Jan Sørensen

For the Danish poker player, see Jan Vang Sørensen.

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.

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

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

• Belgian First Division: 1977–78, 1979–80
• Belgian Cup runner-up: 1978–79, 1982–83
• Belgian Supercup: 1980
• European Champion Clubs' Cup runner-up: 1977–78
• Jules Pappaert Cup: 1978
• Bruges Matins: 1979, 1981
• Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer: 1981

External links

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