Jens_Jakob_Thomasen
Jens Jakob Thomasen
Danish footballer (born 1996)
Jens Jakob Dyhr Thomasen (Danish pronunciation: [tsʰoˈmæˀsn̩]; born 25 June 1996) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swedish Allsvenskan club IF Elfsborg.
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Thomasen in 2022. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jens Jakob Dyhr Thomasen | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-06-25) 25 June 1996 (age 27) | ||
| Place of birth | Sanderum, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | IF Elfsborg | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sanderum BK | |||
| 2007–2015 | OB | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2022 | OB | 168 | (10) |
| 2022–2023 | Nîmes | 23 | (2) |
| 2023– | IF Elfsborg | 10 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2012 | Denmark U16 | 5 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Denmark U17 | 11 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Denmark U18 | 5 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Denmark U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Denmark U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2017 | Denmark U21 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:39, 28 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Early career
Born in Sanderum, a suburb of Odense, Thomas started playing football in the youth of Sanderum Boldklub before moving to Odense Boldklub's youth academy at age 11.[1]
OB
On 24 April 2015, Thomasen made his debut for OB in a 2–0 win over Esbjerg fB in the Danish Superliga. Surprisingly he was in the starting lineup and was not even a part of the first team squad yet. He played the first 62 minutes before being replaced by Mathias Greve.
In the summer of 2015, at the age of 19, Thomasen was moved permanently to the first team squad.
On 1 November 2015, Thomasen signed a contract extension until 2019.[2] Thomasen was named as the "Revelation of the Year" in OB for 2016.[3] His contract was extended another two-and-a-half years in January 2018.[4] Thomasen announced in May 2022 that he would leave OB because he was looking for a new challenge and because his contract was about to expire.[5]
Nîmes
On 8 July 2022, French Ligue 2 club Nîmes Olympique confirmed that Thomasen had joined the club on a one-year contract with the possibility of a further one-year extension.[6] He made his official debut for the club on 30 July 2022 in a 1–0 defeat against Caen in Ligue 2.[7]
IF Elfsborg
A year after his transfer to France, it was confirmed, in July 2023, that Thomasen had joined Swedish Allsvenskan club IF Elfsborg on a deal until the end of 2025.[8]
- "Thomasen er trådt et trin op ad stigen". Fyens Stiftstidende (in Danish). 19 September 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- "OB forlænger med Greve og Thomasen". bold.dk. 1 November 2015.
- "Grytebust er årets spiller i OB". bold.dk. 14 January 2017.
- Nørgaard, Malte L. (25 January 2018). "OB forlænger med lokal profil". Tipsbladet.dk (in Danish).
- Anfører forlader OB: 'Jeg skal prøve noget nyt', bt.dk, 22 May 2022
- Le Nîmes Olympique est fier et heureux de..., twitter.com, 8 July 2022
- NÎMES VS. CAEN 0 - 1, Soccerway, 30 July 2022
- Välkommen – Jens Jakob Thomasen, elfsborg.se, 13 July 2023
- Jens Jakob Thomasen at Soccerway
- Jens Jakob Thomasen national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)