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

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, who made 129 appearances for Danish team

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a professional association football club based in Brøndbyvester, Capital Region of Denmark. The club was founded in 1964 as a merger between two local clubs and was pr ...

in the

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position. He played four games for the

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, with whom he won the

1995 King Fahd Cup The 1995 King Fahd Cup ( ar, كأس الملك فهد) was the second and last tournament held under the King Fahd Cup name before the competition was retroactively sanctioned by FIFA and recognized as FIFA Confederations Cup. Disputed as the King ...

. Born in

Esbjerg Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport town 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 population of 71,698 (1 January 2022)

, 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 football club based in Esbjerg, West Jutland, that plays in the 2nd division, the third-tier of the Danish football league system. Found ...

. 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 *

Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga ( da, Superligaen, ) is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each y ...

: 1995–96 *

: 1993–94 Denmark *

FIFA Confederations Cup The FIFA Confederations Cup was an international association football tournament for men's national teams, held every four years by FIFA. It was contested by the holders of each of the six continental championships (AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL ...

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strike ...

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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