Career
He most notably played professionally for Belgian club Club Brugge as well as Football Club Twente, Feyenoord and Ajax in the Netherlands. He played 11 matches and scored three goals for the Denmark national football team from 1977 to 1980. Sørensen started his career with Glostrup IC before joining BK Frem in Denmark before the 1977 season.
He proceeded to move abroad to play professionally for Belgian team Club Brugge in 1977.
He reached the 1978 European Cup final with Club Brugge, which was lost to English club Liverpool. He played six seasons at Club Brugge, scoring a total of 63 goals in 185 matches, and winning two Belgian Jupiler League championships.
He left the club in 1983, and moved to the Netherlands to play for Football Club Twente, Feyenoord, Excelsior and Ajax. He ended his active career with Portimonense South Carolina in Portugal.
Following his retirement, he was appointed manager of Walsall Football Club in June 1997.
He spent 11 months at the club, leaving again in May 1998. He later became sports director of Danish club Hvidovre IF. January now runs a public called the Prince of Wales in the Tamworth area.
