Erling Sørensen

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Erling Sørensen
Personal information
Full name	Erling Walther Sørensen
Date of birth	October 29, 1920(1920-10-29)
Place of birth	Copenhagen, Denmark
Date of death	October 10, 2002 (aged 81)
Playing position	Right inside forward, Left winger
Youth career
1933-1938	Boldklubben Frem
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1939-1948 1948-1949 1949-1950 1950-1952 1952-1955	Frem Strasbourg Modena Udinese Triestina	161 (82) 034 (15) 068 (18) 067 (15)
National team
1941-1948	Denmark	005 0(2)
Teams managed
1963-1966	Frem Fremad Amager
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Erling Walther Sørensen (October 29, 1920 - October 10, 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. 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.

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.^[1]

[edit] Honours

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Bronze	London 1948	Team Competition

• Danish Football Championships: 1940-41 and 1943-44 with Frem

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Danish national team profile
• RSSSF - Danish players in Italy at RSSSF

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