Jette Andersen

Jette Andersen
Personal information
Date of birth (1959-06-08) 8 June 1959
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975– Fortuna Hjørring 348[1]
International career
1982–1985 Denmark 15 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jette Andersen (born 8 June 1959) is a Danish chairperson and former footballer who played as a midfielder for A-Liga club Fortuna Hjørring and the Denmark women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 1984 European Competition for Women's Football.[2] Andersen served as the chairman of Fortuna Hjørring from 1990–2019 and is the chairman for the annual Dana Cup. In 2015 she received the Danish Football Association Sølvnål award, given to leaders within the sport, for her work with the club.[3][4]

After football

Andersen has worked with Fortuna Hjørring's Dana Cup tournament since its inception in 1982.[5][6][7][8] She became the chairman of Fortuna Hjørring in 1990, a position she held for 29 years until 2019, when she resigned to focus solely on her job at Dana Cup.[9]

Honours

Fortuna Hjørring

References

  1. ↑ "Kampstatistik" (PDF). Fortuna Hjørring (in Danish). 28 May 2026. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "European Women Championship 1982-84". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  3. ↑ Nielsen, Thomas (12 May 2015). "Sølvnål til Jette Andersen". nordjyske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "DBU's Sølvnål". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  5. ↑ Videbæk, Klaus (30 July 2016). "Jette samler unge fra alle verdens fodboldhjørner". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Ravn, Hans (6 March 2026). "Fire årtier med Dana Cup og Jette". LigeHer.nu (in Danish). Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  7. ↑ Skipper, Niels (6 March 2026). "40 års jubilæum markeret med manér hos Dana Cup". NordsøPosten.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  8. ↑ Christoffersen, Camilla Stougård (26 July 2024). "Første gang hun hjalp til, var hun 23 år: Et særligt øjeblik giver stadig Jette kuldegysninger". nordjyske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "Fortuna Hjørrings mangeårige formand trækker sig fra posten". TV2 Nord - Nyheder og TV fra Nordjylland (in Danish). 29 March 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
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