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{{Short description|Danish footballer (1922–1999)}}
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| cityofbirth = [[Lumby]]
| birth_place = [[Odense|Lumby]], Denmark
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|2|21|1922|9|24|df=y}}
| countryofbirth = [[Denmark]]
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| death_place = [[Odense]], Denmark
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| cityofdeath = [[Odense]]
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| position = [[Forward (association football)|Striker]]
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{{MedalBronze| [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948 London]] |[[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Team Competition]]}}
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'''Jørgen Leschly Sørensen''' (24 September 1922 - 21 February 1999) was a [[Denmark|Danish]] [[football (soccer)]] player. He started as an amateur player in [[Football in Denmark|Danish football]] with [[Odense Boldklub]] and [[Boldklubben af 1893|B 93]], winning the 1945 [[List of Danish football champions|Danish championship]] with B 93. He was a part of the [[Denmark national football team]] which won [[bronze medal]]s at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]], and played a total 14 games and scored eight goals for the national team. After the 1948 Olympics, Sørensen moved abroad to play professionally in [[Football in Italy|Italian football]] for [[Atalanta B.C.]] and [[AC Milan]], winning the 1955 [[Serie A]] championship with Milan.


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'''Jørgen Leschly Sørensen''' (24 September 1922 – 21 February 1999) was a Danish [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]]. He started as an amateur player in [[Football in Denmark|Danish football]], and won the 1945 [[List of Danish football champions|Danish championship]] with [[Boldklubben af 1893|B.93]]. He played 14 games and scored eight goals for the [[Denmark national football team]], and won a [[bronze medal]] at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/24698 |title=Jørgen Leschly Sørensen |work=Olympedia |access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref> After the Olympics, Sørensen played professionally in [[Football in Italy|Italian football]] for [[Atalanta B.C.]] and [[A.C. Milan]], winning the 1955 [[Serie A]] championship with Milan.
==Biography==
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Born in Lumby near [[Odense]],<ref name="gravsted">[http://www.gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=joergenleschlysoerensen Jørgen Leschley Sørensen] at Gravsted.dk</ref> Sørensen started playing football at a lower-league club in his hometown.<ref name="odense">{{pdf|[http://www.odense.dk/web3/historienshus/topmenu/oplev%20historien/udstillinger/~/media/BMF/Stadsarkivet/Udstillinger/OL/ol10%20pdf.ashx Jørgen Leschly Sørensen (1922-99)]}} at [[Odense Municipality]]</ref> He moved to local club [[Odense Boldklub|Odense BK]] in 1939, and made his senior debut for the club.<ref name="odense"/> He played with Odense in the amateur-only [[List of Danish football champions|Danish championship]]. After [[World War II]], the Danish football leagues were rearranged, and Odense was demoted to the third-tier league of Danish football.


==Career==
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Sørensen spent a year in [[Copenhagen]] finishing his education, and approached [[Akademisk Boldklub|AB]] to play for the club while in Copenhagen.<ref name="lundberg">{{cite book |title=Dansk Fodbold |last=Lundberg |first=Knud |authorlink= Knud Lundberg|volume=1. Fra Breslau til Bronceholdet |coauthors= |year=1986 |publisher=Rhodos |location=Copenhagen |isbn=87-7245-132-7 |page= |pages=34 |url= |accessdate=}}</ref> AB coach [[Arne Kleven]] said he could only use him as a reserve, and Sørensen went on to play for Copenhagen club [[Boldklubben af 1893|B 93]] instead.<ref name="lundberg"/> Sørensen went on to become league top goalscorer with 16 goals,<ref name="topscorer">Roberto Di Maggio, [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesd/dentops.html Denmark - List of Topscorers], [[RSSSF]], June 12, 2009</ref> as B 93 team won the top-flight [[Danish 1st Division 1945–46|1945-46 Danish 1st Division]] championship.<ref name="odense"/> While at B 93,<ref name="haslund">[http://www.haslund.info/danmark/as/lesjor.asp JØRGEN LESCHLEY SØRENSEN] at Haslund.info</ref> Sørensen made his debut for the [[Denmark national football team]] in June 1946, as he scored a goal in Denmark's 1-2 defeat to the [[Norway national football team|Norwegian football team]].<ref name="dbu">[http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/LBasePlayerInfo.aspx?playerid=2795&teamtypeid=330#match Jørgen Leschly Sørensen - A-Landshold (Alle kampe)] at [[Danish Football Association]]</ref> Upon his return to Odense in 1946, Sørensen found the team in the secondary [[Danish 2nd Division]] league. He helped the club win [[promotion and relegation|promotion]] into the top-flight [[Danish 1st Division]] in his first year back with the club.<ref>[http://www.haslund.info/danmark/dt/194647/forside.asp DANMARKSTURNERINGEN - 1946/1947] at Haslund.info</ref> He continued to play for the Danish national team while at Odense, and was selected for the Danish squad at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]].<ref>[http://www.dbu.dk/page.aspx?id=435 Slutrundetrupper 1908-2004] at [[Danish Football Association]]</ref> He played one game at the tournament, and scored a goal as Denmark beat defeat the [[Great Britain national football team|Great Britain football team]] 5-3 to win the [[bronze medal]]s of the tournament.<ref name="dbu"/> He was top goalscorer with 16 goals in the [[Danish 1st Division 1948–49|1948-49 1st Division]] season,<ref name="topscorer"/> before moving abroad to play professionally. As a professional he was barred from the amateur-only Danish national team, and Sørensen tallied his total eight goals in 14 national team games from June 1946 to June 1949.<ref name="dbu"/>


