Leon Jessen (born 11 June 1986) is a retired Danish

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defender.

Career

Jessen began his career 2001 with Brande IF and joined

Ikast FS Ikast FC is an association football club based in the town of Ikast, Denmark, that competes in the Jutland Series, the sixth tier of the Danish football league system and the first tier of the regional DBU Jutland. Founded in 2018 as a superst ...

in 2003. On 23 June 2010, Jessen left the

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side

FC Midtjylland Football Club Midtjylland (, "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Superliga, which they ...

after five years and signed with

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in Germany (

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). On 10 July 2015, it was confirmed that Jessen had signed a three-year contract with

-side

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. It was announced on 31 December 2016 that Jessen would retire.Leon Jessen stopper karrieren
�� bold.dk, 31 January 2016

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* 1986 births Living people Danish men's footballers Denmark men's international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Ikast FC players FC Midtjylland players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Danish Superliga players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Danish expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders Sportspeople from Ikast-Brande Municipality Footballers from the Central Denmark Region 21st-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-footy-defender-stub