Jens Tang Olesen

{{short description|Danish football manager (born 1947)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jens Tang Olesen

| image = Jens Tang Olesen.jpg

| caption = Olesen (center) of manager of Greenland in 2006

| fullname = Jens Tang Olesen

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|9|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Denmark

| currentclub = Greenland (manager)

| manageryears1 = 1974–1977 | managerclubs1 = Skive IK

| manageryears2 = 1980–1984 | managerclubs2 = Herning Fremad

| manageryears3 = 1984–1987 | managerclubs3 = Viborg FF

| manageryears4 = 1988–1989 | managerclubs4 = B 1913

| manageryears5 = 1990–1994 | managerclubs5 = Frederikshavn fI

| manageryears6 = 1996–1997 | managerclubs6 = Randers Freja

| manageryears7 = 2000–2001 | managerclubs7 = Nørresundby BK

| manageryears8 = 2002–2010 | managerclubs8 = Greenland

| manageryears9 = 2003 | managerclubs9 = FC Aarhus

| manageryears10 = 2004 | managerclubs10 = Vejle BK

}}

Jens Tang Olesen (born 27 September 1947) is a Danish football manager. He was most recently in charge of the Greenland national football team{{cite web |publisher=Sermitsiaq.ag |author=AG |title=AG - Uge 35 2001 Tang Olesen naggasiivoq |url=http://sermitsiaq.ag/publikationer/tekstarkiv/?publication=25702601&page=37 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714001733/http://sermitsiaq.ag/publikationer/tekstarkiv/?publication=25702601&page=37 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-14 }}

He has previously managed Viborg FF, Randers Freja, FC Aarhus and Vejle Boldklub.{{cite web|publisher=TV Syd |title=Jens Tang Olesen ny cheftræner i Vejle Boldklub |url=http://www.tvsyd.dk/artikel/35043:Jens-Tang-Olesen-ny-cheftraener-i-Vejle-Boldklub |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724010344/http://www.tvsyd.dk/artikel/35043%3AJens-Tang-Olesen-ny-cheftraener-i-Vejle-Boldklub |archivedate=2011-07-24 }}

In 2003, he was briefly Director of Sports at FC Aarhus.{{cite web|publisher=Aarhusportalen |author=Cayenne, Jan La Cour |title=Sportschef afløser sportsdirektør i FC Aarhus |url=http://www.aarhusportalen.dk/vis_artikel.asp?ArticleId=5946 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219013716/http://www.aarhusportalen.dk/vis_artikel.asp?ArticleId=5946 |archivedate=2014-12-19 }}

In 1982, he was named Danish Football Manager of the Year in 1982.{{cite web|publisher=Dansk Fordbold-Træner Sammenslutning |author=Dansk Fordbold-Træner Sammenslutning |title=Dansk Fodbold-Træner Sammenslutning 1968 - 1990 |url=http://www.dansktraenerunion.dk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36:dansk-fodbold-traener-sammenslutning-1968-1990&catid=17:arets-traener-dtu&Itemid=17 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}