Jesper Sørensen


Jesper Sørensen 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 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.
On 18 August 2021, he was announced as the new manager of the Danish under-21 national team, although he kept serving as the assistant coach at Brøndby IF until the end of the same year.
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, 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.

Honours

Manager

Vancouver Whitecaps