Ruben Yttergård Jenssen
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Yttergård Jenssen with 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ruben Yttergård Jenssen | ||
| Date of birth | 4 May 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Tromsø, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tromsø | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1996 | Fløya | ||
| 1997 | Sogndal | ||
| 1998–2004 | Fløya | ||
| 2005–2006 | Tromsø | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2013 | Tromsø | 171 | (4) |
| 2013–2016 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 75 | (9) |
| 2016–2018 | Groningen | 45 | (2) |
| 2018 | → 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Brann | 38 | (3) |
| 2019 | Brann 2 | 1 | (0) |
| 2020– | Tromsø | 171 | (10) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2004 | Norway U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2005 | Norway U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2006 | Norway U18 | 8 | (1) |
| 2007 | Norway U19 | 5 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | Norway U21 | 13 | (0) |
| 2010–2016 | Norway | 39 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 September 2016 | |||
Ruben Yttergård Jenssen (born 4 May 1988) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eliteserien club Tromsø.
Yttergård Jenssen played for both Fløya and Sogndal in his youth. In 2005, he moved to Tromsø where he would go on to have success as one of their best midfielders. In 2013, Yttergård Jennsen moved to 1. FC Kaiserslautern after nine seasons at Tromsø. In Germany he played in the 2. Bundesliga for three years, before being transferred to Dutch side Groningen in 2016. After a year-and-a-half in the Netherlands, he was loaned back to his former club 1. FC Kaiserslautern, before moving permanently to Norwegian side Brann in 2018. Yttergård Jenssen stayed at Brann for one and a half seasons before returning to his first professional club Tromsø in early 2020. His second spell at the club saw Yttergård Jenssen once again become one of Tromsø's most important and trusted players.
Early in his career, Jenssen played as a winger, but he later played as a central midfielder. Jenssen made his international debut for Norway in May 2010, and was a regular starter from September 2012. His last game came in September 2016, ending his international career with thirty-nine games.