Marc Rochester Sørensen (born 13 December 1992) is a

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who plays as an

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for Icelandic club

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Career

Club career

He played 24 matches and scored one goal when HB Køge played in the

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in the 2011-12 season. In 2012, Marc Rochester was selected for the player of year when he played for

HB Køge HB Køge () is a professional Danish football club based primarily in the town of Herfølge, and secondly in the town of Køge, both in the Køge Municipality, part of 'Region of Zealand', in the eastern part of Zealand, south of Copenhagen. It w ...

. In July 2013 he moved to

FC Vestsjælland FC Vestsjælland, also known as FCV Vikings, was a professional Danish association football club that played in the Danish 1st Division until its closure in 2015. They played their home matches at Harboe Arena Slagelse in Slagelse, which has a cap ...

on a 3 years contract. On 20 November 2015 FC Vestsjælland went bankrupt, and on 13 February 2016 Rochester signed a contract with his former club

Personal life

Marc's younger brother, Lee Rochester Sørensen, is also a footballer.

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* 1992 births Living people Danish men's footballers Danish people of English descent Danish people of Jamaican descent Men's association football midfielders Superettan players Östers IF players HB Køge players FC Vestsjælland players Silkeborg IF players Þór Akureyri players Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Danish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Danish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland {{Denmark-footy-midfielder-stub