Mathias Jensen

Mathias Jensen (Danish pronunciation: [mæˈtsʰiˀæs ˈjensn̩]; born 1 January 1996) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for English club Brentford as a midfielder. He is a product of the FC Nordsjælland academy, and has been capped by Denmark at international level.

Mathias Jensen
Jensen while with Celta in 2018
Personal information
Full name Mathias Jensen[1]
Date of birth (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996
Place of birth Jerslev, Denmark[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Brentford
Number 8
Youth career
Hvidebæk IF
Farum BK
Kalundborg GB
0000–2015 FC Nordsjælland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 FC Nordsjælland 63 (15)
2018–2019 Celta 6 (0)
2019– Brentford 58 (2)
National team‡
2014 Denmark U18 1 (0)
2014–2015 Denmark U19 8 (0)
2015–2017 Denmark U20 6 (1)
2017–2019 Denmark U21 15 (2)
2020– Denmark 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:07, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:36, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Club career

FC Nordsjælland

A midfielder, Jensen progressed through the academy at FC Nordsjælland and signed a three-year professional contract in January 2015.[3][4] He was promoted into the first team squad for the 2015–16 season and made five appearances during the campaign, scoring one goal, which came in a 2–2 draw with Randers on 1 May 2016.[1] Jensen was a regular in the 2016–17 season, making 22 appearances,[5] before 2017–18 proved to be his breakthrough season.[1] He made 36 appearances, scored 12 goals, was awarded the captaincy and his achievements were recognised by the DBU and his club,[6] with the DBU 2017 Talent of the Year and FC Nordsjælland Player of the Year awards respectively.[7][8] After three early 2018–19-season appearances, Jensen departed Nordsjælland in August 2018.[9] During just over three seasons as a professional at Farum Park, Jensen made 66 appearances and scored 15 goals.[1]

Celta

On 8 August 2018, Jensen moved to Spain joining La Liga club Celta Vigo on a five-year contract.[9] In an injury-affected 2018–19 season, he made just six appearances and left the club in July 2019.[10][11]

Brentford

On 10 July 2019, Jensen moved to England signing with Championship club Brentford on a four-year contract, with the option of an additional year, for an undisclosed fee,[11] reported to be £3.5 million.[12] He made 43 appearances and scored one goal during the 2019–20 season,[13] which ended with defeat in the 2020 Championship play-off Final.[14]

International career

Jensen made 30 appearances and scored 3 goals for Denmark between U18 and U21 level.[15] He was a part of Denmark's squads at the 2017 and 2019 European U21 Championships.[15] Jensen was named in the senior team's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup,[16] but he was not included in the final squad.[11] In October 2020, Jensen won a late call-up to the full Denmark squad for a series of three matches, as a replacement for injured Brentford teammate Christian Nørgaard.[17] He made his full international debut with a start in a 4–0 friendly win over the Faroe Islands on 7 October.[15]

Career statistics
As of match played 19 December 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Nordsjælland 2015–16[1] Superliga 5100―――51
2016–17[5] 22210―――232
2017–18[1] 351210―――3612
2018–19[1] 1010―1[lower-alpha 1]0―20
Total 631530―10―6715
Celta 2018–19[10] La Liga 6000―――60
Brentford 2019–20[13] Championship 3910010―3[lower-alpha 2]0431
2020–21[18] 1910020――211
Total 5820030―30642
Career total 127173030103013717
  1. Appearance in Europa League
  2. Appearances in Championship play-offs

Honours

References
  1. Mathias Jensen at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  2. "Mathias Jensen – Midfielder – First Team". Brentford FC. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. "FC Nordsjælland forlænger med U19-anfører" (in Danish). bold.dk. 15 January 2015.
  4. "U/19 og U/17 klar til et spændende forår". FC Nordsjælland (in Danish). 2 March 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  5. "Games played by Mathias Jensen in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  6. "Mathias Jensen stolt af anførerrolle i FCN". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  7. "Mathias Jensen snuppede årets talent". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  8. "Mathias Jensen er årets spiller i FCN" (in Danish). bold.dk. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  9. "El Celta refuerza su centro del campo con el danés Mathias Jensen" (in Spanish). Europa Press. 8 August 2018.
  10. "Games played by Mathias Jensen in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  11. "Brentford sign Mathias Jensen from Celta Vigo". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  12. "Frank feeling good about Brentford's fortunes". Ealing Times. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  13. "Games played by Mathias Jensen in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  14. "Brentford 1 Fulham 2". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  15. "Landsholdsdatabasen". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  16. "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad – Final 23-man lists". Goal.com.
  17. "16 players building-up to international action this week". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  18. "Games played by Mathias Jensen in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
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