Brøndby The son of former
Brøndby player
Henrik Jensen, Mike Jensen moved to the Brøndby youth academy at age 13 from BK Rødovre. In 2006, he was promoted to the first team. He made his professional debut in the
Danish Superliga on 13 August 2006 in a 1–1 draw against
Randers, where he came on for
Martin Ericsson in the 85th minute. On 28 September 2006, he made his European debut in the second leg of the first qualifying round of the
UEFA Cup against Eintracht Frankfurt (2–2); he came on in the 86th minute for
Thomas Rasmussen. In the league, he made 11 appearances during the 2006–07 season, In July 2008, Jensen moved on loan to
Allsvenskan club
Malmö FF on a six-month deal and made 10 appearances.
Rosenborg After Brøndby and Jensen could not agree on a contract extension in early 2013, he moved to Norwegian club
Rosenborg BK in February 2013. On 17 March 2013, he played his first game for the
Trondheim club in the away match against
Odd on the first matchday and scored his first goal for his club in the 71st minute, which was also the 1–0 winner. With Rosenborg, Jensen regularly qualified for the Europa League and the
Champions League, without advancing from the group stages. In October 2015, Jensen won the
2015 Tippeligaen with Rosenborg. One month later, in November, Rosenborg secured the Norwegian double, when Jensen scored the final goal against
Sarpsborg 08 in the
Norwegian Football Cup final of 2015. Rosenborg won the match 2–0. He would also go on the win the
2016,
2017 and
2018 editions of the highest Norwegian league. Jensen was appointed
team captain in January 2016, and he signed a five-year contract extension the following month. Jensen made 285 total appearances for Rosenborg in which he scored 52 goals during his seven years at the club.
HB Køge On 1 February 2021, Jensen signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with second-tier
Danish 1st Division club
HB Køge on a free transfer. He made his debut on 13 February in a 1–1 league draw against
Hobro IK, playing the full 90 minutes. The following week, Jensen scored his first goal for Køge in a 3–1 away win over
Skive IK. ==International career==