Svend Jensen | |
Fullname: | Svend Aage Julius Jensen |
Birth Date: | 6 October 1905 |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Height: | 1.95m (06.4feet) |
Years1: | 1925–1940 |
Clubs1: | B 93 |
Caps1: | 255 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 1927–1939 |
Nationalteam1: | Denmark |
Nationalcaps1: | 41 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Svend Aage Julius Jensen (6 October 1905 - 25 April 1979) was a Danish football (soccer) player, who played 41 games for the Denmark national football team. Born in Copenhagen,[1] he played his entire career as a goalkeeper for local club B 93. He was a tall and strong goalkeeper, with great tactical sense and positioning.[2] He made his national team debut in May 1927, and went on to play 41 games until October 1939.[3] His greatest individual performance for the Denmark national football team came in the so-called Battle of Breslau, a 1937 game lost 0-8 to the Germany national football team. Without Svend Jensen, it is said Germany would have scored twice as many goals.[2]
Svend Jensen died in February 1979, while living at Østerbro in Copenhagen.[1]