Jesper Sørensen (born 10 June 1973) is a Danish professional football coach and former player. He is the manager of Major League Soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
Career Sørensen previously played football as a midfielder for Adelaide City, FC Copenhagen, Ikast FS, AB and AGF.
In the summer of 2009, he became assistant coach at AGF – a position he held until 2013, when he became head coach of Silkeborg IF. However, after registering a record low number of points in the Superliga, Sørensen was sacked on 8 December 2014.Sørensen er færdig i SIF - tv2oj.dk (Danish)
On 18 August 2021, he was announced as the new manager of the Danish under-21 national team,Ny U21-landstræner hentes i Brøndby IF - dbu.dk (Danish) although he kept serving as the assistant coach at Brøndby IF until the end of the same year.Jesper Sørensen er ny U21-landstræner, bold.dk, 18 August 2021
Under Sørensen's tenure, Denmark reached the qualification play-offs for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, even though they eventually lost to Croatia over two legs. Despite that, in December 2022 the coach (as well as his assistant, Steffen Højer), renewed his contract with the Federation until 2024.
Just a month after renewing his contract, Sørensen left the Danish U-21 team to become manager of his former club Brøndby IF in January 2023. In his first half-season, he guided the club to a 5th place in the Danish Superliga. In his first full season, Brøndby was on route to take the Danish championship, but lost in the last round, when the club lost 2-3 to AGF Aarhus. On 11 December 2024, Sørensen was sacked by Brøndby with the club in 5th place in the Danish Superliga.
Sørensen was appointed head coach for Canadian Major League Soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps FC on 14 January 2025.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamNatFromToRecord Silkeborg1 July 20138 December 2014Fredericia10 December 201530 June 2018Denmark U211 September 20212 January 2023Brøndby2 January 202311 December 2024VancouverWhitecaps14 January 2025presentCareer total —
Honours Manager Vancouver Whitecaps Canadian Championship: 2025 Western Conference (playoffs): 2025
References
External links
Jesper Sørensen official Danish Superliga statistics at danskfodbold.com