Birger Jensen is a Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 former football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

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 player, who played in the goalkeeper position. He most notably played professionally for Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 club Club Brugge

Club Brugge

Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging is a football club from Bruges in Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and is one of the top clubs in Belgium. Its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,472....

, with whom he reached the 1978 European Cup

UEFA Champions League

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 final. He played 19 matches for the Denmark national football team

Denmark national football team

The Denmark national football team represents Denmark in association football and is controlled by the Danish Football Association , the governing body for the football clubs which are organized under DBU...

 from 1973 to 1979.

He started his career with Danish club B 1903, before moving abroad to play professionally with Club Brugge in 1974. With Club Brugge, he won five Belgian Jupiler League

Jupiler League

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 championships and two Belgian Cup

Belgian Cup

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s, and reached the 1978 European Cup

UEFA Champions League

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 final which was lost to English

England

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 club Liverpool FC. He left Club Brugge in 1988, and went on to play for Belgian club Lierse SK and Dutch

Netherlands

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 club RKC Waalwijk

RKC Waalwijk

RKC Waalwijk is a football club currently playing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' and was a fusion club of HEC, WVB and Hercules.-History:...

, before ending his career back in Belgium with FC Varsenare.

External links

• Danish national team profile Club Brugge profile