Jørgen Leschly Sørensen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 September 1922 | ||
| Place of birth | Lumby, Denmark | ||
| Date of death | 21 February 1999 (aged 76) | ||
| Place of death | Odense, Denmark | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1939–1944 | Odense BK | ||
| 1945–1946 | B 93[2] | ? | (16) |
| 1946–1949 | Odense BK | ||
| 1949–1953 |
Atalanta[3] | 134 | (51) |
| 1953–1955 |
Milan[3] | 64 | (28) |
| 1958–1962 | Odense BK | ||
| International career | |||
| 1946–1949 | Denmark[1] | 14 | (8) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jørgen Leschly Sørensen (24 September 1922 – 21 February 1999) was a Danish
Career
Danish career
Born in Lumby near Odense,[5] Sørensen started playing football at a lower-league club in his hometown.[6] He moved to local club Odense BK in 1939, and made his senior debut for the club.[6] He played with Odense in the amateur-only Danish championship. After World War II, the Danish football leagues were rearranged, and Odense was demoted to the third-tier league of Danish football.
Sørensen spent a year in
Professional career
Alongside fellow bronze medalist
When Sørensen returned to Denmark in 1955, he and other ex-professionals were banned from entering the Danish amateur leagues by the Danish Football Association (DBU). The ex-professionals took to playing a series of unofficial, but popular, exhibition matches, centered around Karl Aage Præst's vacation home in Liseleje.[13] In 1958, DBU decided to allow ex-professionals back into Danish football following a two-year quarantine, and as Leschly had already sat out for even longer, he re-entered the amateur-only Danish leagues that year.[6] While banned from playing, he had coached his former club Odense Boldklub.[6] He returned as a player for Odense in 1958, and played for the club until his retirement in 1962.[6] Leschly served as Odense manager again in 1963.[14] Sørensen became a part of the committee which selected the players for the Danish national team in 1970.[15] He was a member of the committee until it was disbanded in 1979, with its responsibilities transferred solely to the Danish national team manager.[15]
Honours
Club
B93
- 1945–46
Milan
International
Denmark
References
- ^ a b c d Jørgen Leschly Sørensen - A-Landshold (Alle kampe) at Danish Football Association
- ^ a b c Roberto Di Maggio, Denmark - List of Topscorers Archived 16 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine, RSSSF, 12 June 2009
- ^ a b c d e Roberto Di Maggio, Danish Players in Italy Archived 19 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine, RSSSF, 2 January 2005
- ^ "Jørgen Leschly Sørensen". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ Jørgen Leschley Sørensen at Gravsted.dk
- ^ a b c d e f g "Jørgen Leschly Sørensen (1922-99)". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2010. at Odense Municipality
- ^ ISBN 87-7245-132-7.
- ^ JØRGEN LESCHLEY SØRENSEN Archived 13 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine at Haslund.info
- ^ DANMARKSTURNERINGEN - 1946/1947 Archived 8 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine at Haslund.info
- ^ Slutrundetrupper 1908-2004 Archived 9 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine at Danish Football Association
- ISBN 87-7245-132-7.
- ^ a b England Player Honours - International Representative Teams at EnglandFootballOnline.com
- ISBN 87-7245-132-7.
- ^ OB's placering i Danmarksturneringen siden 1946 - OB-trænere siden 1962[permanent dead link] at Odense Boldklub
- ^ a b Jimmie Thomsen, DBUs landstrænere i perioden 1967-69 Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, RSSSF, 26 November 2001, published by Danish Football Association
External links
- Jørgen Leschly Sørensen national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
- Jørgen Leschly Sørensen at Olympics.com
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