Victor Christoffer Jensen (born 8 February 2000) is a Danish professional

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who plays as an

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for club

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Club career

Ajax

On 2 June 2017, the 17-year-old Jensen officially signed for

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from

FC Copenhagen Football Club Copenhagen (, ), commonly known as F.C. København, F.C. Copenhagen, Copenhagen, or simply FCK, is a Danish professional football club based in Copenhagen. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on top of Kjøbenhavns Boldklu ...

's youth sector. Jensen would join the club's U19 squad on 1 July due to his young age. Copenhagen sold Jensen for about €3.5 million which made him the most expensive player ever under 18 to be sold from Denmark. In October 2017 Jensen was also nominated by ''

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'' to the list of the 60 biggest talents born in 2000. In his first season at Ajax, he played 27 games for the U19 squad, scoring 6 goals. He also made his way to

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making his

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debut on 12 January 2018 in a game against

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. From the 2018–19 season, he became a permanent part of the Jong Ajax squad. Jensen made his first team debut on 11 January 2019 in a friendly game against Brazilian club

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. Jensen made his

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debut for Ajax on 12 December 2020 in a game against

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as a 75th-minute substitute for Antony.

Loan to Nordsjælland

On 1 February 2021, Jensen was sent on a six-month loan to

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club

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. He made his debut for the club on 4 February against Brøndby which ended in a 1–0 loss.

Loan to Rosenborg

On 1 March 2022, it was announced that Jensen had extended his contract with Ajax until 2024, while undergoing his second loan spell, this time with Norwegian

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side

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, until the end of the year.

Utrecht

On 31 January 2023, Jensen officially joined

side

on a permanent deal, signing a contract until June 2026 with the club.

References

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Career stats
- Voetbal International * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jensen, Victor Living people 2000 births Danish men's footballers Men's association football wingers Denmark men's youth international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Footballers from Copenhagen Footballers from Hvidovre Municipality F.C. Copenhagen players Hvidovre IF players Jong Ajax players AFC Ajax players FC Nordsjælland players Rosenborg BK players FC Utrecht players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Danish Superliga players Eliteserien players Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Norway 21st-century Danish sportsmen