Carsten Vagn Jensen, colloquially known as Carsten V. Jensen, (born February 28, 1963) is a Danish

Denmark

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 former professional football

Football (soccer)

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 player, and current director of sport in F.C. Copenhagen

F.C. Copenhagen

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.

He started his career with Næstved IF in 1983. He went on to play for Herfølge BK and B 1903. He moved to Brøndby IF

Brøndby IF

Brøndby IF is a Danish professional football club based in Brøndbyvester, Brøndby, on the western outskirts of Copenhagen and is the biggest football club in Denmark with almost 2000 members. The club is also known as Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening, or Brøndby and BIF for short...

, where he won the 1990 and 1991 Danish championships

Danish football champions

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. When Jensen wasn't selected by Brøndby manager Morten Olsen

Morten Olsen

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 for the 1991 UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

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 semi-finals against Italian

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 club AS Roma, the disappointed Jensen moved back to Næstved IF. In 1993, he was brought to F.C. Copenhagen, Brøndby's local rivals. F.C. Copenhagen reached the 1995 Danish Cup

Danish Cup

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 final, where Jensen was named man of the match

Man of the match

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 as the club won 5–0 against Akademisk Boldklub

Akademisk Boldklub

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. He ended his career in 1998, after a combined 138 games and five goals for F.C. Copenhagen.

In 2006, he left his job as assistant coach in F.C. Copenhagen, to replace Niels-Christian Holmstrøm

Niels-Christian Holmstrøm

Niels-Christian Holmstrøm is a Danish former football player, manager, chief consultant in Team Danmark and sports director of Danish football club F.C. Copenhagen. Currently he is the chairman of Kjøbenhavns Boldklub and a "special consultant" for F.C...

as head of sports in the club.