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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.

Jan Sørensen

Jan Sørensen
Personal information
Full name	Jan Johnsen Sørensen
Date of birth	(1955-05-14) 14 May 1955 (age 67)
Place of birth	Glostrup, Denmark
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)
National team
1977–1980	Denmark	11	(3)
Teams managed
1989–1990	Portimonense
1991–1992	Algarve United
1997–1998	Walsall
2000–2000	Hvidovre (sports director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

Honours

Player

Club Brugge[2]

• Belgian First Division: 1977–78, 1979–80
• Belgian Cup: 1978-79 (finalists), 1982-83 (finalists)[3]
• Belgian Supercup : 1980
• European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1977-78 (runners-up)[4]
• Jules Pappaert Cup: 1978[5]
• Bruges Matins: 1979, 1981[6]
• Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer: 1981[7]

References

External links

• Danish national team profile
• Jan Sørensen at ForaDeJogo
• Jan Sørensen at National-Football-Teams.com
• Jan Sorensen management career statistics at Soccerbase

На других языках

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- [en] Jan Sørensen

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[fr] Jan Sørensen

Jan Sørensen, né le 14 mai 1955 à Glostrup, est un footballeur danois.

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[it] Jan Johnsen Sørensen

Jan Johnsen Sørensen (Glostrup, 14 maggio 1955) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore danese, di ruolo centrocampista.

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[ru] Сёренсен, Ян

Ян Сёренсен (дат. Jan Sørensen; род. 14 мая 1955 (1955-05-14), Глоструп, Дания) — датский футболист, игравший на позиции нападающего. Наибольшую известность получил по выступлениям за бельгийский клуб «Брюгге», играл также за нидерландские команды «Твенте», «Фейеноорд» и «Аякс». Он провёл 11 матчей и забил 3 гола в составе национальной сборной Дании в период с 1977 по 1980 год[1].

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