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Henrik Jensen (football manager, born 1985)

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Henrik Jensen
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-01-11) 11 January 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Aalborg, Denmark
Team information
Current team
 Burnley (assistant)
Managerial career
Years Team
2011–2012 Fortuna Hjørring
2013–2016 Vendsyssel (assistant)
2016–2017 Norrköping (youth)
2018 Linköpings (caretaker)
2018–2021 Midtjylland (youth)
2021–2022 Midtjylland (assistant)
2022 Midtjylland (caretaker)
2023–2024 Kalmar
2024– Burnley (assistant)

Henrik Jensen (born 11 January 1985) is a Danish football manager, who is assistant coach of EFL Championship club Burnley.

Managerial career

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Jensen started his managerial career as manager of Fortuna Hjørring in 2011 and became assistant manager of Vendsyssel in 2013.[1]

In 2017, he became new youth coach at the Swedish club Norrköping.[2] In May 2018, he was made caretaker manager of Linköpings in the Damallsvenskan for the remainder of the spring season.[3]

In the summer of 2018, he returned to Denmark to become new youth manager of Midtjylland,[4] and in 2021 the club promoted him to assistant manager.[5] Following the sacking of Bo Henriksen in July 2022, Jensen was made caretaker manager of Midtjylland for six games.[6]

In December 2022, it was announced that he would become new manager of Kalmar in the Swedish Allsvenskan starting in January 2023.[7]

In June 2024, he was announced as Burnley's assistant manager.

References

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  1. ^ "Vendsyssel opryster på trænerfronten". bold.dk (in Danish). 17 February 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Ny tränare i U17". svenskalag.se (in Swedish). 12 December 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Linköping vann efter tränarbytet". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 7 May 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Sportsprofilen: 35-årig akademiker styrer FCM's talenter". herningfolkeblad.dk (in Danish). 24 February 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Ny assistent med offensiv lup". fcm.dk (in Danish). 19 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Han overtager midlertidigt jobbet i FCM". tipsbladet.dk (in Danish). 28 July 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Dansken Henrik Jensen ny huvudtränare för Kalmar FF". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 28 December 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
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