Ulrik_Jenssen
Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen
Norwegian footballer (born 1996)
Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen (born 4 December 1996) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eliteserien club Rosenborg.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-07-17) 17 July 1996 (age 27) | ||
| Place of birth | Tromsø, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rosenborg | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Fløya | |||
| Tromsø | |||
| 2013–2016 | Lyon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2016 | Lyon II | 48 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Tromsø | 39 | (2) |
| 2018–2021 | Nordsjælland | 108 | (8) |
| 2021–2022 | Willem II | 23 | (0) |
| 2022 | Nordsjælland | 2 | (0) |
| 2023– | Rosenborg | 31 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Norway U15 | 4 | (0) |
| 2012 | Norway U16 | 10 | (0) |
| 2013 | Norway U17 | 12 | (1) |
| 2014 | Norway U18 | 7 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Norway U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2015-2018 | Norway U21 | 26 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 February 2024 | |||
On 4 August 2016, Jenssen transferred from Lyon II to sign a three-and-a-half year with Tromsø.[1]
After joining FC Nordsjælland in January 2018,[2] Jensen left the club again in the summer 2021.
In July 2021, Jenssen signed a three-year contract with Eredivisie club Willem II.[3] His contract was terminated by mutual consent on 20 June 2022, after the club had suffered relegation.[4]
Jenssen returned to Nordsjælland on 19 August 2022, signing a contract until December 2022.[5]
In November 2022, Jenssen signed for Rosenborg, joining the club from January 2023.[6]
In 2016, he was called up to the Norway national football team despite not having played a senior first-team match for any club.[7]
Born in Tromsø, Jenssen is the son of former Tromsø and Sogndal manager Truls Jenssen. His older brother is the footballer Ruben Yttergård Jenssen.
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[lower-alpha 1] | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lyon II | 2013–14 | CFA | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | |||
| 2015–16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| Total | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 48 | 1 | ||
| Tromsø | 2016 | Tippeligaen | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | |
| 2017 | Eliteserien | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | ||
| Total | 39 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 43 | 2 | |||
| FC Nordsjælland | 2017–18 | Danish Superliga | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 35 | 4 | ||
| 2019–20 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 32 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 28 | 3 | |||
| Total | 108 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 112 | 8 | ||
| Willem II | 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | |||
| FC Nordsjælland | 2022–23 | Danish Superliga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Rosenborg | 2023 | Eliteserien | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 251 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 270 | 13 | ||
- Appearances in Norwegian Football Cup, Danish Cup, and KNVB Beker
- Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- "LANGTIDSKONTRAKT FOR YTTERGÅRD JENSSEN". www.til.no (in Norwegian). Tromsø IL. 4 August 2016. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- FCN snupper norsk forsvarsspiller‚ bold.dk, 22 December 2017
- Aert, Dolf van (24 July 2021). "Willem II versterkt defensie verder met transfervrije Jenssen". Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch).
- "Contract Jenssen ontbonden, Yeboah vertrekt". Willem II (in Dutch). 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- "FC Nordsjælland skriver kontrakt med Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen". FC Nordsjælland (in Danish). 19 August 2022. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- "Yttergård Jenssen klar for Rosenborg" [Yttergård Jenssen to Rosenborg] (in Norwegian). RBK.no. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- Magnussen, Jostein (18 May 2016). "Norge-klare Ulrik (19): – Uttaket kom som et sjokk". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen at Soccerway
- Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen at Soccerway