===Danish career===
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Alongside fellow bronze medalist [[Karl Aage Hansen]], Sørensen joined [[Atalanta Bergamo]] in the [[Serie A]] championship of [[Football in Italy|Italian football]].<ref name="italy">Roberto Di Maggio, [http://www.rsssf.com/players/den-players-in-it.html Danish Players in Italy], [[RSSSF]], January 2, 2005</ref> In his first time at the club, Bergamo played a [[friendly match]] against Sørensen's old club Odense on [[Odense Stadion]]. Sørensen was leading the Bergamo players onto the pitch, but as Karl Aage Hansen held back the other Bergamo players, Sørensen entered the pitch on his own to waves of applause from the Odense fans.<ref name="lundberg"/> Sørensen spent four seasons at Atalanta, scoring 51 goals in 134 games, and played alongside fellow Danish international players [[Svend Jørgen Hansen]] and [[Poul Rasmussen]] at the club.<ref name="italy"/> He moved to league rivals [[AC Milan]] in 1953, and played two seasons with the club, scoring 28 goals in 64 games.<ref name="italy"/> He won the [[Serie A 1954-55|1954-55 Serie A]] championship in his last season with Milan, before leaving the club in 1955.<ref name="odense"/> Milan offered him a contract extension, but Sørensen decided to return to Denmark.<ref name="lundberg"/> He was selected for a European Representative team to play against a Great Britain team to mark the 75th anniversary of the [[Irish Football Association]] in August 1955.<ref name="representative"/> Sørensen worked defensively to neutralize English player [[Sir Stanley Matthews]],<ref name="lundberg"/> and the European team won 4-1.<ref name="representative">[http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamHons/HonsRepTms.html England Player Honours - International Representative Teams] at EnglandFootballOnline.com</ref>
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Born in Lumby near [[Odense]],<ref name="gravsted">[http://www.gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=joergenleschlysoerensen Jørgen Leschley Sørensen] at Gravsted.dk</ref> Sørensen started playing football at a lower-league club in his hometown.<ref name="odense">{{cite web |url= http://www.odense.dk/web3/historienshus/topmenu/oplev%20historien/udstillinger/~/media/BMF/Stadsarkivet/Udstillinger/OL/ol10%20pdf.ashx |title= Jørgen Leschly Sørensen (1922-99) |access-date= 23 February 2010 |archive-date= 4 March 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065438/http://www.odense.dk/web3/historienshus/topmenu/oplev%20historien/udstillinger/~/media/BMF/Stadsarkivet/Udstillinger/OL/ol10%20pdf.ashx |url-status= dead }} at [[Odense Municipality]]</ref> He moved to local club [[Odense Boldklub|Odense BK]] in 1939, and made his senior debut for the club.<ref name="odense"/> He played with Odense in the amateur-only [[List of Danish football champions|Danish championship]]. After [[World War II]], the Danish football leagues were rearranged, and Odense was demoted to the third-tier league of Danish football.


