Ayoub Sørensen

Ayoub Ahmani Sørensen (born 12 April 1988) is a Danish-Moroccan footballer who plays as a winger for Frem in the Danish 2nd Division.

Ayoub Sørensen
Personal information
Full name Ayoub Ahmani Sørensen
Date of birth (1988-04-12) 12 April 1988
Place of birth Casablanca, Morocco
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Frem
Number 9
Youth career
2004–2005 Frem
2005–2007 Brøndby
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Hvidovre 17 (4)
2009–2013 Lyngby 68 (12)
2013–2016 SønderjyskE 1 (0)
2019– Frem 7 (1)
International career
2008–2009 Morocco U20 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2021

Club career

Ayoub moved with his family from Marrakech in Morocco to Copenhagen in Denmark at a young age. He began his career with Frem, and was scouted by Brøndby in 2005, where he joined and played 55 games and scored 7 goals for the reserves. Then he joined Danish 1st Division side Hvidovre IF in September 2007, and played his first professional match on 16 January 2009. He left Hvidovre IF and joined to Lyngby Boldklub.[1]

In October 2010, Sørensen was subjected to racism from opposing Hvidovre IF-fans. Lyngby toned down the abuse after the match, and chose not to report the incident.[2] This was criticised by representatives of the Danish Football Association (DBU) and Spillerforeningen, the union for professional footballers in Denmark.[3]

On 19 July 2013, Sørensen signed a two-year contract with SønderjyskE after a successful trial.[4] He left the club in January 2016, after being plagued by injuries throughout his contract term.[5]

Sørensen went on trial with his former club Hvidovre in January 2019, after taking a break from football to focus on his rehabilitation for some years.[6] He failed to win a contract at the club, but instead signed with his youth club Frem later in the year. In February 2020, he signed a six-month contract extension.[7]

International career

In 2006, Sørensen received his first call-up to the Morocco national under-20 football team for a training camp,[8] and he played his first games in January 2008.[9]

References
  1. Christoffersen, Mikkel (16 January 2009). "Ayoub: Kunne ikke sige nej". bold.dk (in Danish).
  2. "Lyngby nedtoner racismesag". DR (in Danish). 1 November 2010.
  3. Hare, Hans-Henrik Hybholt (1 November 2010). "DBU savner racismeklage fra Lyngby". ekstrabladet.dk (in Danish).
  4. Blond, Mikael (19 July 2013). "SønderjyskE henter Ayoub Sørensen". bold.dk.
  5. Helmin, Jesper (20 November 2015). "SønderjyskE: Indkøb afhænger af afgange". bold.dk.
  6. Madsen, Niels Erik (10 January 2019). "Hvidovre ser nu to offensive kræfter an". Hvidovre Avis (in Danish).
  7. "Ayoub Sørensen forsætter i FREM i foråret". FREM (in Danish). 8 February 2020.
  8. "Tippeligaklub tester Hvidovre-talent".
  9. "HIF Fodbold". Archived from the original on 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
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