Henning Munk Jensen
Henning Munk Jensen (left), 1966
|
|||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | January 12, 1947 | ||
| Place of birth | Tønder, Denmark | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1957 | Aalborg Chang | ||
| 1958–1961 | Aalborg FC | ||
| 1961–1965 | AaB | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1970 | AaB | ||
| 1970–1973 | PSV Eindhoven | 52 | (4) |
| 1973–1977 | AaB | ||
| 1978 | Frederikshavn fI | 35 | (?) |
| 1979 | Edmonton Drillers | 12 | (0) |
| 1979 | SJ Earthquakes | 11 | (0) |
| 1979 | AaB | ||
| 1980 | Aalborg Freja | ||
| 1981 | AaB | ||
| National team | |||
| 1964–1965 | Denmark u-19 | 8 | (0) |
| 1966 | Denmark u-21 | 2 | (0) |
| 1966–1978 | Denmark | 62 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
|||
Henning Munk Jensen (born January 12, 1947) is a Danish former association football player in the defender position. He most prominently played professionally for Dutch team PSV Eindhoven, as well as 392 games for AaB in Denmark during the 1960s. He was named 1968 and 1975 Danish Football Player of the Year, and played a record-setting 62 matches for the Denmark national football team from 1966 to 1978, 24 of these as team captain.
He is the brother-in-law of Danish international Allan Michaelsen, and thus the uncle of Danish international Jan Michaelsen.
He started his career in the youth teams of Aalborg clubs Aalborg Chang and Aalborg FC, before moving to Aalborg BK (AaB). He started his footballing career as a right winger, but eventually settled as a tall, strong, and fast central defender. He made his senior debut in 1965, and got his national breakthrough in AaB's games against English team Everton F.C. in the 1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup. He was injured when AaB won the 1966 Danish Cup, but was on the losing end when AaB lost the 1967 final. He missed AaB's victorious 1970 Danish Cup final through suspension.
In 1970, he moved abroad to play professionally with Dutch club PSV Eindhoven, having been recommended to the club by Danish international and PSV player Bent Schmidt Hansen. He stayed with PSV for three seasons, before moving back to rejoin AaB in 1973. When AaB introduced professional wages, the management planned to pay all players the same amount, which prompted Munk Jensen and goalkeeper Karsten Simensen to leave the club. In early 1978, he moved from AaB to nearby team Frederikshavn fI in the Danish 2nd Division. He moved abroad once more to play for North American clubs Edmonton Drillers and San Jose Earthquakes in 1979. He returned to AaB in 1979, played a single year with Aalborg Freja in the 3rd Division, before he ended his career with AaB in the 2nd Division in 1981. He set an AaB club record with a total 392 games, a record which was eventually broken by Torben Boye.
...
Wikipedia