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Sørensen spent a year in [[Copenhagen]] finishing his education, and approached [[Akademisk Boldklub|AB]] to play for the club while in Copenhagen.<ref name="lundberg">{{cite book |title=Dansk Fodbold |last=Lundberg |first=Knud |author-link= Knud Lundberg|volume=1. Fra Breslau til Bronceholdet |year=1986 |publisher=Rhodos |location=Copenhagen |isbn=87-7245-132-7 |page=34 }}</ref> AB coach [[Arne Kleven]] said he could only use him as a reserve, and Sørensen went on to play for Copenhagen club [[Boldklubben af 1893|B 93]] instead.<ref name="lundberg"/> Sørensen went on to become league top goalscorer with 16 goals,<ref name="topscorer">Roberto Di Maggio, [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/dentops.html Denmark - List of Topscorers] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116190741/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesd/dentops.html |date=16 November 2011 }}, [[RSSSF]], 12 June 2009</ref> as B 93 team won the top-flight [[Danish 1st Division 1945–46|1945–46 Danish 1st Division]] championship.<ref name="odense"/> While at B 93,<ref name="haslund">[http://www.haslund.info/danmark/as/lesjor.asp JØRGEN LESCHLEY SØRENSEN] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101013043413/http://www.haslund.info/danmark/as/lesjor.asp |date=13 October 2010 }} at Haslund.info</ref> Sørensen made his debut for the [[Denmark national football team]] in June 1946, as he scored a goal in Denmark's 1–2 defeat to the [[Norway national football team|Norwegian football team]].<ref name="dbu">[http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/PlayerInfo/2795&teamtypeid=330#match Jørgen Leschly Sørensen - A-Landshold (Alle kampe)] at [[Danish Football Association]]</ref> Upon his return to Odense in 1946, Sørensen found the team in the secondary [[Danish 2nd Division]] league. He helped the club win [[promotion and relegation|promotion]] into the top-flight [[Danish 1st Division]] in his first year back with the club.<ref>[http://www.haslund.info/danmark/dt/194647/forside.asp DANMARKSTURNERINGEN - 1946/1947] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808161848/http://www.haslund.info/danmark/dt/194647/forside.asp |date=8 August 2010 }} at Haslund.info</ref> He continued to play for the Danish national team while at Odense, and was selected for the Danish squad at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]].<ref>[http://www.dbu.dk/page.aspx?id=435 Slutrundetrupper 1908-2004] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809060627/http://www.dbu.dk/page.aspx?id=435 |date=9 August 2012 }} at [[Danish Football Association]]</ref> He played one game at the tournament, and scored a goal as Denmark defeated the [[Great Britain national football team|Great Britain football team]] 5–3 to win the [[bronze medal]]s of the tournament.<ref name="dbu"/> He was top goalscorer with 16 goals in the [[Danish 1st Division 1948–49|1948–49 1st Division]] season,<ref name="topscorer"/> before moving abroad to play professionally. As a professional he was barred from the amateur-only Danish national team, and Sørensen tallied his total eight goals in 14 national team games from June 1946 to June 1949.<ref name="dbu"/>
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When Sørensen returned to Denmark in 1955, he had to undergo a two-year quarantine mandated by the [[Danish Football Association]], before he could re-enter the amateur-only Danish leagues in 1958.<ref name="odense"/> While waiting for the quarantine to expire, he was the coach of his former club Odense Boldklub.<ref name="odense"/> He returned as a player for Odense in 1958, and played for the club until his retirement in 1962.<ref name="odense"/> He served as Odense manager again in 1963.<ref>[http://www.ob.dk/default.asp?MenuID=120 OB's placering i Danmarksturneringen siden 1946 - OB-trænere siden 1962] at [[Odense Boldklub]]</ref> Sørensen became a part of the committee which selected the players for the Danish national team in 1970.<ref name="uk">Jimmie Thomsen, [http://www.dbu.dk/page.aspx?id=1183 DBUs landstrænere i perioden 1967-69], [[RSSSF]], November 26, 2001, published by [[Danish Football Association]]</ref> He was a member of the committee until it was disbanded in 1979, with its responsibilities transferred solely to the Danish national team manager.<ref name="uk"/>

