Jan Sørensen
 Hennie Meijer, Frank Stapleton and Jan Sorensen | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jan Johnsen Sørensen | ||
| Date of birth | 14 May 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Glostrup, Denmark | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Glostrup IC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977-1977 | 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) |
| International career | |||
| 1977-1980 | Denmark | 11 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1989-1990 | Portimonense | ||
| 1991-1992 | Algarve United | ||
| 1997-1998 | Walsall | ||
| 2000-2000 | Hvidovre (sports director) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jan Johnsen Sørensen (born 14 May 1955) is a Danish former football player, who played in the striker position. 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 football team from 1977 to 1980.
Sørensen started his career with Glostrup IC before joining BK Frem in Denmark before 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.
Jan now runs a pub called the Prince of Wales in the Tamworth area.
Career statistics
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 30 January 1977 | Box Bar Stadium, Banjul, Gambia |  Gambia |
1–4 | Won | Friendly | |||||
| 2. | 13 April 1977 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |  Bulgaria |
3–1 | Lost | Friendly | |||||
| 3. | 1 June 1977 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway |  Norway |
0–2 | Won | Friendly | |||||
| Correct as of 7 October 2015[1] | |||||||||||
References
- ^ "Football PLAYER: Jan Sørensen". eu-football.info. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
External links
- Danish national team profile
- Jan Sørensen at ForaDeJogo (archived) Template:Pt icon
- Jan Sørensen at National-Football-Teams.com
- Jan Sorensen management career statistics at Soccerbase
- 1955 births
- Living people
- People from Glostrup Municipality
- Danish footballers
- Danish football managers
- Association football forwards
- Boldklubben Frem players
- Club Brugge KV players
- FC Twente players
- Feyenoord players
- S.B.V. Excelsior players
- AFC Ajax players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Eredivisie players
- Primeira Liga players
- Walsall F.C. managers
- Denmark international footballers
- Danish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Danish expatriates in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Danish expatriates in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Danish expatriates in Portugal
- Danish expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Portimonense S.C. players