Home / Birthday profiles / John Jensen
Portrait of John Jensen

Birthday profile

John Jensen

John Jensen, Danish footballer and coach

Find birthday twinsOpen interactive profile
Born
May 3, 1965
Age in 2026
61
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1965

About John Jensen

John Jensen, nicknamed Faxe, is a Danish professional football manager and former player. Jensen started his career at Brøndby IF, and was an important part of the team that won the Danish championship in 1987, crowned by a call-up to the Denmark national team and the Danish Player of the Year award in 1987. Jensen also scored his first and only goal for Arsenal on his 98th appearance, against Queens Park Rangers on 31 December 1994. Jensen retired from full-time playing in 1999 and accepted the job of player/manager at Herfølge BK, a small Danish club, and immediately made a name for himself by winning the Danish Superliga on his first attempt. In 1999, he moved on to Herfølge, where he was part of the squad that won the 1999–2000 Danish Superliga.

Biography source: Wikipedia. The profile adds birthday-specific historical context from the Celebs Birthday Today editorial database.

John Jensen timeline

  1. Jensen started his career at Brøndby IF, and was an important part of the team that won the Danish championship in 1987, crowned by a call-up to the Denmark national team and the Danish Player of the Year award in 1987.
  2. Jensen also scored his first and only goal for Arsenal on his 98th appearance, against Queens Park Rangers on 31 December 1994.
  3. Jensen retired from full-time playing in 1999 and accepted the job of player/manager at Herfølge BK, a small Danish club, and immediately made a name for himself by winning the Danish Superliga on his first attempt.
  4. In 1999, he moved on to Herfølge, where he was part of the squad that won the 1999–2000 Danish Superliga.

The world when John Jensen was born

John Jensen was born in 1965. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1965

  • #1 song"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – The Rolling Stones
  • Top movieThe Sound of Music
  • Top TV showBonanza
  • Best-selling bookDune – Frank Herbert

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentMuhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston with "phantom punch"
  • Top headlineUS sends combat troops to Vietnam
  • Technology milestoneFirst spacewalk (Alexei Leonov) and Gemini missions
  • Defining fadGo-go boots and miniskirts
  • Notable inventionAstroturf
  • World population3.34 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderLyndon B. Johnson
  • Sports championLos Angeles Dodgers (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population194.3M

1965 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in John Jensen's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19652026
Gas$0.31$3.45/gal
Average home$13,600$435,000
Average income$8,900$67,500
Minimum wage$1.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$1.01$11.95
Postage stamp$0.05$0.73
Population194.3M341 million

Sources and editorial standards

This profile combines a biographical source with structured birthday and historical context. Sources recorded for this profile: Wikipedia, UEFA. See our editorial policy for sourcing, corrections, and review standards.

Read the source biography on Wikipedia. Wikipedia text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.