Jørn Sørensen (born 17 October 1936) is a retired Danish

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

striker. He played 31 games and scored six goals for the

Denmark national football team The Denmark national football team ( or ''herrelandsholdet'') represents Denmark and Greenland in men's international Association football, football competitions. It is controlled by the Danish Football Association (DBU), the governing body for ...

, and won a silver medal at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

. He started his career with Danish club KB, before moving abroad to play professionally for

FC Metz Football Club de Metz () is a Football in France, French association football club based in Metz, Lorraine. The club was formed in 1932 and plays in Ligue 1, the highest division in the French football league system, for the 2025–26 Ligue 1, ...

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

clubs Greenock Morton and Rangers, as well as

AC Bellinzona AC Bellinzona is a Swiss football club based in Bellinzona. It was founded in 1904, and won the Swiss Super League in 1948. After being folded in 2013 declaring bankruptcy, the team played the Ticino Group of 2.Liga, the sixth tier of the Sw ...

and US Giubiasco in

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.Jørn Sørensen
Weltfussball.de (17 October 1936). Retrieved on 5 April 2016.

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* * * 1936 births Living people Danish men's footballers Denmark men's international footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Kjøbenhavns Boldklub players FC Metz players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Greenock Morton F.C. players Rangers F.C. players Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Denmark Olympic silver medalists for Denmark Danish football managers AC Bellinzona managers Olympic medalists in football People from Nibe Danish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Men's association football forwards Scottish Football League players Footballers from the North Jutland Region Danish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland AC Bellinzona players Men's association football player-managers Danish expatriate football managers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate football managers in Switzerland Danish expatriate sportspeople in France 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-Olympic-medalist-stub