Martin Jørgensen

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Martin Jørgensen
Personal information
Full name	Lars Martin Jørgensen
Date of birth	October 6, 1975 (1975-10-06) (age 32)
Place of birth	Aarhus, Denmark
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	ACF Fiorentina
Number	20
Youth clubs
1979-1988 1989-1993	IF Midtdjurs AGF Aarhus
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1997 1997-2004 2004-present	AGF Aarhus Udinese Calcio ACF Fiorentina	082 (13) 201 (30) 125 (13)
National team2
1994-1997 1998-present	Denmark u-21 Denmark	031 0(9) 085 (12)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 20, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 2 June 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Lars Martin Jørgensen (born October 6, 1975) is a Danish professional football player, who currently plays for Italian club ACF Fiorentina in the Serie A championship. Jørgensen has played 80 matches and scored 12 goals for the Denmark national football team. He has played for his country at two FIFA World Cups and two European Championship tournaments. He is the older brother of Danish football player Mads Jørgensen.

[edit] Biography

Born in Ryomgaard at Djursland he began his club career at the local club IF Midtdjurs. Jørgensen moved to Aarhus GF as a youngster. Jørgensen's footballing talent was recognized as he was chosen to represent various Danish youth national teams from 1991 onward. He made his senior debut for Aarhus GF in 1993, and was a part of the GF team that won the 1996 Danish Cup trophy. He was named 1996 Danish under-21 Player of the Year, and eventually set a record of 31 games for the Danish under-21 national team, scoring 9 goals.

His contract with AGF had a release clause permitting Jørgensen to leave the club on a free transfer in April 1997. He moved to Italy, to play alongside fellow Dane Thomas Helveg at Udinese Calcio in the Serie A championship. He helped Udinese finish third in the 1997-98 season, and made his debut for the senior Danish national team in March 1998, under national team coach Bo Johansson. He was chosen to represent Denmark at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where he got his international breakthrough. He took part in all five Denmark matches at the tournament and scored the opening goal in the 2-3 quarter-final defeat to eventual runners-up Brazil.

Jørgensen was called up by Johansson to compete for Denmark at the 2000 European Championship, despite being injured. The tournament was no success for Jørgensen, who played a single game as Denmark were eliminated in the preliminary group stage. He made his second World Cup appearance, under new coach Morten Olsen, at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He played in Denmark's three group stage matches, before suffering an injury which kept him from playing the 2nd round where Denmark were eliminated. At the 2004 European Championship, Jørgensen played in all Denmark's four matches before elimination.

After spending seven years at Udinese, Jørgensen moved to league rivals ACF Fiorentina in August 2004, when Fiorentina bought half of Jørgensen's transfer fee rights.

[edit] International goals

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1998-07-03	Nantes, France	Brazil	1-0	2-3	1998 FIFA World Cup
2	1999-09-08	Napoli, Italy	Italy	1-2	3-2	UEFA Euro 2000 Qual.
3	1999-11-13	Tel Aviv, Israel	Israel	4-0	5-0	UEFA Euro 2000 Qual.
4	2001-11-10	Copenhagen, Denmark	Netherlands	1-1	1-1	Friendly match
5	2003-10-11	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1-0	1-1	UEFA Euro 2004 Qual.
6	2003-11-16	Manchester, England	England	1-1	3-2	Friendly match
7	2003-11-16	Manchester, England	England	2-2	3-2	Friendly match
8	2004-02-18	Adana, Turkey	Turkey	1-0	1-0	Friendly match
9	2004-09-04	Copenhagen, Denmark	Ukraine	1-0	1-1	2006 FIFA World Cup Qual.
10	2004-10-09	Tirana, Albania	Albania	1-0	2-0	2006 FIFA World Cup Qual.
11	2005-06-08	Copenhagen, Denmark	Albania	3-0	3-1	2006 FIFA World Cup Qual.
12	2006-09-01	Odense, Denmark	Portugal	3-2	4-2	Friendly match

[edit] Honours

• 1996 Danish Cup
• 1996 Danish under-21 Player of the Year

[edit] External links

• Martin Jørgensen's official homepage
• Danish national team profile
• (Italian) ACF Fiorentina profile
• National Football Teams career statistics

v • d • e Denmark squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Schmeichel • 2 Schjønberg • 3 Rieper • 4 Høgh • 5 Heintze • 6 Helveg • 7 Nielsen • 8 Frandsen • 9 Molnar • 10 M. Laudrup • 11 B. Laudrup • 12 Colding • 13 Laursen • 14 Wieghorst • 15 Tøfting • 16 Krogh • 17 Goldbæk • 18 Møller • 19 Sand • 20 Henriksen • 21 Jørgensen • 22 Kjær • Coach: Johansson

v • d • e Denmark squad - UEFA Euro 2000 1 Schmeichel • 2 Schjønberg • 3 Henriksen • 4 Høgh • 5 Heintze • 6 Helveg • 7 A. Nielsen • 8 Grønkjær • 9 Tomasson • 10 Jørgensen • 11 Sand • 12 Colding • 13 Laursen • 14 B.S. Nielsen • 15 Tøfting • 16 Sørensen • 17 Goldbæk • 18 Molnar • 19 Bisgaard • 20 Gravesen • 21 Beck • 22 Kjær • Coach: Johansson

v • d • e Denmark squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Sørensen • 2 Tøfting • 3 Henriksen • 4 Laursen • 5 Heintze • 6 Helveg • 7 Gravesen • 8 Grønkjær • 9 Tomasson • 10 Jørgensen • 11 Sand • 12 N. Jensen • 13 Lustü • 14 C. Jensen • 15 Michaelsen • 16 Kjær • 17 Poulsen • 18 Løvenkrands • 19 Rommedahl • 20 Bøgelund • 21 Madsen • 22 Christiansen • 23 Nielsen • Coach: Olsen

v • d • e Denmark squad - UEFA Euro 2004 1 Sørensen • 2 Bøgelund • 3 Henriksen • 4 Laursen • 5 N. Jensen • 6 Helveg • 7 Gravesen • 8 Grønkjær • 9 Tomasson • 10 Jørgensen • 11 Sand • 12 Kahlenberg • 13 Krøldrup • 14 C. Jensen • 15 D. Jensen • 16 Skov-Jensen • 17 Poulsen • 18 Priske • 19 Rommedahl • 20 Perez • 21 Madsen • 22 Andersen • 23 Løvenkrands • Coach: Olsen