Jens Jakob Thomasen
Jens Jakob Dyhr Thomasen is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swedish Allsvenskan club IF Elfsborg.
Club career
Early career
Born in Sanderum, a suburb of Odense, Thomas started playing football in the youth of Sanderum Boldklub before moving to Odense Boldklub's youth academy at age 11.OB
On 24 April 2015, Thomasen made his debut for OB in a 2–0 win over Esbjerg fB in the Danish Superliga. Surprisingly he was in the starting lineup and was not even a part of the first team squad yet. He played the first 62 minutes before being replaced by Mathias Greve.In the summer of 2015, at the age of 19, Thomasen was moved permanently to the first team squad.
On 1 November 2015, Thomasen signed a contract extension until 2019. Thomasen was named as the "Revelation of the Year" in OB for 2016. His contract was extended another two-and-a-half years in January 2018. Thomasen announced in May 2022 that he would leave OB because he was looking for a new challenge and because his contract was about to expire.