Ayoub Ahmani Sørensen (born 12 April 1988) is a Danish-Moroccan

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who plays as a winger for

Frem Boldklubben Frem (also known as Frem, BK Frem or BK Frem Copenhagen) is a Danish sports club based in the Valby- Sydhavnen area of Copenhagen. It is best known for its semi-professional football team. Since its foundation in 1886, Frem has wo ...

in the

Danish 2nd Division The 2nd Division ( da, Danmarksturneringens 2. division or Herre-DM 2. division) is a semi-professional association football league for men and the third division in Denmark. It is organised by the Divisionsforeningen on behalf of the Danish Footb ...

Club career

Ayoub moved with his family from

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in Morocco to

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in Denmark at a young age. He began his career with

, and was scouted by Brøndby in 2005, where he joined and played 55 games and scored 7 goals for the reserves. Then he joined

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side

Hvidovre IF Hvidovre Idrætsforening, more commonly known as Hvidovre IF () is a Denmark, Danish professional association football, football club based in Hvidovre. The club competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of Danish football league syste ...

in September 2007, and played his first professional match on 16 January 2009. He left

and joined to

Lyngby Boldklub Lyngby Boldklub () is a Danish professional football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, a northern suburb of Copenhagen. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The club ...

. In October 2010, Sørensen was subjected to

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from opposing Hvidovre IF-fans. Lyngby toned down the abuse after the match, and chose not to report the incident. This was criticised by representatives of the

Danish Football Association The Danish Football Union ( da, Dansk Boldspil-Union; DBU) is the governing body of football in Denmark. It is the organization of the Danish football clubs and runs the professional Danish football leagues and the men's and women's national t ...

(DBU) and Spillerforeningen, the union for professional footballers in Denmark. On 19 July 2013, Sørensen signed a two-year contract with

SønderjyskE SønderjyskE is a Danish sport corporation. They have a football team (SønderjyskE Fodbold, based in Haderslev), two handball teams (SønderjyskE Håndbold, one male based in Sønderborg, one female based in Aabenraa) and an ice hockey team (S ...

after a successful trial. He left the club in January 2016, after being plagued by injuries throughout his contract term. Sørensen went on trial with his former club Hvidovre in January 2019, after taking a break from football to focus on his rehabilitation for some years. He failed to win a contract at the club, but instead signed with his youth club Frem later in the year. In February 2020, he signed a six-month contract extension.

International career

In 2006, Sørensen received his first call-up to the

Morocco national under-20 football team Morocco national under-20 football team, represents Morocco in association football at an under-20 age level and is controlled by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Morocco. The current coach is Zakaria A ...

for a training camp, and he played his first games in January 2008.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sorensen, Ayoub 1989 births Living people Danish footballers Moroccan footballers Footballers from Casablanca Hvidovre IF players Lyngby Boldklub players SønderjyskE Fodbold players Danish Superliga players Association football forwards Association football midfielders Sportspeople from Marrakesh Moroccan emigrants to Denmark Morocco under-20 international footballers Danish 2nd Division players Brøndby IF players Boldklubben Frem players