===Professional career===
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Alongside fellow bronze medalist [[Karl Aage Hansen]], Sørensen joined [[Atalanta B.C.|Atalanta]] of [[Bergamo]] in the [[Serie A]] championship of [[Football in Italy|Italian football]].<ref name="italy">Roberto Di Maggio, [https://www.rsssf.org/players/den-players-in-it.html Danish Players in Italy] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019154646/http://www.rsssf.com/players/den-players-in-it.html |date=19 October 2006 }}, [[RSSSF]], 2 January 2005</ref> It was through Hansen's recommendation, that Bergamo hired Sørensen.<ref>{{cite book |title=Dansk Fodbold |last=Lundberg |first=Knud |author-link= Knud Lundberg|volume=1. Fra Breslau til Bronceholdet |year=1986 |publisher=Rhodos |location=Copenhagen |isbn=87-7245-132-7 |pages=170–171 }}</ref> In his first time at the club, Bergamo played a [[friendly match]] against Sørensen's old club Odense on [[Odense Stadion]]. Sørensen was leading the Bergamo players onto the pitch, but as Karl Aage Hansen held back the other Bergamo players, Sørensen entered the pitch on his own to waves of applause from the Odense fans.<ref name="lundberg"/> Sørensen spent four seasons at Atalanta, scoring 51 goals in 134 games, and played alongside fellow Danish international players [[Svend Jørgen Hansen]] and [[Poul Rasmussen]] at the club.<ref name="italy"/> He moved to league rivals [[A.C. Milan]] in 1953, and played two seasons with the club, scoring 28 goals in 64 games.<ref name="italy"/> He won the [[1954–55 Serie A]] championship in his last season with Milan, before leaving the club in 1955.<ref name="odense"/> Milan offered him a contract extension, but Sørensen decided to return to Denmark.<ref name="lundberg"/> He was selected for a European Representative team to play against a Great Britain team to mark the 75th anniversary of the [[Irish Football Association]] in August 1955.<ref name="representative"/> Sørensen worked defensively to neutralize English player [[Sir Stanley Matthews]],<ref name="lundberg"/> and the European team won 4–1.<ref name="representative">[http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamHons/HonsRepTms.html England Player Honours - International Representative Teams] at EnglandFootballOnline.com</ref>

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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]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Dansk Fodbold |last=Lundberg |first=Knud |author-link= Knud Lundberg|volume=1. Fra Breslau til Bronceholdet |year=1986 |publisher=Rhodos |location=Copenhagen |isbn=87-7245-132-7 |pages=148–149 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="odense"/> While banned from playing, he had coached his former club Odense Boldklub.<ref name="odense"/> He returned as a player for Odense in 1958, and played for the club until his retirement in 1962.<ref name="odense"/> Leschly served as Odense manager again in 1963.<ref>[http://www.ob.dk/default.asp?MenuID=120 OB's placering i Danmarksturneringen siden 1946 - OB-trænere siden 1962]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at [[Odense Boldklub]]</ref> Sørensen became a part of the committee which selected the players for the Danish national team in 1970.<ref name="uk">Jimmie Thomsen, [http://www.dbu.dk/page.aspx?id=1183 DBUs landstrænere i perioden 1967-69] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927000458/http://www.dbu.dk/page.aspx?id=1183 |date=27 September 2007 }}, [[RSSSF]], 26 November 2001, published by [[Danish Football Association]]</ref> He was a member of the committee until it was disbanded in 1979, with its responsibilities transferred solely to the Danish national team manager.<ref name="uk"/>


==Honours==
==Honours==
===Club===
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'''B93'''
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}}
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* [[List of Danish football champions|Danish championship]]: [[Danish 1st Division 1945–46|1945–46]]
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{{MedalBronze| [[1948 Summer Olympics|London 1948]] |[[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Team Competition]]}}

{{MedalBottom}}
'''Milan'''
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*1944-45 [[List of Danish football champions|Danish championship]]
*1954-55 [[Serie A]]
* [[Serie A]]: [[1954–55 Serie A|1954–55]]

===International===
'''Denmark'''
* [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Bronze Medal]]: [[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{DBU player|2795}}
*[http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/LBasePlayerInfo.aspx?playerid=2795 Danish national team profile]
* {{Olympics.com|jorgen-leschly-sorensen}}


{{Denmark Squad 1948 Olympic Football Tournament}}
{{Denmark Squad 1948 Olympic Football Tournament}}
{{Danish Football Hall of Fame}}
{{OB managers}}
{{OB managers}}


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| NAME = Sorensen, Jorgen Leschly
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Danish footballer
| DATE OF BIRTH = September 24, 1922
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Lumby]], [[Denmark]]
| DATE OF DEATH = February 21, 1999
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| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Odense]], [[Denmark]]
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Jørgen Leschly Sørensen
Personal information
Date of birth (1922-09-24)24 September 1922
Place of birth Lumby, Denmark
Date of death 21 February 1999(1999-02-21) (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)
Medal record
 Denmark
Association football
Summer Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1948 London Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jørgen Leschly Sørensen (24 September 1922 – 21 February 1999) was a Danish footballer who played as a forward. He started as an amateur player in Danish football, and won the 1945 Danish championship with B.93. He played 14 games and scored eight goals for the Denmark national football team, and won a bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[4] After the Olympics, Sørensen played professionally in Italian football for Atalanta B.C. and A.C. Milan, winning the 1955 Serie A championship with Milan.

