Dorte Dalum Jensen

Dorte Dalum Jensen
Personal information
Date of birth	3 July 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Hadsund, Denmark
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
	Hadsund Boldklub
	Vorup FB
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2002	HEI
2002–2003	IF Liungen
2004–2005	Asker SK
2006–2007	Djurgården/Älvsjö
2008–2009	Olympique Lyonnais
2009–2012	LSK Kvinner
International career‡
1999–2007	Denmark
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 February 2012

Dorte Dalum Jensen (born 3 July 1978) is a Danish former football defender. She played for Norwegian Toppserien club LSK Kvinner. She won over 40 caps for the Denmark national team.

Club career

In January 2008, Dalum Jensen left Swedish Damallsvenskan contenders Djurgården/Älvsjö to sign for Olympique Lyonnais.^[1] In summer 2009, she returned to Norwegian football, where she had previously played for IF Liungen and Asker SK. This time her destination was Team Strømmen,^[2] who became LSK Kvinner for the 2010 season. Dalum Jensen suffered a damaged cruciate ligament in January 2011.^[3]

Although Jensen's parents and two elder brothers had no interest in football, she began to play at school, aged 10. Her early career took in local club Hadsund Boldklub, Vorup FB, and then Hjortshøj Egå Idrætsforening (HEI) before she left for Norway.^[4]

National career

She represented Denmark at the UEFA European Championship 2005^[5] and was named in the squad for the 2007 FIFA World Cup in China.^[6]

Dalum Jensen won 14 caps and scored two goals for the Denmark under-21 team, making her senior debut against Netherlands in September 1999. She scored a single goal for the national team, in a 3–2 friendly defeat by France in September 2004. She won the last of 41 caps in August 2007, in a World Cup warm-up friendly defeat by Sweden in Farum.

Personal life

Dalum Jensen's partner is the Norwegian goalkeeper Bente Nordby, whom she played alongside at Asker, Djurgårdens, and Lyon.^[7]

References

^ "DALUM JENSEN Dorte" (in French). OLweb.fr. Retrieved 12 February 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Øyvind Løland (10 July 2009). "Dansk stjerne til Strømmen" (in Norwegian). tv2.no. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
^ Mari Knudsen (21 January 2011). "Dorte Dalum har røket korsbåndet" (in Norwegian). LSK Kvinner. Retrieved 13 February 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Kvinden Fra Kollektivet" (PDF). Kvindefodbold Er Cool 01 (in Danish) (1). DBU: 6. April 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
^ Peter Bruun (3 May 2005). "Bonde names party for EURO". UEFA.com. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
^ "Danmarks VM-hold klar" (in Danish). 3f.dk. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
^ Magali Lehane (16 August 2011). "Bente Nordby" (in French). univers-L.com. Retrieved 13 February 2012.