Adam Sørensen (; born 11 November 2000) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for

Danish 1st Division The 1st Division (''1. Division'') is the second-highest football league in Denmark, also known as NordicBet Liga for sponsorship reasons. From 1945 to 1991, the 1. Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark. With the for ...

club OB.

Club career

Sørensen progressed through the

Lyngby Boldklub Lyngby Boldklub () is a professional Football (soccer), football club based in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby, Denmark, founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion. The club play in the Danish Superliga. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby ...

youth academy after coming to the club from hometown side

Herlev IF Herlev Idrætsforening – Fodbold, also known as Herlev IF or HI-Fodbold, is a Danish football club located in the northwestern Copenhagen suburb, Herlev. The club is a member of the local association DBU Zealand under the Danish Football Associ ...

at U12 level. On 3 March 2018, he made his senior debut for the club in the

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against

Hobro IK Hobro Idræts Klub (), commonly referred to as Hobro IK or HIK, is a professional football club based in Hobro, Denmark. The club currently competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of the Danish football league system, and plays its h ...

at age 17 years and 116 days old, becoming the youngest player to debut for the club in the Superliga. He suffered relegation to the

with the club on 9 May 2021 after a loss to last placed

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. He was a starter during the 2021–22 campaign, in which Lyngby managed immediately to win promotion back to the Superliga. Sørensen finished the season with 35 total appearances in which he scored one goal. On 12 January 2023, Sørensen was sold to Norwegian

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side

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for a fee around 7,5 million DKK. At the end of December 2024, Sørensen joined Danish club OB on a 4,5-year contract.

International career

On 23 August 2018, Sørensen was called up for the Denmark U19 team. He made his debut on 7 September, when he came on as a substitute at halftime for Lukas Klitten in a 2–1 win over

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at an international tournament in

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, Sweden.

Career statistics

Honours

Bodø/Glimt *

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2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sørensen, Adam Living people 2000 births Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Footballers from Herlev Municipality Men's association football defenders Denmark men's youth international footballers Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Eliteserien players Herlev IF players Lyngby Boldklub players FK Bodø/Glimt players Odense Boldklub players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Norway 21st-century Danish sportsmen