Anders Jenssen
Anders Finjord Jenssen 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. In 2012, eighteen years old, Jenssen made the move to Harstad, playing forty-three games for the club. 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 seasonTromsdalen
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. Finnsnes disputed this as they claimed an oral contract had already been struck between the club and Jenssen. On 11 February 2015, Tromsdalen announced that Jenssen had signed on for them, and that the situation with Finnsnes had been resolved.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. The 2016 season ended with promotion for Tromsdalen, ahead of Jenssens former club Finnsnes.
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. 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.
Tromsø
After an impressive season for Tromsdalen, Eliteserien side Tromsø signed Jenssen ahead of the 2019 season. Originally Jenssen signed a one year contract with the club, but in October he signed a two-year extension with the club. Jenssen played nineteen games that season, which ended with relegation for Tromsø. His first goal came against Kristiansund in a 5–0 win. 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. 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.In late 2023, Jenssen extended his contract again, this time stretching through the 2025 season. In 2024, Jenssen played in all four of Tromsø's UEFA Conference League qualifying games, starting three of them. 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.