- Arne Sørensen
Football player infobox
playername = Arne Sørensen
fullname = Arne Sørensen
dateofbirth =November 27 ,1917
cityofbirth =Copenhagen
countryofbirth =Denmark
dateofdeath = death date and age|1977|5|1|1917|11|27
cityofdeath =Gentofte
countryofdeath =Denmark
position =Midfielder
years = 0000-1940
1941-1946
1947-1948
1948-1949
clubs =B 1903
B 93Stade Français FC FC Nancy
caps(goals) =
25 (1)
17 (1)
nationalyears = 1937-1946
nationalteam = Denmark
nationalcaps(goals) = 30 (4)
manageryears = 1956-1961
managerclubs = Denmark: "This article is about the footballer. For the article about the Danish politician, see
Arne Sørensen (politician) "Arne Sørensen (November 27 ,1917 –May 1 ,1977 ) was a Danishfootball (soccer) player and manager. He played 30 games and scored four goals as amidfielder for theDenmark national football team , before moving abroad to play professionally inFrance . He managed the Danish squad at the1960 Summer Olympics , guiding the team tosilver medal s.Born in
Copenhagen , Sørensen began playing football with local clubB 1903 . He made his debut for the Danish national team in September 1937, and played 16 national team games while at B 1903. He won the 1938Danish football champions hip with B 1903, before moving to rival Copenhagen club B 93 in 1941. He won a further two Danish championships with B 93, and played an additional 14 national team games. He played his last national team game in September 1946, as he became a professional football, and thus lost his eligibility to play for the Danish national team. Sørensen moved to France, where he played professionally forStade Francais FC andFC Nancy , before ending his career.In June 1957, Sørensen was hired as full time Danish national team manager, though he had already managed the team from November 1956. His most notable result came at the 1960 Olympics, where he managed Denmark to silver medals in the 1960 Olympics football tournament, losing 1–3 to Yugoslavia in the final. He was national team manager in 41 games, winning 20 and losing 13. Sørensen ended his tenure as Danish national team manager in November 1961.
Honours
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Danish football champions hip: 1938, 1942, 1946External links
* [http://www.dbu.dk/lbase/playerInfo.aspx?playerid=2702 Danish national team player profile]
* [http://www.dbu.dk/lbase/coachInfo.aspx?coachid=3014 Danish national team manager profile]
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