| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Erik Lykke Sørensen | ||
| Date of birth | (1940-01-22)22 January 1940 (age 86) | ||
| Place of birth | Odense, Denmark | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| B1913 | |||
| 1963–1967 | Greenock Morton[1] | 102 | (0) |
| 1967–1968 | Rangers[1] | 30 | (0) |
| 1970–1973 | Greenock Morton[1] | 71 | (0) |
| Svendborg fB | |||
| Total | 203 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1961–1962 | Denmark U21 | 8 | (0) |
| 1963–1971 | Denmark | 15 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1974–1975 | Greenock Morton | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Erik Sørensen, also known by his full nameErik Lykke Sørensen, (born 22 January 1940) is a Danish formerfootball player and manager. He was agoalkeeper, and played professionally in the 1960s and 1970s for Scottish clubsGreenock Morton andRangers, and later served as the manager of Morton. He played 15 games for theDenmark national football team from 1963 to 1971.
Born inOdense,[2] Sørensen made his breakthrough with local top-flight clubB1913 in the amateur-onlyDanish championship. He made his debut for theDenmark national team in June 1963, and played five of Denmark's seven games in the successful qualification campaign for the1964 European Nations' Cup tournament.[3] Before the final tournament, Sørensen signed a professional contract and was banned from the amateur-only national team.
He signed with Scottish teamGreenock Morton. MortonmanagerHal Stewart had originally wanted to sign another Danish goalkeeper, but was advised to sign Sørensen instead.[4] Sørensen played in a trial game againstThird Lanark dressed all in black. Morton refused to name the new player and he was dubbed by the media "The man in black" or "Mr. X". From 1963 to 1967, Sørensen played 102 league games for Morton.[1]
In 1967, he was sold for £25,000 to rival Scottish clubRangers. He played 30 games for Rangers, before returning to Morton in 1970.[1] When the Danish Football Association abolished the rule of amateurism, Sørensen returned to the Denmark national team in May 1971, eight years after his debut. He played a further five national team games, including a 1–0 win againstScotland, before ending his international career in June 1971.[3] He left Morton in 1973, having played a total 173 league games for the club.[1]
He eventually became Morton manager for a short time in the mid 70s. He also ran a public house inGreenock after he retired from the game. In the late 1970s he briefly returned to football to play for Danish amateur sideSvendborg fB.