Synne Sofie Kinden Jensen (born 15 February 1996) is a Norwegian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
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for
Atlético Madrid
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. She made her debut for the
Norway women's national team in 2014.
Club career
Norwegian leagues, 2011–2015
Jensen played for
Gjelleråsen IF
Gjelleråsen Idrettsforening is a Norway, Norwegian sports club from Gjelleråsen in Nittedal, founded 6 March 1935. It has sections for association football, floorball, human swimming, swimming, gymnastics and skiing. Their club colours are gree ...
as a young teenager. In January 2011 at age 16, she signed with
LSK Kvinner FK
LSK Kvinner Fotballklubb is a Norway, Norwegian women's football (soccer), women's football club from Lillestrøm. They currently play in Toppserien, the top division of Norwegian football. The club was founded as Setskog/Høland Fotballklubb on ...
.
She debuted for the club on 14 April 2012 during the club's 6–0 win over
SK Trondheims-Ørn
Rosenborg Ballklub Kvinner (previously known as Sportsklubben Trondheims-Ørn) is a Norwegian women's professional football club in Trondheim, Trøndelag.
History
The club was founded as a multi-sports club on May 18, 1917, and became a mem ...
in the
Toppserien
The Toppserien is the top level of women's association football in Norway. It was founded in 1984.
History
Women's league football was introduced on a county basis in 1977. These leagues acted as qualification for the regional (South) league in ...
.
In August 2012, she joined
Linderud-Grei in the
Norwegian First Division
The Norwegian First Division, also called 1. divisjon () and OBOS-ligaen (due to sponsoring ties with :no:OBOS, OBOS), is the second-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Each year, the top finishing teams in the 1. divisjon ...
. Jensen made 10 appearances for the club and scored 11 goals. She returned to Lillestrøm for the 2013 season where she made eight appearances before committing to league rival
Kolbotn IL
Kolbotn Idrettslag is a sports club from Kolbotn, Norway. Since 1960, the club has been organized in semi-autonomous sub-sections. The club runs basketball, amateur wrestling, association football, sport gymnastics, disabled sports, handball, o ...
. Jensen played three seasons for the club. In 2013, she scored five goals in 12 appearances.
The following season, she scored 13 goals in 21 appearances.
In 2015, she scored six goals in eight appearances.
VfL Wolfsburg, 2015–2016
At the age of 19, Jensen signed a three-year contract with German club
VfL Wolfsburg
Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg (), is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of Wolfsburg. I ...
for the
2015–16 season of the
Frauen-Bundesliga
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I ...
. Coach
Ralf Kellermann praised her "enormous potential to develop further." On 29 August 2015 she made her competitive debut for Wolfsburg and scored a brace against
Jena
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during the club's season opener, resulting in an 8–0 win.
In June 2016, Wolfsburg sent Jensen on
loan
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The document evidencing the deb ...
to
Stabæk for one year, to aid her development with regular first team football. At the end of the season she was allowed to return to Stabæk on a permanent basis, as part of Wolfsburg's transfer deal for
Marie Dølvik Markussen
Marie Dølvik Markussen (born 15 February 1997) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a forward for Toppserien club Rosenborg. She made her debut for the Norway women's national football team in 2015.
Club career
After breaking through at her ...
.
International career
After representing Norway at the youth international level, Jensen made her senior debut for
Norway
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against
New Zealand
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on 25 November 2014.
International goals
Honours
DFB-Pokal
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: Winner
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
References
External links
*
NFF profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jensen, Synne
1996 births
Living people
Footballers from Oslo
Kolbotn Fotball players
LSK Kvinner FK players
Toppserien players
Norwegian women's footballers
21st-century Norwegian sportswomen
Norway women's international footballers
Norwegian expatriate women's footballers
Frauen-Bundesliga players
VfL Wolfsburg (women) players
Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Stabæk Fotball Kvinner players
Vålerenga Fotball Damer players
Women's association football forwards
UEFA Women's Euro 2025 players