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 | (72) | |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2002 | Vidar | ||
2003–2004 | Havørn | ||
2007 | Stavanger IF | ||
2008–2010 | Vidar | ||
2010–2012 | Brodd | 10 | (5) |
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 FK.
Jensen played youth football at Havørn, Vidar and Viking, before starting his senior career with Vidar. After a couple of years at the club, he joined the Dowling Golden Lions in 2003. He stayed in the US for four years, and then he returned to Norway to join Stavanger IF in 2007. He later had another spell at Vidar and a spell at Brodd, before becoming player-coach of his youth club Havørn. Ahead of the 2017 season, he became head coach of Vidar, and from 2018 to 2020 he was an assistant coach at Viking.
Playing career
Jensen started playing football for
After his unsuccessful spell at Viking, Jensen returned to Vidar to play first team football. He spent most of his playing career playing for local clubs in the lower divisions in Norway, but he also played college soccer in the US for the
In August 2007, he returned to Norway, signing for
Managerial career
Havørn and Vidar
Jensen became
Viking
On 19 December 2017, he became assistant coach under
Honours
- Dowling Golden Lions
- 2006[4]
- Individual
- NSCAA Division II National Player of the Year: 2006[4]
References
- ^ Morten Jensen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ^ Morten Jensen at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b c d Flygind, Kjetil (30 March 2019). "Løpeturen som ble Morten Jensens viktigste kamp" [The run that turned into Morten Jensen's most important fight]. 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.
- ^ "SIF ut sesongen". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). 22 August 2007. p. 41.
- ^ "Jensen tar over Havørn". Rogalands Avis (in Norwegian). 14 December 2012. p. 19.
- ^ "M 5. div. avd. 02 2013". 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.
- ^ "Bjarne Berntsen ny trener i Viking" [Bjarne Berntsen is the new Viking coach]. vikingfotball.no (in Norwegian). Viking FK. 19 December 2017. 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.