Frederik Sørensen

Frederik Sørensen
Personal information
Full nameFrederik Hillesborg Sørensen
Date of birth14 April 1992
Place of birthCopenhagen, Denmark
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[1]
Playing positionCentre Back / Right Back
Club information
Current team
Hellas Verona
Number5
Youth career
2001–2003Roskilde KFUM[2]
2003–2004Himmelev–Veddelev
2004–2007FC Roskilde
2007–2010Lyngby
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2010–2012Juventus17(0)
2012–2014Bologna42(2)
2014–Juventus0(0)
2014–→ Hellas Verona (loan)6(0)
National team‡
2008–2009Denmark U174(0)
2011–2012Denmark U201(0)
2011–Denmark U2115(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 January 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 April 2015

Frederik Hillesborg Sørensen (born 14 April 1992) is a Danish professional footballer[2] who currently plays for Hellas Verona. He plays as a Centre Back but can also play as a Right Back. He is a former Denmark U21 international.

He is nicknamed Ice Man and Lake (the literal meaning of the abbreviation of his surname Sø)[3]

Club career

Early career

Born in Copenhagen, Sørensen began playing football with hometown clubs Roskilde KFUM and FC Roskilde before joining Lyngby in 2007. After breaking into the first team, he was awarded with a contract until 2013.[4]

Juventus

Sørensen officially signed for Juventus on 27 August 2010[4] after a trial with the Turin-based club in July of the same year.[5] He was originally included as a member of the Juventus Primavera team for the 2010–11 season, however he was called into the first team midway through the 2010–11 Serie A season by then-Juventus coach, Luigi Delneri. After injuries to Leandro Rinaudo and Zdeněk Grygera that would rule them out for several months, Sørensen was called up to the first team for the first time against Bologna on 23 October 2010,[6] and again against Milan.[7] In the next league match, on 7 November 2010, due to the unavailability of center backs Giorgio Chiellini and Nicola Legrottaglie, Sørensen made his first start alongside Leonardo Bonucci in the centre of defense. In that match, The Old Lady defeated Cesena 3–1.

In the next match, right back Marco Motta was suspended and Sørensen replaced him against A.S. Roma. From that match onwards Sørensen continued to feature for the club at right back, and even managed to maintain a starting position for much of the second half of the season ahead of Motta and the Czech international, Grygera. On the long awaited Derby D'Italia between Juventus F.C and F.C. Internazionale Milano he notably played the full ninety minutes and silenced Samuel Eto'o in an astounding performance, in which he also made the assist for the only goal of the game.

On 10 May 2011, Sørensen had signed an additional 4-year contract with Juventus. During the 2011–12 Serie A season, Sørensen found little space in the Juventus first–team under new head coach, Antonio Conte. He was thus sold on a co-ownership deal to fellow Serie A club, Bologna during the winter transfer market in order to gain regular first–team playing time.

Bologna

On 17 January 2012, he was officially sent to Bologna in a co-ownership deal for €2.5 million.[8] Despite making just 3 league appearances for his new club during the remainder of the 2011-12 Serie A campaign, the young defender became an integral part of his club's first team throughout the 2012-13 Serie A season, after they had renewed the co-ownership agreement with Juventus.[9]

On 20 June 2013, his co-ownership deal with parent club Juventus was renewed once again, and Bologna continued to hold his registration for the 2013–14 Serie A campaign that had ultimately ended in relegation for the Emilia-Romagna–based club after they had finished 19th in the Serie A standings.

Return to Juventus

On 20 June 2014, Sørensen was re–signed on a permanent basis by Juventus after the club announced that an agreement had been reached for the outright purchase of the Danish defender.[10]

In August 2014, Sørensen started training with English side Leeds United ahead of completing a loan move to the club, however the move collapsed after a disagreement between the player's agent and Leeds owner Massimo Cellino and he returned to Juventus.[11]

Hellas Verona

Sørensen officially signed for Hellas Verona on 29 August 2014, on a one year loan deal.[12]

International career

Sørensen has been capped 4 times for the Danish U17 team, twice against Portugal,[13][14] and twice against Greece.[15] He also played once for the U18 team in an unofficial friendly (against Bavaria) and against Romania U18 as an unused sub.[16] He was a part of the Danish squad for the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, but he did not play in any of the three games in the group phase due to injury, where Denmark were knocked out.

References

  1. ↑ "Dansker imponerer Juve-trænerne" [Dane impress on Juve coaches]. TV 2 Sporten (in Danish). 1 November 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frederik Sørensen forgylder fødekæden - Roskilde Avis
  3. ↑ "Frederik "IceMan" Sorensen, the future is already here" (in Italian). Tutto Juve. 13 December 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Lyngby udlejer Frederik Sørensen til Juventus" [Lyngby loaned Frederik Sørensen to Juventus]. Lyngby Boldklub (in Danish). 27 August 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  5. ↑ "Frederik Sørensen prøvetræner hos Juventus". Lyngby Boldklub (in Danish). 24 July 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  6. ↑ "I 21 bianconeri disponibili per il Bologna". Juventus FC (in Italian). 23 October 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2010. (password-protected)
  7. ↑ "Rientra Amauri, 20 convocati per il big match" [Amauri Returned, 20 call-up for a big match]. Juventus FC (in Italian). 29 October 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2010. (password-protected)
  8. ↑ "Half-yearly financial report at 31 December 2011". Juventus FC. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  9. ↑ "Sørensen: "Orgoglioso di essere qui"" (in Italian). Bologna FC 1909. 19 January 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  10. ↑ http://www.juventus.com/juve/en/news/co-ownership-of-gabbiadini-and-sorensen
  11. ↑ "Leeds United: Agent blamed as Sorensen loan deal collapses". Yorkshire Evening Post. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "Sorensen joins Hellas Verona, Rosseti moves to Atalanta". juventus.com. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "U/17 landsholdet slog til igen mod Portugal.". Danish Football Association (DBU) (in Danish). 5 December 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  14. ↑ "Endnu en sejr i Portugal". DBU (in Danish). 2 December 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  15. ↑ "Sjældent nederlag til U/17". DBU (in Danish). 10 February 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  16. ↑ "U/18 tog 3. pladsen i Tjekkiet". DBU (in Danish). 20 August 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2010.

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