Jacob Sørensen (footballer, born 1998)

Jacob Sørensen
	Sørensen playing for Norwich City in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Jacob Lungi Sørensen
Date of birth	3 March 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Esbjerg, Denmark
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Norwich City
Number	19
Youth career
0000–2008	SGI Fodbold
2008–2016	Esbjerg fB
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2020	Esbjerg fB
2020–	Norwich City
International career‡
2015	Denmark U18
2017–2019	Denmark U20
2018–2019	Denmark U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:16, 12 March 2023 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:57, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

Jacob Lungi Sørensen (born 3 March 1998) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Norwich City.

Club career

Esbjerg fB

Sørensen made his senior league debut for Esbjerg fB on 1 December 2016 in a Danish Superliga match away to Odense. The final score was 1-0 for Esbjerg fB.^{[citation needed]} During his time at the club, he made 117 appearances and scored a total of 8 goals.^[2]

Norwich City

On 20 July 2020, Sørensen signed a three-year contract with Norwich City.^[2]^[3] He made his debut against Brentford as a late replacement for Xavi Quintillà at left back, a position he had never played at before.^[4] Sørensen scored his first goal for Norwich in a 2–1 win against Nottingham Forest on 9 December.^[5] On 15 July 2021, after Norwich's Championship title winning season in which he made 32 league appearances, Sørensen signed a new contract until June 2024.^[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 March 2023^[7]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Esbjerg fB	2016–17	Danish Superliga	8	0	1	1	—		0	0	3	1	12	2
	2017–18	Danish 1st Division	31	1	1	0	—		0	0	—		32	1
	2018–19	Danish Superliga	36	3	3	0	—		0	0	—		39	3
	2019–20	Danish Superliga	29	1	3	1	—		2	0	—		34	2
	Total		104	5	8	2	—		2	0	3	1	117	8
Norwich City	2020–21^[8]	Championship	32	1	0	0	2	0	—		—		34	1
	2021–22^[9]	Premier League	10	0	1	0	1	0	—		—		12	0
	2022–23^[10]	Championship	10	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		11	0
	2023–24^[11]	Championship	12	1	3	0	0	0	—		1	0	16	1
	Total		64	2	4	0	4	0	—		1	0	73	2
Career total			168	7	12	2	4	0	2	0	4	1	190	10