Lene Christensen (footballer) should not be confused with Lena Christensen.
| Lene Christensen | |
| Fullname: | Lene Christensen |
| Birth Date: | 4 February 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Marstrup, Denmark |
| Currentclub: | Rosenborg |
| Clubnumber: | 12 |
| Height: | 1.75 m |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Youthclubs1: | Haderslev FK |
| Years1: | 2017–2021 |
| Clubs1: | KoldingQ |
| Caps1: | 62 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2022– |
| Clubs2: | Rosenborg |
| Caps2: | 29 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015–2016 |
| Nationalteam1: | Denmark U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam2: | Denmark U19 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 19 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2019– |
| Nationalteam3: | Denmark U23 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2020– |
| Nationalteam4: | Denmark |
| Nationalcaps4: | 20 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 30 June 2023 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 02:15, 10 December 2022 (UTC) |
Lene Christensen (born 4 February 2000) is a Danish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Rosenborg in the Toppserien and the Danish national team.
Christensen started her senior career for Kolding Q in the Elite division. From the 2018–19 season covered the goal in the club as first choice. After six and a half years at the club, she switched in the winter transfer window in January 2022 to Norwegian top club Rosenborg BK on a 2-year contract.[1] [2]
She has also been named the season's best goalkeeper in the Gjensidige Kvindeligaen twice in a row, in 2019/20 and 2020/21.[3]
She made her debut for the national football team of Denmark on 1 December 2020 in the last UEFA Euro 2022 qualifying match in group B which was against Italy on home ground in Viborg, the match resulted in 0–0 draw.[4] She has also appeared for the Danish national under-16 team and Danish national junior team, several times. In 2019, she made her debut for the Denmark national under-23 team, against Netherlands.[5]
She made her debut for Denmark's senior national team on 1 December 2020 in the European Championship qualifier against Italy, which ended in a draw.[6] Since then, she has become the clear first choice in the national team and was subsequently, on 16 June 2022, selected for national coach Lars Søndergaard's squad for the European Championship 2022 in England.[7]