Peter Skov-Jensen (born June 9, 1971 in Esbjerg ) is a Danish soccer player, goalkeeper. In the mid-2000s, he played for the German club Bochum in the Bundesliga . Currently coaches goalkeepers of the Avarta club. Skov-Jensen has played four matches for the Danish national team and was a member of the Danish team at the 2004 European Championships .
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| Full name | Peter Skov-Jensen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Esbjerg , Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 190 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The weight | 89 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Finished his career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Content
- 1 Club career
- 2 Career in the team
- 3 Career career
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Club career
Peter Skov-Jensen began his career in 1990 with the Esbjerg in the Danish 2nd Division. He helped Esbjerg eventually settle down in the First League, then in 1997 he moved to Herning Fremad, Suov-Jensen continued to play in the club, when in 1999 he teamed up with Ikast to form Midtjylland . Skov-Jensen helped the club rise to the Danish Super League in 2001, he played all 33 matches in the 2001/02 season, Midtjylland missed the second fewest goals in the league after Copenhagen and won bronze medals.
In March 2004, he broke his toe, but resumed before the 2004 Denmark Cup final, which Midtjylland lost. In January 2005, Skov-Jensen went abroad to play for Bochum in the German Bundesliga. His compatriots also played in the team: Peter Madsen , Tommy Beckmann and Søren Kolding .
His first year at Bochum was unsuccessful, he played only two matches of the season, as a result, Bochum flew to the Second Bundesliga . He became the main goalkeeper in November 2005, but a month later was injured in a game against Unterhaching . He returned to the team in March 2006 and played 10 of the last 11 matches of the season, while Bochum returned to the Bundesliga. He was the main goalkeeper of Bochum in the 2006/07 season, but in October, after a devastating defeat with a score of 0-6 from Werder Bremen , he lost his place at the base. He returned to the starting lineup in November, but a month after signing the Czech goalkeeper Jaroslav Drobny , he again became the second goalkeeper of Bochum. He left Bochum, joining the Norwegian Sannefjord at the end of the 2006/07 season.
In January 2008, he transferred to the bankrupt Køge . After six months at the club, he completed his career and got the job of Avarta goalkeeper coach.
Team Career
In the Danish national team, he was the understudy of the main goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen . When Sorensen was injured in the fall of 2002, Skov-Jensen made his team debut in the 2004 European Championship qualifier against Luxembourg on October 12th. Skov-Jensen also played the team's next match, a friendly game against Poland . After Sorensen recovered, Skov-Jensen lost his position as the main goalkeeper.
In May 2004, he was called to represent Denmark at the 2004 European Championships, but held the tournament on the bench, Thomas Sorensen played all the matches. When Sorensen was injured again in October 2004, Skov-Jensen once again got a chance to play for the national team. He defended two qualifying matches of the 2006 World Cup against Albania and Turkey .
Coach Career
In the summer of 2008, Skov-Jensen ended his career as a player and became a goalkeeper coach at Avarta. In 2012, he took the post of goalkeeper coach at Egedal, his contract was valid until the summer of 2014.
Notes
- ↑ Transfermarkt.com - 2000.