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{{short description|Danish footballer (born 1971)}}
{{confused|text=the Danish footballer [[Jesper M. Kristensen]]}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jesper Kristensen
| fullname = 
| image = 
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1971|10|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Esbjerg]], Denmark
| height = 
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1= 
| youthclubs1= 
| years1 = 1989–1991 | years2 =1991–1995
| clubs1 = [[Esbjerg fB]] | clubs2 =[[Brøndby IF|Brøndby]]<ref>[http://www.danskfodbold.com/spiller.php?ligaid=2001&spillerid=9158 Jesper Kristensen] at DanskFodbold.com</ref>
| caps1 = 42 | goals1 = 4 | caps2 = 103 | goals2 = 11
| nationalyears1= 1994–1995
| nationalteam1= [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]<ref name="dbu">[http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/PlayerInfo/2350&allmatch=1#match Jesper Kristensen – Alle hold (Alle kampe)] at Danish Football Association</ref>
| nationalcaps1= 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| medaltemplates = 
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|DEN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1995 King Fahd Cup|1995 Saudi Arabia]]|}}
}}

'''Jesper Kristensen''' (born 9 October 1971) is a Danish former professional [[Association football|footballer]], who made 129 appearances for Danish team [[Brøndby IF]] in the [[midfielder]] position. He played four games for the [[Denmark national football team]], with whom he won the [[1995 King Fahd Cup]].

Born in [[Esbjerg]], Kristensen started his career with lower league club [[Esbjerg fB]]. In the summer 1991, he moved to defending Danish champions Brøndby IF. He was named 1993 "[[Danish Football Player of the Year#Young Players of the Year|Danish U21 Player of the Year]]",<ref>[http://www.dbu.dk/page.aspx?id=318 Arlas talentpriser 2009 – 1987] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212144542/https://www.dbu.dk/page.aspx?id=318 |date=2018-12-12 }} at Danish Football Association</ref> and made his Danish national team debut in April 1994.<ref name="dbu"/> He helped Brøndby win the 1994 [[Danish Cup]] trophy, and was a part of the Danish team which won the King Fahd Cup in January 1995.<ref name="dbu"/> He played a few matches in Brøndby's [[Danish Superliga 1995-96|1995–96 Superliga]] winning season, before he had to prematurely end his career in August 1995, due to injuries. He played a total 129 games for Brøndby,<ref>[http://brondby.com/article.asp?aid=32438 1. holdsspillere i Brøndby IF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204220509/http://brondby.com/article.asp?aid=32438 |date=2009-12-04 }} at [[Brøndby IF]]</ref> including 103 games and 11 goals in the Superliga.

==Honours==
'''Brøndby'''
*[[Danish Superliga]]: [[Danish Superliga 1995-96|1995–96]]
*[[Danish Cup]]: [[Danish Cup 1993-94|1993–94]]

'''Denmark'''
*[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]: [[1995 King Fahd Cup|1995]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{DBU player|2350}}
*{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927003807/http://www.brondby.com/player.asp?sid=66&id=33 |date=dmy |title=Brøndby IF profile {{in lang|da}} }}

{{Denmark Squad 1995 King Fahd Cup}}

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[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Danish men's footballers]]
[[Category:Danish Superliga players]]
[[Category:Esbjerg fB players]]
[[Category:Brøndby IF players]]
[[Category:Denmark men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Denmark men's under-21 international footballers]]
[[Category:1995 King Fahd Cup players]]
[[Category:FIFA Confederations Cup–winning players]]
[[Category:Footballers from Esbjerg]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]


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