Jonathan Asp Jensen
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| Date of birth | 14 January 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gauerslund, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Deportivo A Coruña | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2013 | Gauerslund IF | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2017 | Vejle | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Gauerslund IF | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2022 | Midtjylland | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2025 | Bayern Munich | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Bayern Munich II | 36 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2026 | Bayern Munich | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025–2026 | → Grasshopper (loan) | 33 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Deportivo A Coruña | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Denmark U16 | 8 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Denmark U17 | 8 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Denmark U18 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:45, 12 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 April 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Jonathan Asp Jensen (born 14 January 2006) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a left winger or attacking midfielder for La Liga club Deportivo A Coruña.
Early life
[edit]Jensen is a native of Gauerslund, Denmark. He has been regarded as one of the most prominent football prospects in the country.[1]
Club career
[edit]Bayern Munich
[edit]Jensen joined the youth academy of German side Bayern Munich from the youth academy of Danish Superliga side Midtjylland on 2022.[2]
He started his professional career with the Bayern Munich II side. On 24 February 2024, Jensen made his professional debut during a 1–0 win Regionalliga Bayern match over Viktoria Aschaffenburg.[3] A month later, on 8 March, he scored his first goal for Bayern Munich II on a 2–0 home win Regionalliga Bayern match against DJK Vilzing.[4] A week later on 16 March, Jensen started and scored his second goal for the club during a 4–0 Regionalliga Bayern away win match against FC Memmingen.[5]
On 12 May 2024, he made his Bundesliga debut for the senior team of Bayern Munich, coming off the bench to substitute Lovro Zvonarek, in a 2–0 win over VfL Wolfsburg.[6]
Jensen was called-up with the Bayern Munich senior team for a friendly match on 6 January 2025, after the 2024 winter break concluded, in which he substituted Joshua Kimmich at the 63rd minute of a 6–0 win over Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg, scoring the sixth and last goal at the 77th minute.[7]
Loan to Grasshopper
[edit]On 26 June 2025, Swiss Super League club Grasshopper Club Zurich announced his signing, joining on a one-year loan for the 2025–26 season.[8] He scored his first goal for Grasshoppers on 24 August 2025, with the opening goal during a 2–2 draw at home against FC Winterthur.[9]
Deportivo A Coruña
[edit]On 13 July 2026, he transferred to Spanish club Deportivo A Coruña, signing a contract until 2031.[10][11]
International career
[edit]Jensen is a Denmark youth international, having represented the U16s, U17s and U18s.[12]
Style of play
[edit]Jensen mainly operates as an attacking midfielder. He is two-footed and is known for his playmaking ability and for his ability to read the game.[13]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 21 May 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bayern Munich II | 2023–24 | Regionalliga Bayern | 13 | 2 | – | – | – | 13 | 2 | |||
| 2024–25 | Regionalliga Bayern | 23 | 5 | – | – | – | 23 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 7 | ||
| Bayern Munich | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Grasshopper (loan) | 2025–26 | Swiss Super League | 33 | 8 | 5 | 1 | – | 2[b] | 0 | 40 | 9 | |
| Career total | 70 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 16 | ||
- Notes
- ↑ Includes Swiss Cup
- ↑ Appearances in relegation play-offs
Honours
[edit]Denmark U17
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship third place: 2024
Bayern Munich
References
[edit]- ↑ "Jonathan Asp Jensen: Kender du ham?". jv.dk.
- ↑ "FC Bayern verpflichtet dänisches Talent Jonathan Asp Jensen" (in German). FC Bayern Munich. 17 February 2022.
- ↑ "Amateure feiern umkämpften Auswärtssieg in Aschaffenburg" (in German). FC Bayern Munich. 24 February 2024.
- ↑ "Krummes Ding und Kerns Geniestreich: Bayern Amateure ärgern Vilzing" (in German). Kicker. 8 March 2024.
- ↑ "Platzverweis zieht Memmingen den Zahn: Bayern-Amateure zerpflücken den FCM" (in German). Kicker. 16 March 2024.
- ↑ "Überzeugende Bayern feiern Sieg gegen Wolfsburg im letzten Heimspiel" (in German). FC Bayern Munich. 12 May 2024.
- ↑ https://fcbayern.com/en/matches/profis/friendly/2024-2025/testspiel-fc-red-bull-salzburg-fc-bayern-06-01-25/news
- ↑ "GC verpflichtet Jonathan Asp Jensen per Leihe" (in Swiss High German). Grasshopper Club Zurich. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ↑ "GCZ vergibt Heimsieg in der Nachspielzeit" (in Swiss High German). Grasshopper Club Zurich. 24 August 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ↑ "JONATHAN ASP JENSEN, NUEVO JUGADOR DEL DÉPOR". Deportivo de A Coruña. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
- ↑ "El danés Jonathan Asp Jensen firma por el Deportivo hasta el 2031". www.lavozdegalicia.es. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
- ↑ "Jensen: Det er en stor drøm". tipsbladet.dk.
- ↑ Kraft, Justin (8 December 2023). "Von einem Mittelfeldspieler sind am Campus alle begeistert! Die größten Talente im Nachwuchs des FC Bayern" (in German). Goal.com.
- ↑ "FC Bayern München deutscher Meister 2025: Leverkusen patzt gegen Freiburg in Bundesliga". FAZ.NET (in German). 4 May 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- Jonathan Asp Jensen at WorldFootball.net
- Jonathan Asp Jensen at Kicker (in German)
- 2006 births
- Living people
- Danish men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Men's association football midfielders
- Danish expatriate men's footballers
- Regionalliga players
- FC Bayern Munich II players
- Bundesliga players
- FC Bayern Munich footballers
- Swiss Super League players
- La Liga players
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- 21st-century Danish sportsmen