Jan Sørensen

Jan Johnsen Sørensen (born 14 May 1955) is a Danish former football player, who played in the striker position. 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 football team from 1977 to 1980.

Jan Sørensen

Hennie Meijer, Frank Stapleton and Jan Sorensen
Personal information
Full name	Jan Johnsen Sørensen
Date of birth	(1955-05-14) 14 May 1955
Place of birth	Glostrup, Denmark
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)
National team
1977–1980	Denmark	11	(3)
Teams managed
1989–1990	Portimonense
1991–1992	Algarve United
1997–1998	Walsall
2000–2000	Hvidovre (sports director)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.

Jan now runs a pub called the Prince of Wales in the Tamworth area.