Jørn Sørensen (born 17 October 1936) is a retired Danish association football striker.[1] He played 31 games and scored six goals for the Denmark national football team, and won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[2] He started his career with Danish club KB, before moving abroad to play professionally for FC Metz in France, Scottish clubs Greenock Morton and Rangers, as well as AC Bellinzona and US Giubiasco in Switzerland.[3]
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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 17 October 1936 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nibe, Denmark | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1958–1961 | KB | |||||||||||||
| 1961–1964 | Metz | 73 | (15) | |||||||||||
| 1964–1965 | Greenock Morton | 23 | (9) | |||||||||||
| 1965–1966 | Rangers | 12 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 1966–1973 | Bellinzona | |||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1958–1961 | Denmark | 31 | (6) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1971–1973 | Bellinzona | |||||||||||||
| 1977–1979 | Bellinzona | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Jørn Sørensen". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ Jørn Sørensen. sports-reference.com
- ^ Jørn Sørensen. Weltfussball.de (17 October 1936). Retrieved on 5 April 2016.
External links
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Media related to Jørn Sørensen at Wikimedia Commons- Jørn Sørensen national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
- Jørn Sørensen at Olympics.com
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