Jan Sørensen

Danish footballer (1955–2024)

Jan Sørensen
Sørensen with Feyenoord in 1985
Personal information
Full name Jan Johnsen Sørensen
Date of birth (1955-05-14)14 May 1955
Place of birth Glostrup, Denmark
Date of death 16 February 2024(2024-02-16) (aged 68)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Glostrup IC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1977 BK Frem 11 (6)
1977–1983 Club Brugge 156 (50)
1983–1985 FC Twente 73 (18)
1985–1986 Feyenoord 25 (9)
1986–1987 Excelsior 27 (7)
1987 Ajax 5 (0)
1987–1989 Portimonense 33 (5)
Total 330 (95)
International career
1977–1980 Denmark 11 (3)
Managerial career
1989–1990 Portimonense
1991–1992 Algarve United
1997–1998 Walsall
2002–2004 Hvidovre (sports director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jan Johnsen Sørensen (14 May 1955 – 16 February 2024) was a Danish professional footballer who played as a striker. He most notably played professionally for Belgian club Club Brugge as well as FC Twente, Feyenoord and Ajax in the Netherlands. He played 11 matches and scored three goals for the Denmark national team from 1977 to 1980.

Career

Sørensen started his career with Glostrup IC before joining BK Frem in Denmark ahead of the 1977 season. He proceeded to move abroad to play professionally for Belgian team Club Brugge in 1977. He reached the 1978 European Cup final with Club Brugge, which was lost to English club Liverpool. He played six seasons at Club Brugge, scoring a total of 63 goals in 185 matches, and winning two Belgian Jupiler League championships. He left the club in 1983, and moved to the Netherlands to play for FC Twente, Feyenoord, Excelsior and Ajax. He ended his active career with Portimonense SC in Portugal.

Following his retirement, he was appointed manager of Walsall FC in June 1997. He spent 11 months at the club, leaving again in May 1998. He later became sports director of Danish club Hvidovre IF.

Later life and death

Jan ran a pub called the Prince of Wales in the Tamworth area.

Sørensen died following a long illness on 16 February 2024, at the age of 68.[1]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sørensen goal.
List of international goals scored by Jan Sørensen[2]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 30 January 1977 Box Bar Stadium, Banjul, Gambia  Gambia 4–1 Friendly
2 13 April 1977 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria  Bulgaria 1–3 Friendly
3 1 June 1977 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Norway 2–0 Friendly

Honours

Player

Club Brugge[3]

References

  1. ^ "Ex-Club Brugge-speler Jan Sörensen overleden". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Flemish). Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Football PLAYER: Jan Sørensen". eu-football.info. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Club Brugge | Palmares".
  4. ^ "Belgium - List of Cup Finals".
  5. ^ "Uefa.com 1978 final highlights: Liverpool 1-0 Club Brugge".
  6. ^ "Jules Pappaert Cup".
  7. ^ "Winnaars Brugse Metten".
  8. ^ "Kirin Cup 1981".

External links

  • Jan Sørensen national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
  • Jan Sørensen at ForaDeJogo (archived) Edit this at Wikidata
  • Jan Sørensen at National-Football-Teams.com
  • Jan Sørensen management career statistics at Soccerbase
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