Morten Jensen (football coach)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Morten Christoffer Jensen[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 9 March 1980||
Place of birth | Tananger, Norway | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Viking (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
–1992 | Havørn | ||
1992–1998 | Vidar | ||
1998–1999 | Viking | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2006 | Dowling Golden Lions | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2002 | Vidar | ||
2003–2004 | Havørn | ||
2007 | Stavanger IF | ||
2008–2010 | Vidar | ||
2010–2012 | Brodd | ||
2013–2016 | Havørn | 33 | (21) |
Managerial career | |||
2013–2016 | Havørn | ||
2017 | Vidar | ||
2018–2020 | Viking (assistant) | ||
2021– | Viking | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Morten Christoffer Jensen (born 9 March 1980) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. He is currently head coach of Eliteserien club Viking.
Jensen played youth football at Havørn, Vidar and Viking, in addition to college soccer for the Dowling Golden Lions. His senior career was spent at lower-league clubs Vidar, Havørn, Stavanger IF and Brodd. He started his coaching career with Havørn in 2013. In 2017 he was head coach of Vidar, and from 2018 to 2020 he was an assistant coach at Viking. Since 2021 he has been head coach of Viking alongside Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim.
Playing career
[edit]Jensen started playing football for Tananger-based side Havørn, before transferring to Stavanger-based side Vidar at age 12. Aged 18 he tried his luck at Eliteserien club Viking, but a groin injury hindered his development, and kept him on the sideline for one and a half years.[3]
After his unsuccessful spell at Viking, Jensen returned to Second Division club Vidar to play first team football. He spent most of his playing career at local clubs in the lower divisions in Norway, but he also played college soccer in the US for the Dowling Golden Lions, where he had a successful spell.[3] He joined the club in 2003.[4] In the 2004 season, Jensen scored 27 goals and made 16 assists in 19 matches.[5] In June 2005, he was on trial at Eliteserien club Tromsø.[6] In 2006, the Dowling Golden Lions won the NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship, and Jensen scored the game-winning goal in the final.[4] He finished the 2006 season with 24 goals and 10 assists, and was awarded NSCAA Division II National Player of the Year.[4] He also made some appearances for Havørn during 2003 and 2004.[1]
In August 2007, he returned to Norway, signing for Second Division club Stavanger IF.[7] In 2008, he played for Third Division club Vidar.[8] Vidar were promoted to the Second Division in 2009,[9] and in June 2010, Jensen moved to Third Division club Brodd.[10]
Managerial career
[edit]Havørn and Vidar
[edit]Jensen left Brodd to become player-coach of Fifth Division club Havørn ahead of the 2013 season.[11] The club earned promotion in his first season.[12] He stayed at the club for three more seasons, before being appointed head coach of Second Division club Vidar on 8 December 2016.[13][14] He stayed at Vidar for one season, in which Vidar finished 4th in group 2 of the 2017 Second Division.[3]
Viking
[edit]On 19 December 2017, he became assistant coach under Bjarne Berntsen at newly relegated Eliteserien club Viking.[15][16] He served as an assistant coach for three seasons, in which the club earned promotion to the top division in 2018, and won the Norwegian Football Cup in 2019. On 26 November 2020, it was announced that head coach Bjarne Berntsen would leave Viking after the 2020 season.[17] Simultaneously, it was announced that Jensen and Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim would replace Berntsen, taking over as joint head coaches on two-year contracts. Like Jensen, Lunde Aarsheim was also an assistant coach at the club before being appointed head coach. They took charge ahead of the 2021 season.[18][19] Viking finished the 2021 season in third place, and on 25 March 2022, the head coaches' contracts were extended until the end of the 2025 season.[20] On 25 November 2024, the contracts were extended until the end of the 2028 season.[21]
Managerial statistics
[edit]- As of match played 1 December 2024
Team | From | To | Record | Reference(s) | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Havørn | 1 January 2013 | 31 December 2016 | 86 | 51 | 17 | 18 | 59.30 | [22][23][24][25] |
Vidar | 1 January 2017 | 31 December 2017 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 48.15 | [26][27] |
Viking | 1 January 2021 | Present | 145 | 78 | 28 | 39 | 53.79 | [28][29][30] |
Total | 258 | 142 | 48 | 68 | 55.04 | — |
Honours
[edit]- Dowling Golden Lions
- Individual
- NSCAA Division II National Player of the Year: 2006[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Morten Jensen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ^ Morten Jensen at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b c Flygind, Kjetil (30 March 2019). "Løpeturen som ble Morten Jensens viktigste kamp". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Morten Jensen". Dowling Golden Lions. 3 December 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "Morten (25) er stjerne i USA" [Morten (25) is a star in the US]. Rogalands Avis (in Norwegian). 16 March 2005. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ Larsen, Jan-Erik (27 May 2005). "Vidar-spiller viser seg fram i Tromsø". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ "SIF ut sesongen". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). 22 August 2007. p. 41.
