 He played 30 games and scored four goals as a midfielder for the Denmark national football team.As a coach, Sørensen won silver medals with the Danish national team at the 1960 Summer Olympics, and also won the Danish championship with Esbjerg fB, KB, and Hvidovre IF.Born in Copenhagen, Sørensen began playing football with local top-flight club B 1903 in the amateur-only Danish championship.