Jacob Sørensen (footballer, born 1983)

Jacob Vittrup "Taz" Sørensen (born 12 February 1983) is a Danish football player in the midfielder position, who plays for Danish club Vejle Boldklub. He has played 42 games and scored five goals for various Danish national youth selections, including 19 games and two goals for the Denmark national under-21 football team, and he represented Denmark at the 2000 European Under-17 Championship and 2006 European Under-21 Championship tournaments.

Not to be confused with Jacob Sørensen (footballer, born 1998), another Danish footballer.

Jacob Sørensen
Personal information
Full name Jacob Vittrup Sørensen
Date of birth (1983-02-12) 12 February 1983
Place of birth Aalborg, Denmark
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Vejle BK
Number TBD
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Aalborg Boldspilklub[1] 95 (5)
2005–2006 SønderjyskE (loan)[1] 13 (0)
2006–2009 Odd Grenland[2] 88 (12)
2009–2011 FK Haugesund 44 (6)
2011–2013 Vejle-Kolding[3] 53 (6)
2013– Vejle BK 34 (0)
National team
2000 Denmark u-17[4] 3 (0)
2000–2002 Denmark u-19[4] 10 (2)
2002–2004 Denmark u-20[4] 10 (1)
2004–2006 Denmark u-21[4] 19 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2016

Club career

Sørensen started his senior career with Aalborg BK in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship. He made his Superliga debut for Aalborg in April 2001, and went on to play 95 league games and score five league goals for Aalborg until October 2005[1] For the second half of the 2005–06 Superliga season, Sørensen was loaned out to Superliga relegation battlers SønderjyskE. He played 13 league games for the club,[1] but could not prevent SønderjyskE from being relegated at the end of the season.

In the summer 2006, Sørensen moved abroad to play for Odd Grenland in the Norwegian Premier League, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract.[2] He and Odd Grenland was relegated to the secondary Norwegian First Division in 2008, but Sørensen stayed at the club and helped Odd Grenland win promotion for the Premier League by winning the 2008 First Division season. In December 2009, after finishing fourth with Odd Grenland in the 2009 Premier League season, Sørensen moved to league rival Haugesund FK,[2] where he joined fellow Dane Allan Olesen.

International career

Sørensen made his international debut for the Danish national under-17 team in March 2000,[4] and he played two games for the team at the 2000 European Under-17 Championship.[4] He went on to play 20 games and score three goals for the under-19 and under-20 Danish youth selections.[4] He made his debut for the Danish national under-21 team in September 2004, and played three games for the team at the 2006 European Under-21 Championship.[4]

Career statistics
Club Season Division League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2006 Odd Grenland Tippeligaen 15200152
2007 25361314
2008 Adeccoligaen 22420244
2009 Tippeligaen 26340303
2010 Haugesund 27531306
2011 17131202
2011–12 Vejle 1st Division 21521236
2012–13 15020170
Career Total 1682322419027
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References
  1. Jacob Sørensen at Dansfodbold.com
  2. Jacob Sørensen Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine at Oddrane.no
  3. Vejle BK Profile
  4. Jacob Sørensen at Danish Football Association
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