Christine Bøe Jensen
Personal information
Full name Christine Bøe Jensen
Date of birth (1975-06-03) 3 June 1975
Place of birth Hammerfest, Norway[1]
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
HIF-Stein
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Kvaløysletta
Fløya
1999–2000 Grand Bodø
2001–2003 Kolbotn
Manglerud Star
Vålerenga
International career
2000–2001 Norway 18 (2)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2000 SydneyTeam competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:16, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:16, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

Christine Bøe Jensen (born 3 June 1975) is a Norwegian former footballer and Olympic champion, born in Hammerfest.[1]

Jensen's first club was HIF-Stein in her native Finnmark. She later moved to Tromsø and turned out for Kvaløysletta and Fløya, before linking up with Grand Bodø. In 2000, she broke into the Norway women's national football team as a Grand Bodø player and was included in the gold medal-winning squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[2]

On the back of that success Jensen secured a transfer to Kolbotn in 2001. In 2002, she was top goalscorer with 19 as Kolbotn won the Toppserien title.[3] She later played for Manglerud Star and Vålerenga.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Christine Bøe Jensen". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  2. "2000 Summer Olympics Melbourne, Australia Soccer" Archived 11 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 16 May 2008)
  3. "Historikk" (in Norwegian). Kolbotn Fotball. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  4. Berg, Rune (14 December 2000). "Christine Bøe Jensen: Vil etablere seg på landslaget" (in Norwegian). Finnmarken. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  5. "Vår nordligste olympiske mester" (PDF). Nordnorsk fotball (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. 10 June 2013. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
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