Jørgen Leschly Sørensen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 September 1922 | ||
| Place of birth | Lumby, Denmark | ||
| Date of death | 21 February 1999 (aged 76) | ||
| Place of death | Odense, Denmark | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1939–1944 | Odense BK | ||
| 1945–1946 | B 93 | ? | (16) |
| 1946–1949 | Odense BK | ||
| 1949–1953 | Atalanta | 134 | (51) |
| 1953–1955 | Milan | 64 | (28) |
| 1958–1962 | Odense BK | ||
| National team | |||
| 1946–1949 | Denmark | 14 | (8) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men's Football | ||
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London 1948 | Team Competition |
Jørgen Leschly Sørensen (24 September 1922 – 21 February 1999) was a Danish football (soccer) player. He started as an amateur player in Danish football, and won the 1945 Danish championship with B.93. He played 14 games and scored eight goals for the Denmark national football team, and won a bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics. After the Olympics, Sørensen played professionally in Italian football for Atalanta B.C. and AC Milan, winning the 1955 Serie A championship with Milan.
Born in Lumby near Odense, Sørensen started playing football at a lower-league club in his hometown. He moved to local club Odense BK in 1939, and made his senior debut for the club. He played with Odense in the amateur-only Danish championship. After World War II, the Danish football leagues were rearranged, and Odense was demoted to the third-tier league of Danish football.
Sørensen spent a year in Copenhagen finishing his education, and approached AB to play for the club while in Copenhagen. AB coach Arne Kleven said he could only use him as a reserve, and Sørensen went on to play for Copenhagen club B 93 instead. Sørensen went on to become league top goalscorer with 16 goals, as B 93 team won the top-flight 1945-46 Danish 1st Division championship. While at B 93, Sørensen made his debut for the Denmark national football team in June 1946, as he scored a goal in Denmark's 1-2 defeat to the Norwegian football team. Upon his return to Odense in 1946, Sørensen found the team in the secondary Danish 2nd Division league. He helped the club win promotion into the top-flight Danish 1st Division in his first year back with the club. He continued to play for the Danish national team while at Odense, and was selected for the Danish squad at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He played one game at the tournament, and scored a goal as Denmark beat defeat the Great Britain football team 5-3 to win the bronze medals of the tournament. He was top goalscorer with 16 goals in the 1948-49 1st Division season, before moving abroad to play professionally. As a professional he was barred from the amateur-only Danish national team, and Sørensen tallied his total eight goals in 14 national team games from June 1946 to June 1949.
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