Erling Sørensen

Erling Walther Sørensen (29 October 1920 – 10 October 2002) was a Danish amateur football player and club manager, who won a bronze medal with the Denmark national football team at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1] Sørensen played professionally in the Italian Serie A championship for six years, scoring 48 goals in 169 matches for Italian clubs Modena F.C., Udinese Calcio and U.S. Triestina.

Erling Sørensen
Personal information
Full name Erling Walther Sørensen
Date of birth (1920-10-29)29 October 1920
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Date of death 10 October 2002(2002-10-10) (aged 81)
Position(s) Right inside forward,
Left winger
Youth career
1933–1938 Boldklubben Frem
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1939–1948 Frem 161 (82)
1948–1949 Strasbourg
1949–1950 Modena 34 (15)
1950–1952 Udinese 68 (18)
1952–1955 Triestina 67 (15)
International career
1941–1948 Denmark 5 (2)
Managerial career
1963–1966 Frem
Fremad Amager
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sørensen was known to have good a technique and a graceful style of playing, thus earning the nickname The Ballet Master. In his civil life, Sørensen worked as a city hall porter, tobacconist and hospital porter.[2]

Honours
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Bronze medal – third place 1948 London Team Competition

References
  1. "Erling Sørensen". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. Jørgensen, Palle Banks (2004). Landsholdenes 2198 spillerprofiler : fra Krølben til Krøldrup. Tipsbladet. p. 345.


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