- ^ Iversen, Espen (16 May 2008). "Brede så kompisen avgjøre". Rogalands Avis (in Norwegian). p. 30.
- ^ Svendsen, Espen Yung (3 November 2009). "Opprykksdrama". Rogalands Avis (in Norwegian). p. 24.
- ^ "Jensen til Brodd". Rogalands Avis (in Norwegian). 9 June 2010. p. 16.
- ^ "Jensen tar over Havørn". Rogalands Avis (in Norwegian). 14 December 2012. p. 19.
- ^ "M 5. div. avd. 02 2013" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ Iversen, Espen; Birkemo, Arne (8 December 2016). "Morten Jensen ny Vidar-trener – Brede Hangeland går inn i uoffisiell rolle" [Morten Jensen is the new Vidar coach – Brede Hangeland enters unofficial role]. Rogalands Avis (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Nilssen, Stig (8 December 2016). "Jensen blir ny Vidar-trener". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ Grøttem, Tina (19 December 2017). "Bjarne Berntsen ny trener i Viking" [Bjarne Berntsen is the new Viking coach]. Viking FK (in Norwegian). Viking FK. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Iversen, Espen (19 December 2017). "– Som å få gullbilletten til Wonkas sjokoladefabrikk". Rogalands Avis (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ Flygind, Kjetil; Nilssen, Stig (26 November 2020). "Bjarne Berntsen har fått sparken i Viking" [Bjarne Berntsen has been fired from Viking]. Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ Nilssen, Stig; Flygind, Kjetil (26 November 2020). "Jensen og "Batty" overtar som likestilte hovedtrenere" [Jensen and «Batty» take over as joint head coaches]. Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Nilssen, Stig; Flygind, Kjetil (27 November 2020). ""Vi har mye å bevise og er tøffe i trynet som tar denne jobben"". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ Flygind, Kjetil (25 March 2022). "Viking-trenerne forlenger: Ny fireårsavtale i boks". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ Larsen, Alexander (25 November 2024). "Jensen og Lunde Aarsheim signerer langtidskontrakt". Viking FK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "M 5. div. avd. 02 2013 - 2013 - Tabell - Rogaland". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ "4 div menn avd 02 2014 - 2014 - Tabell - Rogaland". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ "M 4. div. avd. 02 2015 - 2015 - Tabell - Rogaland". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ "M 4 div avd 02 2016 - 2016 - Tabell - Rogaland". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ "PostNord-ligaen avd 2 - 2017 - Tabell". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ "NM Menn – ordinære runder - 2017 - Terminliste". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ "Eliteserien Maratontabell fra 2021 til 2024". NIFS (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ "NM Cup Maratontabell fra 2021 til 2024". NIFS (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ "Viking UEFA Conference League - kvalifisering 2022/23". NIFS (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Norwegian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- College men's soccer players in the United States
- Dowling College alumni
- FK Vidar players
- Stavanger IF Fotball players
- IL Brodd players
- Norwegian Second Division players
- Norwegian Third Division players
- Norwegian Fourth Division players
- Viking FK non-playing staff
- Norwegian football managers
- FK Vidar managers
- Viking FK managers
- Eliteserien managers
- 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen