Janni Arnth
Danish footballer (born 1986)
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Janni Arnth Jensen (born 15 October 1986) is a Danish former footballer who played as a defender. She played for Danish A-Liga club Fortuna Hjørring, Swedish Damallsvenskan club Linköpings FC, English Women's Super League club Arsenal, in Italy with Fiorentina, and with Rangers in the Scottish Women's Premier League. She was the vice-captain for the Danish national team.
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| Full name | Janni Arnth Jensen | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 October 1986 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Outrup, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1992–2002 | Outrup BK | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2006 | Varde IF | 121 | |||||||||||||||
| 2007–2014 | Fortuna Hjørring | 215 | |||||||||||||||
| 2014–18 | Linköpings FC | 126 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Arsenal | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Fiorentina | 24 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Rangers | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Denmark U-17 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Denmark U-19 | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Denmark U-23 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2019 | Denmark | 93 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of Retirement ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 October 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
She played for Fortuna Hjørring after joining in January 2007,[1] following spells at Outrup BK and Varde IF.[2]
In August 2014, Arnth Jensen signed for Linköpings FC and made her debut for the club in the 2014 Svenska Cupen (English: Swedish Cup) final, where Linköpings came from behind to defeat Kristianstads DFF 2–1.[3] She won the 2016 Damallsvenskan title with Linköpings and signed a new two-year contract with the club in November 2016.[4] Following Magdalena Eriksson's departure mid-season in 2017, Arnth was named the new captain of Linköpings FC.
In November 2018 Arnth signed to play with English WSL club Arsenal and became WSL champion the summer of 2019 [5][6][7][8]
After a spell with Italian club Fiorentina, Arnth signed for Scottish club Rangers in September 2021.[9] On 27 September 2022, she announced her retirement from football.[10]
International career
At the girls' football tournament at the 2003 European Youth Olympic Festival, Arnth Jensen played in the final as Denmark beat Switzerland on penalties after a 1–1 draw at Stade Sébastien Charléty in Paris.[11]
Arnth Jensen made her senior international debut in January 2010, in a 2–1 win over Chile. She was named in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's Denmark squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[12]
Janni Arnth represented Denmark 93 times and for a number of years as vice captain. She scored the decisive penalty against France UEFA Women's Euro 2013 which gave Denmark a spot in the Semifinals and was also part of the team that reached the Final in UEFA Women's Euro 2017.
Honours
Club
Winner
- Elitedivisionen: 2008-2009, 2009–10, 2013-2014
Winner
- Danish Women's Cup: 2007-2008
Runner-up
- Elitedivisionen: 2011–12, 2012–13
- Danish Women's Cup: 2012–13
Winner
- Damallsvenskan: 2016, 2017[13]
- Swedish Women's Cup: 2013–14
Winner
- WSL: 2018-19
Winner
