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{{Short description|Danish footballer (1955–2024)}}
{{for|the Danish poker player|Jan Vang Sørensen}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jan Sørensen
| image = Persdag Feyenoord 12 Molenaar, kop, 13 Sorensen, kop, 14 15 Rep, kop, Bestanddeelnr 933-3872.jpg
| caption = Sørensen with [[Feyenoord]] in 1985
| full_name = Jan Johnsen Sørensen
| birth_date = {{birth date|1955|5|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Glostrup]], Denmark
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|2|16|1955|5|14|df=y}}
| death_place = 
| height = 
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = [[Glostrup IC|Glostrup]]
| years1 = 1976–1977
| clubs1 = [[BK Frem|Frem]]
| caps1 = 11
| goals1 = 6
| years2 = 1977–1983
| clubs2 = [[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]]
| caps2 = 156
| goals2 = 50
| years3 = 1983–1985
| clubs3 = [[FC Twente|Twente]]
| caps3 = 73
| goals3 = 18
| years4 = 1985–1986
| clubs4 = [[Feyenoord]]
| caps4 = 25
| goals4 = 9
| years5 = 1986–1987
| clubs5 = [[SBV Excelsior|Excelsior]]
| caps5 = 27
| goals5 = 7
| years6 = 1987
| clubs6 = [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
| caps6 = 5
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 1987–1989
| clubs7 = [[Portimonense S.C.|Portimonense]]
| caps7 = 33
| goals7 = 5
| totalcaps = 330
| totalgoals = 95
| nationalyears1 = 1977–1980
| nationalteam1 = [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]
| nationalcaps1 = 11
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| manageryears1 = 1989–1990
| managerclubs1 = [[Portimonense S.C.|Portimonense]]
| manageryears2 = 1991–1992
| managerclubs2 = Algarve United
| manageryears3 = 1997–1998
| managerclubs3 = [[Walsall FC|Walsall]]
| manageryears4 = 2002–2004
| managerclubs4 = [[Hvidovre IF|Hvidovre]] (sports director)
}}

'''Jan Johnsen Sørensen''' (14 May 1955 – 16 February 2024) was a Danish professional [[association football|football]]er who played as a [[striker (association football)|striker]]. He most notably played professionally for Belgian club [[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]] as well as [[FC Twente|Twente]], [[Feyenoord]] and [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] in the Netherlands. He played 11 matches and scored three goals for the [[Denmark national football team|Denmark national team]] from 1977 to 1980.

==Career==
Sørensen started his career with [[Glostrup IC|Glostrup]], before joining [[BK Frem|Frem]] in Denmark ahead of the 1977 season. He proceeded to move abroad to play professionally for Belgian team [[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]] in 1977. He reached the 1978 [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] final with Club Brugge, which they lost to English club [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]. He played six seasons at Club Brugge, scoring a total of 63 goals in 185 matches, and winning two Belgian [[Belgian First Division A|Jupiler League]] championships. He left the club in 1983, and moved to the Netherlands to play for [[FC Twente|Twente]], [[Feyenoord]], [[SBV Excelsior|Excelsior]] and [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]. He ended his active career with [[Portimonense S.C.|Portimonense]] in Portugal.

Following his retirement, he was appointed manager of [[Walsall FC|Walsall]] in June 1997. He spent eleven months at the club, leaving again in May 1998. He later became sports director of Danish club [[Hvidovre IF|Hvidovre]].

==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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ex-Club Brugge-speler Jan Sörensen overleden |url=https://www.hln.be/belgisch-voetbal/ex-club-brugge-speler-jan-sorensen-overleden~a8828e1c/ |access-date=19 February 2024 |website=Het Laatste Nieuws |language=nl-BE}}</ref>

== Career statistics ==
:''Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sørensen goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Jan Sørensen<ref>{{cite web | url = http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=19743 | title = Football PLAYER: Jan Sørensen | publisher = eu-football.info | access-date = 7 October 2015}}</ref>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1 || 30 January 1977 || [[Box Bar Stadium]], [[Banjul]], Gambia || {{fb|GAM}} || || style="text-align:center"|4–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2 || 13 April 1977 || [[Vasil Levski National Stadium]], [[Sofia]], Bulgaria || {{fb|BUL|1971}} || || style="text-align:center"|1–3 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|3 || 1 June 1977 || [[Ullevaal Stadion]], [[Oslo]], Norway || {{fb|NOR}} || || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || Friendly
|}

== Honours ==

=== Player ===
'''Club Brugge'''<ref name="eurosport32">{{cite web|title=Club Brugge {{!}} Palmares|url=https://www.clubbrugge.be/nl/geschiedenis}}</ref>

* [[Belgian Pro League|Belgian First Division]]: [[1977–78 Belgian First Division|1977–78]], [[1979–80 Belgian First Division|1979–80]]
* [[Belgian Cup]] runner-up: 1978–79, 1982–83<ref name="eurosport23">{{cite web|title=Belgium - List of Cup Finals|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/belgcuphist.html}}</ref>
* [[Belgian Supercup]]: 1980
* [[UEFA Champions League|European Champion Clubs' Cup]] runner-up: [[1977–78 European Cup|1977–78]]<ref name="eurosport233">{{cite web|title=Uefa.com 1978 final highlights: Liverpool 1-0 Club Brugge|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/video/finals/021e-0e665fac8188-71e4aad4f702-1000--1978-final-highlights-liverpool-1-0-club-brugge/}}</ref>
* [[Jules Pappaert Cup]]: 1978'''<ref name="eurosport324">{{cite web|title=Jules Pappaert Cup|url=https://www.dhnet.be/sports/football/le-trophee-pappaert-c-est-reparti-5bb21893cd70a16d8128c4d6}}</ref>'''
* [[Bruges Matins (football)|Bruges Matins]]: 1979, 1981'''<ref name="eurosport323">{{cite web|title=Winnaars Brugse Metten|url=http://users.skynet.be/rfcb-web/va-brmetten.htm}}</ref>'''
* [[Kirin Cup|Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer]]: 1981'''<ref name="eurosport382">{{cite web|title=Kirin Cup 1981|url=https://www.leballonrond.fr/edition.php?id_edicao=59845}}</ref>'''

==References==
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==External links==
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