Jan Sørensen

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Personal information
Jan Sørensen
Full name	Jan Sørensen
Date of birth	May 14, 1955 (1955-05-14) (age 53)
Place of birth	Glostrup, Denmark
Playing position	midfielder
Youth clubs
	Glostrup IC
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1977-1977 1977-1983 1983-1985 1985-1986 1986-1987 1987 1987-1989	BK Frem Club Brugge FC Twente Feyenoord Excelsior Ajax Portimonense SC	? (?) 156 (50) 73 (18) 25 (9) 27 (7) 5 (0) ? (?)
National team
1977-1980	Denmark	11 (3)
Teams managed
1989-1990 1991-1992 1997-1998 2000-2000	Portimonense SC Algarve United Walsall FC Hvidovre IF (sports director)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Jan Sørensen (born May 14, 1955) is a Danish former football (soccer) player, who played in the striker position. He most notably played professionally for Belgian club Club Brugge as well as 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.

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