| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 April 1971 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Herning, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1998 | Brøndby | 222 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1992 | → Ikast (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1992 | Denmark U21 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | Denmark | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Jens Risager (born 9 April 1971), also known as Ayatollah Risager,[1][2] is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a left-back.[3] He most prominently won five Danish football championships with Brøndby IF. He played 13 matches for the Denmark national football team, with whom he won the 1995 King Fahd Cup and participated in the Euro 1996 tournament. He was selected for the Danish squad at the 1992 Summer Olympics, though he did not play any games at the tournament.
- ^ Møller Karlsen, Nanna (16 December 2016). "Jens Risager og dengang The Kop klappede Brøndby af banen". 3point.dk. 3point. Retrieved 24 April 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Jens Risager – Ayatollah Risager". brondbysange.dk. Brøndbysange. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ Interview with Jyllands-posten.dk