Club Brugge learns with great sadness of the death of former left wing striker Jan Sørensen at the age of 68. The Dane played six seasons for blue-black and was one of the absolute star players especially during the successful Happel years. Jan played 187 games for Club Brugge and scored 61 goals. He was a member of the starting eleven during the final of the European Cup of Champions (the predecessor of the Champions League) against FC Liverpool (1-0 defeat).
His record also includes two league titles (1977 and 1978) in Bruges. After leaving Jan Breydel, he was active at FC Twente, Feyenoord (1983-1985), Excelsior Rotterdam (1986-1987), Ajax (1987) and Portimonense (1987-1989), where he also briefly took the trainer's helm. Sørensen counted 11 caps for Denmark behind his name. Teammates in his Bruges period included the late Birger Jensen, Fons Bastijns and Edi Krieger as well as Georges Leekens, Raoul Lambert, René Vandereycken and Julien Cools. The blond striker had been dealing with health problems for several years. We extend our deepest condolences to his family.