Dorte Dalum Jensen (born 3 July 1978) is a Danish former football defender. She played for Norwegian Toppserien club LSK Kvinner. She won over 40 caps for the Denmark national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 July 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Hadsund, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hadsund Boldklub | |||
| Vorup FB | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2002 | HEI | ||
| 2002–2003 | IF Liungen | ||
| 2004–2005 | Asker SK | ||
| 2006–2007 | Djurgården/Älvsjö | ||
| 2008–2009 | Olympique Lyonnais | 28 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | LSK Kvinner | 15 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1999–2007 | Denmark | 41 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 February 2012 | |||
Club career edit
In January 2008, Dalum Jensen left Swedish Damallsvenskan contenders Djurgården/Älvsjö to sign for Olympique Lyonnais.[1] In summer 2009, she returned to Norwegian football, where she had previously played for IF Liungen and Asker SK. This time her destination was Team Strømmen,[2] who became LSK Kvinner for the 2010 season. Dalum Jensen suffered a damaged cruciate ligament in January 2011.[3]
Although Jensen's parents and two elder brothers had no interest in football, she began to play at school, aged 10. Her early career took in local club Hadsund Boldklub, Vorup FB, and then Hjortshøj Egå Idrætsforening (HEI) before she left for Norway.[4]
National career edit
She represented Denmark at the UEFA European Championship 2005[5] and was named in the squad for the 2007 FIFA World Cup in China.[6]
Dalum Jensen won 14 caps and scored two goals for the Denmark under-21 team, making her senior debut against Netherlands in September 1999. She scored a single goal for the national team, in a 3–2 friendly defeat by France in September 2004. She won the last of 41 caps in August 2007, in a World Cup warm-up friendly defeat by Sweden in Farum.
Personal life edit
Dalum Jensen's partner is the Norwegian goalkeeper Bente Nordby, whom she played alongside at Asker, Djurgårdens, and Lyon.[7]
References edit
- ^ "DALUM JENSEN Dorte" (in French). OLweb.fr. Retrieved 12 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Øyvind Løland (10 July 2009). "Dansk stjerne til Strømmen" (in Norwegian). tv2.no. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ Mari Knudsen (21 January 2011). "Dorte Dalum har røket korsbåndet" (in Norwegian). LSK Kvinner. Retrieved 13 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Kvinden Fra Kollektivet" (PDF). Kvindefodbold Er Cool 01 (in Danish) (1). DBU: 6. April 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ Peter Bruun (3 May 2005). "Bonde names party for EURO". UEFA.com. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^ "Danmarks VM-hold klar" (in Danish). 3f.dk. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^ Magali Lehane (16 August 2011). "Bente Nordby" (in French). univers-L.com. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
External links edit
- Dorte Dalum Jensen national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
- Profile at the LSK Kvinner site (in Norwegian) at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 February 2010)
- Profile at Footofeminin.fr (in French)
- Dorte Dalum Jensen at Soccerway
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