Anders Jenssen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anders Finjord Jenssen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 October 1993[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Harstad, Norway[1] | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Medkila | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2011 | Medkila | ||
| 2012–2013 | Harstad | 40 | (1) |
| 2014 | Finnsnes | 26 | (0) |
| 2015–2018 | Tromsdalen | 95 | (9) |
| 2015 | Tromsdalen 2 | 3 | (1) |
| 2019–2025 | Tromsø | 159 | (4) |
| 2019–2024 | Tromsø 2 | 5 | (0) |
| Total | 328 | (15) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 January 2026 | |||
Anders Finjord Jenssen (born 10 October 1993) is a former Norwegian footballer. Hailing from Harstad, Jenssen played for local teams Medkila and Harstad, before moving on to Finnsnes and Tromsdalen, all in the lower divisions in Norway. In 2019 Jenssen made the move to Eliteserien side Tromsø where he played for seven seasons. He announced his retirement from professional football after the 2025 season.
Career
Early career
Jenssen started his career playing for Medkila's youth setup, before playing two seasons for their senior team.[2] In 2012, eighteen years old, Jenssen made the move to Harstad, playing forty-three games for the club.[3] After two seasons at Harstad, the last one playing in the Norwegian Second Division, Jenssen moved to fellow Second Division side Finnsnes ahead of the 2014 season, where he also went on to captain the team through the season[2][4]
Tromsdalen
As the 2014 season drew to a close, Finnsnes announced that Jenssen had signed an extension with the club. However, in early 2015, news broke that no deal had been signed and that Jenssen was training with Tromsdalen. Jenssen confirmed that he wanted to sign with Tromsdalen, and that he didn't expect there to be any problem signing for them.[4] Finnsnes disputed this as they claimed an oral contract had already been struck between the club and Jenssen.[5] On 11 February 2015, Tromsdalen announced that Jenssen had signed on for them, and that the situation with Finnsnes had been resolved.[6]
His first two seasons at Tromsdalen were spent playing in the Norwegian Second Division. Jenssen's first goal for the club was the winning goal in a 2–1 win against Lyn in June 2015.[7] The 2016 season ended with promotion for Tromsdalen, ahead of Jenssens former club Finnsnes.[8] After the promotion, Jenssen played his first season in the Norwegian First Division in 2017, ending the season with twenty-three games and one goal in the league.[3] The following season Jenssen played all but one league game, and also scored four goals in all competitions, as Tromsdalen lost a promotion play-off spot to Nest-Sotra on goal difference.[3][9]
Tromsø
After an impressive season for Tromsdalen, Eliteserien side Tromsø signed Jenssen ahead of the 2019 season.[10] Originally Jenssen signed a one year contract with the club, but in October he signed a two-year extension with the club.[11] Jenssen played nineteen games that season, which ended with relegation for Tromsø. His first goal came against Kristiansund in a 5–0 win.[12] After the relegation, head coach Simo Valakari was sacked, and Gaute Helstrup was signed as the new head coach, reuniting Jenssen with his former coach from Tromsdalen.[13] After being promoted back to the Eliteserien after only one season Jenssen played most of the matches for Tromsø in the 2021, 2022, and 2023 seasons.[3]
In late 2023, Jenssen extended his contract again, this time stretching through the 2025 season.[14] In 2024, Jenssen played in all four of Tromsø's UEFA Conference League qualifying games, starting three of them.[15] Ahead of the last game of the 2025 season, Jenssen announced that he was retiring from football, and that the game would be his last. Jenssen started on the bench, but was subbed on with half an hour to play, and was given the captain's armband from Ruben Yttergård Jenssen for his final minutes.[16]
Personal life
While playing football in the lower divisions, Jenssen studied to become a Siviløkonom.[2] After completing his degree he combined playing for Tromsdalen with working at Ernst & Young, but after signing for Tromsø he left to focus on his football career.[10]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Harstad | 2012 | 3. divisjon | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2. divisjon | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | ||
| Total | 40 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 43 | 1 | |||
| Finnsnes | 2014 | 2. Divisjon | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | |
| Tromsdalen | 2015 | 2. divisjon | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 22 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 2. divisjon | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 28 | 3 | ||
| 2017 | 1. divisjon | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2018 | 1. divisjon | 29 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 31 | 4 | ||
| Total | 95 | 9 | 10 | 1 | — | 105 | 10 | |||
| Tromsdalen 2 | 2015 | 4. divisjon | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||
| Tromsø | 2019 | Eliteserien | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 22 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1. divisjon | 24 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | Eliteserien | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 28 | 2 | ||
| 2022 | Eliteserien | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | Eliteserien | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 30 | 2 | ||
| 2024 | Eliteserien | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
| 2025 | Eliteserien | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| Total | 159 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 179 | 6 | ||
| Tromsø 2 | 2019 | 3. divisjon | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 3. divisjon | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2024 | 4. divisjon | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 328 | 15 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 363 | 18 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
References
- ^ a b c d "Anders Jenssen Profile". Worldfootball. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ^ a b c "En prat med Anders" (in Norwegian). Tromsø IL. 14 March 2022. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ^ a b c d e "Anders Finjord Jenssen Statistikk" (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ^ a b Mo Hansen, Anders (19 January 2015). "Kapteinen hadde ikke signert likevel. Nå kan han ende i TUIL" (in Norwegian). Nordlys. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ^ Eilertsen, Tobias Stein; Robertsen, Rune (3 February 2015). "TUIL-aktuelle Anders (21) mener han er klubbløs. En SMS gjør at Finnsnes hevder det motsatte" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisen. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ^ Robertsen, Rune; Sivertsen, Øyvind (11 February 2015). "Nå er denne spilleren Tromsdalen-klar etter kontraktstrøbbel" (in Norwegian). Stavanger Aftenblad. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ^ "Kampdetaljer Lyn 1–2 Tromsdalen" (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ^ Sæteren, Thomas Brekke (22 October 2016). "Tromsdalen, Elverum, Florø og Arendal til OBOS-ligaen" (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ^ "1. divisjon 2018". NIFS (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ^ a b "Her er Tromsøs nye spiller" (in Norwegian). Eurosport. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ^ "Anders Jenssen forlenger kontrakten med Tromsø" (in Norwegian). Eurosport. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ^ "Kampdetaljer Tromsø 5–0 Kristiansund" (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ^ Høidalen, Ida; Johannessen, Bjørn Arne (20 May 2020). "Gaute Helstrup presentert som ny Tromsø-trener: – Kan bli «jævlig bra»" (in Norwegian). VG. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ^ "Sentral brikke forlenger" (in Norwegian). Tromsø IL. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ^ a b Anders Jenssen at Soccerway
- ^ Berg-Sletteng, Jakob; Hanssen, Anders Mo; Sivertsen, Øyvind Nordmo (30 November 2025). "Tårene rant: – Vanskelig å holde igjen" (in Norwegian). Nordlys. Retrieved 2 January 2026.