Jens Risager
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| Date of birth | 9 April 1971 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Herning, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1998 | Brøndby | 222 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1992 |
→ Ikast (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1992 | Denmark U21 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | Denmark | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Jens Risager (born 9 April 1971), also known as Ayatollah Risager,Euro 1996 tournament. He was selected for the Danish squad at the 1992 Summer Olympics, though he did not play any games at the tournament.
Biography
Born in
Ikast FS.[5]
When his half-year loan contract ended later in 1992, Risager returned to Brøndby. He was a part of the Danish squad at the
Odense BK was a surprise, not least to Risager himself.[6]
Risager was selected to represent Denmark at the 1995 King Fahd Cup, where he played in all three matches, as Denmark won the tournament.
He was called up to the Danish squad for the Euro 1996 tournament, and took part in Denmark's first game of the tournament, against
Ricardo Sa Pinto edged ahead of Risager to equal the game at 1–1, the eventual result. Risager was singled out as the reason for the lost victory, and he took the blame for Sa Pinto's goal upon himself.[7]
For Denmark's remaining two games at the tournament, Risager was replaced by Schjønberg. Møller Nielsen ended his tenure as Danish national team coach following Euro 1996, and Risager would not play any more national team games.
Risager remained a steady part of the Brøndby starting line-up, and was a part of the Brøndby team which won three Danish championships in a row from 1996 to 1998. He retired from football in the summer 1998, aged 27, as he suffered from osteoarthritis in his knee.[8]
Honours
- Danish Championship: 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998
- Danish Cup: 1994, 1998
- 1995 King Fahd Cup
References
- ^ Møller Karlsen, Nanna (16 December 2016). "Jens Risager og dengang The Kop klappede Brøndby af banen". 3point.dk. 3point. Retrieved 24 April 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Jens Risager – Ayatollah Risager". brondbysange.dk. Brøndbysange. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ Interview with Jyllands-posten.dk
- ^ Jens Risager Archived 12 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine at Haslund.info
- ^ Kim Simmelsgaard, "Ikast lejer Jens Risager hos Brøndby", B.T., 4 January 1992
- Berlingske Tidende, 4 October 1994
- ^ Bjarne Nielsen, "Jeg kostede os sejren", Ekstra Bladet, 10 June 1996
- ^ Nina Kragh, "Veteraner tætved vejs ende", Politiken, 23 July 1998
External links
- Jens Risager at National-Football-Teams.com
- Jens Risager national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
- Brøndby IF partial statistics (in Danish)
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