Odd Wang Sørensen (22 December 1922 – 10 April 2004) was a Norwegian international

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. On club level Sørensen played for

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team

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, where he won the

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. He played with the Norwegian national team at the

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in 1952. In total he was capped 25 times and scored 17 goals. Five of those goals came during the friendly match versus the

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on 6 August 1948, which Norway won 11-0. Sørensen still holds the record for goals scored in one match.

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* 1922 births 2004 deaths Footballers from Fredrikstad Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-footy-forward-stub