Jens Jønsson

Jens Jønsson
	Jønsson in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Jens Jønsson
Date of birth	10 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Aarhus, Denmark
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	AEK Athens
Number	6
Youth career
0000–2005	IF Lyseng
2005–2011	AGF
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–2016	AGF
2016–2020	Konyaspor
2020–2022	Cádiz
2022–	AEK Athens
International career‡
2009	Denmark U16
2009–2010	Denmark U17
2011–2012	Denmark U19
2012	Denmark U20
2013–2015	Denmark U21
2016	Denmark Olympic
2020–	Denmark
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:16, 15 April 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:44, 15 November 2021

Jens Jønsson (born 10 January 1993) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek Super League club AEK Athens.

Club career[edit]

Born in Aarhus, Denmark, Jønsson moved up to local team AGF's first team in summer 2011. Prior to that he was playing for the IF Lyseng. On 10 December 2012, Jønsson scored a goal for the final result of 3–3 against Silkeborg IF in the last minute of the last match of 2012 in the Danish Superliga. This goal was later awarded "Best Goal of 2012" by the viewers of DR award show "Sport 2012".^[1]

On 26 August 2016, he signed a three-year contract with the Turkish Süper Lig club Konyaspor.^[2] With Konyaspor he won the Turkish Cup and Super Cup in 2017.^[3] At the European level, he was utilised in four group matches of the 2016–17 and 2017–18 UEFA Europa League. Konyaspor was eliminated after the group stage each year.

On 25 August 2020, Jønsson signed a two-year deal with the newly promoted La Liga side Cádiz CF.^[4]

AEK Athens[edit]

On 1 July 2022, AEK Athens' technical director Radosław Kucharski travelled to Copenhagen to complete Jønsson's signing, with the Danish player putting pen to paper to a four-year contract.^[5]

At the end of the season, he celebrated the double, the third in the club's history and first since 1978.^[6]

On 3 September 2023, the Danish midfielder scored his first goal in four years helping to a 3–2 away win against Volos.^[7]

International career[edit]

On 3 November 2020 he received his first call-up by Denmark senior national team.^[8]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 21:00, 17 November 2023 (UTC)^[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
AGF	2011–12	Superliga	5	0	1	0	—		—		—		6	0
	2012–13		15	1	1	0	—		0	0	—		16	1
	2013–14		21	1	3	0	—		—		—		24	1
	2014–15	1st Division	31	0	3	0	—		—		—		34	0
	2015–16	Superliga	31	0	5	0	—		—		—		36	0
	2016–17	Superliga	4	0	—		—		—		—		4	0
	Total		107	2	13	0	—		0	0	—		120	2
Konyaspor	2016–17	Süper Lig	24	1	7	0	—		4	0	—		35	1
	2017–18		21	0	4	0	—		4	0	1	0	30	0
	2018–19		22	4	0	0	—		—		—		22	4
	2019–20		32	1	0	0	—		—		—		32	1
	Total		99	6	11	0	—		8	0	1	0	119	6
Cádiz	2020–21	La Liga	35	0	2	0	—		—		—		37	0
	2021–22	La Liga	22	0	2	0	—		—		—		24	0
	Total		57	0	4	0	—		—		—		61	0
AEK Athens	2022–23	Superleague Greece	34	0	5	0	—		—		—		39	0
	2023–24	Superleague Greece	9	1	0	0	—		7	0	—		16	1
	Total		43	1	5	0	—		7	0	—		55	1
Career total			306	9	33	0	1	0	15	0	1	0	355	9

Honours[edit]

Konyaspor^[3]

AEK Athens

References[edit]

^ "AGF-spiller scorede årets mål". DR (in Danish). 21 December 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
^ Atiker Konyaspor'umuz Jens Jonsson ile 2+1 yıllık sözleşme imzaladı Archived 29 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine‚ konyaspor.org.tr, 26 August 2016
^ ^a ^b "J. JØNSSON". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
^ "El danés Jens Jønsson firma hasta 2022" [Danish Jens Jønsson signs until 2022] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
^ "ΑΕΚ μεταγραφές: Ο Γιόνσον υπέγραψε στην Ένωση για τέσσερα χρόνια". www.sport24.gr. 1 July 2022.
^ "ΑΕΚ - ΠΑΟΚ 2-0: Ασύγκριτη! Η Ένωση κατέκτησε ένα ιστορικό νταμπλ, σάρωσε τους Θεσσαλονικείς με 10 παίκτες από το 6'" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 24 May 2023.
^ "Βόλος - ΑΕΚ 2-3: Λύτρωση από την άσπρη βούλα στο 93' για την Ένωση στο Πανθεσσαλικό με δέκα παίκτες" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 3 September 2023.
^ Kommunikation, D. B. U. "To nye ansigter i Kasper Hjulmands landsholdstrup". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
^ Jens Jønsson at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

External links[edit]

Jens Jønsson national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
Jens Jønsson official Danish Superliga statistics at danskfodbold.com (in Danish)

[1] "AGF-spiller scorede årets mål". DR (in Danish). 21 December 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2020.

[2] Atiker Konyaspor'umuz Jens Jonsson ile 2+1 yıllık sözleşme imzaladı Archived 29 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine‚ konyaspor.org.tr, 26 August 2016

[Soccerway-3] "J. JØNSSON". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 December 2019.

[4] "El danés Jens Jønsson firma hasta 2022" [Danish Jens Jønsson signs until 2022] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

[5] "ΑΕΚ μεταγραφές: Ο Γιόνσον υπέγραψε στην Ένωση για τέσσερα χρόνια". www.sport24.gr. 1 July 2022.

[6] "ΑΕΚ - ΠΑΟΚ 2-0: Ασύγκριτη! Η Ένωση κατέκτησε ένα ιστορικό νταμπλ, σάρωσε τους Θεσσαλονικείς με 10 παίκτες από το 6'" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 24 May 2023.

[7] "Βόλος - ΑΕΚ 2-3: Λύτρωση από την άσπρη βούλα στο 93' για την Ένωση στο Πανθεσσαλικό με δέκα παίκτες" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 3 September 2023.

[8] Kommunikation, D. B. U. "To nye ansigter i Kasper Hjulmands landsholdstrup". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 6 November 2020.

[9] Jens Jønsson at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

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