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

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who plays for

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and the

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. A former professional

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, he played as a winger, most notably for

Lyngby Kongens Lyngby (, Danish language, Danish for "the King's Heather Town"; short form Lyngby) is the seat and commercial centre of Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. Lyngby Hovedgade is a busy shopping stre ...

and

SønderjyskE SønderjyskE is a Denmark, Danish sport corporation. They have a Football (soccer), football team (SønderjyskE Fodbold, based in Haderslev), two team handball, handball teams (SønderjyskE Håndbold, one male based in Sønderborg, one female bas ...

in the

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. Born in Morocco, he has also represented the Morocco U20 team.

Club career

Sørensen moved with his family from

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, Morocco, to

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

, Denmark, at age seven. He began his football career with

BK 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 and its youth academy. Since its foundatio ...

before being scouted by Brøndby in 2005. At Brøndby, he made 55 reserve team appearances and scored seven goals. In September 2007, he joined

Hvidovre Hvidovre is the main town in Hvidovre Municipality, Denmark. The town, a suburb of Copenhagen, is about 10 km southwest of the capital's center. It is the 2nd biggest suburb of Copenhagen, only beaten by Frederiksberg. History Hvidovre has ...

in the

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and made his professional debut on 16 January 2009. After leaving Hvidovre, he signed with

. In October 2010, Sørensen was subjected to racist abuse from opposing Hvidovre fans. After the match, Lyngby downplayed the incident and chose not to report it, a decision that drew criticism from representatives of the

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

after a successful trial. He left the club in January 2016 after struggling with injuries throughout his contract. Sørensen went on trial with his former club, Hvidovre, in January 2019, after taking a break from football to focus on rehabilitation. Although he did not earn a contract with Hvidovre, he signed with his youth club, Frem, later that year. In February 2020, he extended his contract for another six months. In August 2020, Sørensen joined

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club

Vanløse Vanløse is one of the 10 official Districts of Copenhagen, districts of Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark. It lies on the western border of the municipality. Vanløse covers an area of 6.69 km2, and has a population of 36,115, making Vanlø ...

. He made a strong start, scoring multiple goals in league play and adding one in the

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during his first month at the club.

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 Mohamed O ...

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

Futsal career

In 2022, Sørensen switched to

, joining Futsal Gentofte. In September 2022, Sørensen received his first call-up to the

. He earned his debut cap in a 6–4 defeat against the

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during the Nordic Futsal Cup in

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, Norway. On 5 August 2024,

announced the signing of Sørensen.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sorensen, Ayoub 1989 births Living people Danish men's footballers Moroccan men's footballers Footballers from Casablanca Morocco men's under-20 international footballers Boldklubben Frem players Brøndby IF players Hvidovre IF players Lyngby Boldklub players Sønderjyske Fodbold players Vanløse IF players Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Danish 2nd Division players Danish 3rd Division players Men's association football wingers Moroccan emigrants to Denmark 21st-century Danish sportsmen 21st-century Moroccan sportsmen Danish men's futsal players