Oliver Sørensen

Oliver Sørensen Jensen (born 10 March 2002) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish Superliga club FC Midtjylland.

Oliver Sørensen
Personal information
Full name Oliver Sørensen Jensen
Date of birth (2002-03-10) 10 March 2002
Place of birth Funen, Denmark
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Midtjylland
Number 24
Youth career
Nørre Aaby IK
Strib IF
OKS
Midtjylland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Midtjylland 5 (0)
2021 → Fredericia (loan) 11 (1)
National team‡
2017–2018 Denmark U-16 9 (4)
2018–2019 Denmark U-17 11 (2)
2019– Denmark U-19 11 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:42, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:42, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

Career

Youth

Sørensen started playing football at Nørre Aaby IK, then at Strib IF and later joined OKS in 2013.[1] From there, he joined the academy of FC Midtjylland and on his 15th birthday, he signed a three-year youth contract with the club.[1]

Sørensen already began playing with the U-19s at the age of 16 and was shortly after promoted permanently to the U-19 squad despite his young age, after signing a new three-year youth contract in August 2018.[2] The talentfull midfielder once again signed a new three-year deal with Midtjylland in June 2019, where it was also agreed, that he would become a permanent part of the Danish Superliga squad from the 2020-21 season.[3]

Senior

On 28 June 2020, Sørensen got his official debut for Midtjylland against F.C. Copenhagen in the Danish Superliga.[4] Sørensen started on the bench, but replaced Anders Dreyer in the 88th minute.[5] Sørensen was also subbed in a month later in the second-last game of the season against Brøndby IF.

In the first half part of the 2020-21 season, Sørensen continued to train with the first team but did only play for the U-19s. To gain some more experience, Sørensen was on 26 January 2020 loaned out to Midtjylland affiliate club, Danish 1st Division-side FC Fredericia, for the rest of the season.[6] Sørensen had a good spell at Fredericia, where he played 11 games and scored one goal. Sørensen returned to Midtjylland for the 2021-22 season.

References
  1. Tidligere OKS´er får Akademikontrakt hos FC Midtjylland, oks.dk, 15 March 2017
  2. Oliver Sørensen har forlænget sin kontrakt i FC Midtjylland..., oks.dk, 11 August 2018
  3. Oliver Sørensen har igen forlænget sin kontrakt i FC Midtjylland, oks.dk, 4 June 2019
  4. Ung FCM-debutant efter sejren over FCK: Hektisk kamp at komme ind i, tipsbladet.dk, 29 June 2020
  5. FC COPENHAGEN VS. MIDTJYLLAND 1 - 2, soccerway.com, 28 June 2020
  6. FCM udlejer U19-anfører til i 1. divisionsklub, bold.dk, 26 January 2021
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