{{short description|Danish footballer (born 1986)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jesper Lange | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|1|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Marstal, Denmark | height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | position = Forward | currentclub = Esbjerg fB (backroom staff) | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Tarup-Paarup IF | youthclubs2 = B 1913 | youthclubs3 = OB | years1 = 2004–2006 | years2 = 2006–2013 | years3 = 2013–2016 | years4 = 2016–2017 | years5 = 2018–2019 | years6 = 2019 | years7 = 2020–2021 | clubs1 = OB | clubs2 = Esbjerg fB | clubs3 = AGF | clubs4 = Helsingborgs IF | clubs5 = Ringkøbing | clubs6 = Middelfart | clubs7 = Sædding/Guldager | caps1 = 3 | caps2 = 184 | caps3 = 72 | caps4 = 25 | caps5 = 13 | caps6 = 4 | goals1 = 0 | goals2 = 42 | goals3 = 8 | goals4 = 7 | goals5 = 5 | goals6 = 1 | nationalyears1 = 2007–2008 | nationalteam1 = Denmark U-21 | nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | pcupdate = 23:44, 11 May 2019 (UTC) | ntupdate = | manageryears1 = 2018–2019 | managerclubs1 = Ringkøbing (player-assistant) | manageryears2 = 2022 | managerclubs2 = Esbjerg fB (U19 assistant) | manageryears3 = 2022– | managerclubs3 = Esbjerg fB (backroom staff) }}
'''Jesper Lange''' (born 11 January 1986) is a Danish former professional football forward.<ref>[http://fotbolltransfers.com/site/news/87889 Jesper Lange kan förlänga med Helsingborg: "Kanske längre fram"]‚ fotbolltransfers.com, 3 January 2018</ref>
==Career== Jesper Lange signed with Esbjerg fB in the summer of 2006.
From 1. Juli he will play for AGF on a 3-year deal.
On 1 August 2018, Lange signed with Danish 2nd Division club Ringkøbing IF as a playing assistant coach.<ref>[http://www.ringkobingfodbold.dk/nyheder/jesper-lange-ny-spillende-assistenttraener-i-ringkoebing-if Jesper Lange ny spillende assistenttræner i Ringkøbing IF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123223906/http://www.ringkobingfodbold.dk/nyheder/jesper-lange-ny-spillende-assistenttraener-i-ringkoebing-if |date=23 January 2019 }}, ringkøbingfodbold.dk, 1 August 2018</ref> He left the club on 23 January 2019 by mutual termination.<ref>[https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/jesper-lange-faerdig-i-ringkoebing/ Jesper Lange færdig i Ringkøbing], bold.dk, 23 January 2019</ref>
He then signed with Middelfart G&BK on 29 January 2019.<ref>[https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/officielt-middelfart-snupper-jesper-lange/Officielt: Middelfart snupper Jesper Lange], bold.dk, 29 January 2019</ref> 33-year-old Lange announced on 6 January 2020, that he would retire and that his body had said stop after three surgeries as a result of a cruciate ligament injury he suffered two and a half years ago.<ref>[https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/33-aarige-jesper-lange-stopper-karrieren/ 33-årige Jesper Lange stopper karrieren], bold.dk, 6 January 2020</ref>
===Later career=== After retiring from professional football, Lange returned to Esbjerg to play for Danish amateur club Sædding/Guldager IF in the Jutland Series in March 2020, where former professional Tommy Løvenkrands also was playing.<ref>[http://www.sgi-fodbold.dk/klubnyt/sgi-henter-jesper-lange-hjem-til-esbjerg/ SGI henter Jesper Lange hjem til Esbjerg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113021814/http://www.sgi-fodbold.dk/klubnyt/sgi-henter-jesper-lange-hjem-til-esbjerg/ |date=13 January 2021 }}, sgi-fodbold.dk, 2 March 2020</ref> Lange would also function as an individual coach for Sædding/Guldager IF and was also affiliated with Esbjerg fB's academy, where he took on a role as an individual coach.
On 1 February 2022, Esbjerg fB confirmed that Lange had been promoted to U19 assistant. Besides that, he would also function as an individual and offensive coach for the academy teams.<ref>[https://efb.dk/lange-tilknyttes-u19-holdet/ Lange tilknyttes U19-holdet], efb.dk, 1 February 2022</ref> Esbjerg announces that Lange would join the first team coaching staff of the club, where he would have a special focus on the offensive and some individual training. The former striker would also be assigned as transition coach, where his task would be to make the transition from youth to senior easier for the club's talents.<ref>[https://efb.dk/jesper-lange-faar-ny-rolle-i-efb/ Jesper Lange får ny rolle i EfB], efb.dk, 15 July 2022</ref>
On 6 August 2024, 38-year-old Lange was part of Esbjerg's squad for a Danish Cup match against Fredericia fF.<ref>[https://dbu.dk/resultater/kamp/294165_445483/kampinfo Fredericia fF - Esbjerg fB], dbu.dk, 6 August 2024</ref>
==References== <references />
==External links== * {{DBU player|6034}} * [https://www.danskfodbold.com/spiller.php?ligaid=2001&spillerid=10713 Jesper Lange] official Danish Superliga statistics at danskfodbold.com {{in lang|da}} * {{Soccerway|jesper-lange/11715}}
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