Career[edit]

Danish career[edit]

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 Copenhagen finishing his education, and approached AB to play for the club while in Copenhagen.[7] AB coach Arne Kleven said he could only use him as a reserve, and Sørensen went on to play for Copenhagen club B 93 instead.[7] Sørensen went on to become league top goalscorer with 16 goals,[2] as B 93 team won the top-flight 1945–46 Danish 1st Division championship.[6] While at B 93,[8] Sørensen made his debut for the Denmark national football team in June 1946, as he scored a goal in Denmark's 1–2 defeat to the Norwegian football team.[1] Upon his return to Odense in 1946, Sørensen found the team in the secondary Danish 2nd Division league. He helped the club win promotion into the top-flight Danish 1st Division in his first year back with the club.[9] He continued to play for the Danish national team while at Odense, and was selected for the Danish squad at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[10] He played one game at the tournament, and scored a goal as Denmark defeated the Great Britain football team 5–3 to win the bronze medals of the tournament.[1] He was top goalscorer with 16 goals in the 1948–49 1st Division season,[2] before moving abroad to play professionally. As a professional he was barred from the amateur-only Danish national team, and Sørensen tallied his total eight goals in 14 national team games from June 1946 to June 1949.[1]

Professional career[edit]

Alongside fellow bronze medalist Karl Aage Hansen, Sørensen joined Atalanta of Bergamo in the Serie A championship of Italian football.[3] It was through Hansen's recommendation, that Bergamo hired Sørensen.[11] In his first time at the club, Bergamo played a friendly match against Sørensen's old club Odense on Odense Stadion. Sørensen was leading the Bergamo players onto the pitch, but as Karl Aage Hansen held back the other Bergamo players, Sørensen entered the pitch on his own to waves of applause from the Odense fans.[7] Sørensen spent four seasons at Atalanta, scoring 51 goals in 134 games, and played alongside fellow Danish international players Svend Jørgen Hansen and Poul Rasmussen at the club.[3] He moved to league rivals A.C. Milan in 1953, and played two seasons with the club, scoring 28 goals in 64 games.[3] He won the 1954–55 Serie A championship in his last season with Milan, before leaving the club in 1955.[6] Milan offered him a contract extension, but Sørensen decided to return to Denmark.[7] He was selected for a European Representative team to play against a Great Britain team to mark the 75th anniversary of the Irish Football Association in August 1955.[12] Sørensen worked defensively to neutralize English player Sir Stanley Matthews,[7] and the European team won 4–1.[12]

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[edit]

Club[edit]

B93

Milan

International[edit]

Denmark

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Jørgen Leschly Sørensen - A-Landshold (Alle kampe) at Danish Football Association
  2. ^ a b c Roberto Di Maggio, Denmark - List of Topscorers Archived 16 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine, RSSSF, 12 June 2009
  3. ^ a b c d e Roberto Di Maggio, Danish Players in Italy Archived 19 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine, RSSSF, 2 January 2005
  4. ^ "Jørgen Leschly Sørensen". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  5. ^ Jørgen Leschley Sørensen at Gravsted.dk
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ a b c d e Lundberg, Knud (1986). Dansk Fodbold. Vol. 1. Fra Breslau til Bronceholdet. Copenhagen: Rhodos. p. 34. ISBN 87-7245-132-7.
  8. ^ JØRGEN LESCHLEY SØRENSEN Archived 13 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine at Haslund.info
  9. ^ DANMARKSTURNERINGEN - 1946/1947 Archived 8 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine at Haslund.info
  10. ^ Slutrundetrupper 1908-2004 Archived 9 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine at Danish Football Association
  11. ^ Lundberg, Knud (1986). Dansk Fodbold. Vol. 1. Fra Breslau til Bronceholdet. Copenhagen: Rhodos. pp. 170–171. ISBN 87-7245-132-7.
  12. ^ a b England Player Honours - International Representative Teams at EnglandFootballOnline.com
  13. ^ Lundberg, Knud (1986). Dansk Fodbold. Vol. 1. Fra Breslau til Bronceholdet. Copenhagen: Rhodos. pp. 148–149. ISBN 87-7245-132-7.
  14. ^ OB's placering i Danmarksturneringen siden 1946 - OB-trænere siden 1962[permanent dead link] at Odense Boldklub
  15. ^ 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[edit]

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