Sondre Jensen

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Sondre Jensen
Personal information
Full name Sondre Flemming Jensen
Date of birth (1971-11-15) 15 November 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth Bergen, Norway
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 Brann 5 (0)
Fyllingen
International career
1989 Norway U18 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sondre Jensen (born 15 November 1971) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a midfielder.[1][2]

Sondre Jensen debuted for SK Brann in the highest league in 1990 and played five times for the club in 1990 and 1991. He was also capped once for the Norway U18 national team in a game against Sweden in 1989.[3] However he is most known for being the son of the Brann-legend Roald "Kniksen" Jensen.[4][5]

He later played for Fyllingen.[3] After his football career Sondre Jensen has worked as a postman for Posten Norge, the Norwegian postal service, in Loddefjord in Bergen.[6][7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sondre Jensen at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Sondre Jensen" (in Norwegian). Fotball.bt.no. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
  3. ^ a b Sondre Jensen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  4. ^ Gjesdal, Elisabeth de Lange (28 December 2014). "Sønnen til Kniksen: - Han var en perfekt far". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  5. ^ Nielsen, Atle (2008). Sportsklubben Brann: 100 år med tro, håp og kjærlighet (in Norwegian). Bergen: Schibsted. p. 124. ISBN 978-82-516-2658-3.
  6. ^ ""Kniksen" på frimerke" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 5 September 2002. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
  7. ^ "Kry av far på frimerke" (PDF). Postavisen (in Norwegian). Posten Norge. September 2002. p. 15. Retrieved 15 December 2009.