international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers 1995 King Fahd Cup players FIFA Confederations Cup–winning players Footballers from Esbjerg Men's association football midfielders {{Denmark-footy-midfielder-stub