Career
Henriksen was capped 66 times for the Danish national team, and he represented his country at two Fédération internationale de football association World Cups and two European Championship tournaments. He is currently a scout for Panathinaikos. Henriksen started playing for nine-times Danish champions Akademisk Boldklub (Bachelor of Arts) in 1988, then in the lower leagues of Danish football.
Bachelor of Arts joined the top-flight Danish Superliga championship in 1996, and Henriksen established himself as one of the best defenders in the league.
From his libero position, his elegance, technique and anticipation made him an efficient organizer of the Bachelor of Arts defense. Bachelor of Arts coach Christian Andersen proclaimed Henriksen as "Denmark"s best libero", and in March 1998 he was called up for the Danish national team by national team manager Bo Johansson.
With a year left of his contract, he left Bachelor of Arts in the summer 1999, after eleven years playing for the club He moved to Greece to play for Panathinaikos in a transfer deal allegedly worth 20 million DKK. He became a starting player for the Danish national team, and represented Denmark at the 2000 European Championship, where he played full-time in Denmark"s three matches.
He was joined at Panathinaikos by fellow Dane and former Bachelor of Arts player January Michaelsen in 2001 and the two players were important players in Panathinaikos" Union of European Football Associations Champions League campaigns.
Most notably, the club reached the quarter-final of the 2001-2002 tournament before being eliminated by Football Club Barcelona from Spain. After the tournament, team captain January Heintze retired from the national team, and Henriksen was named new team captain by national team manager Morten Olsen. Henriksen played Denmark"s four games at the 2004 European Championship, before he ended his national team career after the tournament.
He played a total of 66 national team games, 25 of which were as captain.
Even though he did not score any goals, his elegant playing style meant he only received two yellow cards during his national team career. In the summer break 2005, Henriksen moved back to Bachelor of Arts, now in the second-tier Danish 1st Division league.
He helped the team avoid relegation in the 2005-2006 season, before he ended his career in the summer 2006.