Odd Wang Sørensen

{{short description|Norwegian footballer (1922-2004)}}

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Odd Wang Sørensen (22 December 1922 – 10 April 2004) was a Norwegian international footballer.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/26852 |title=Odd Wang Sørensen |work=Olympedia |access-date=9 November 2021}} On club level Sørensen played for Sarpsborg team Sparta, where he won the Norwegian cup in 1952.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Odd Wang Sørensen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=Jan Holm|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://snl.no/Odd_Wang_Sørensen|language=no|access-date=5 April 2012}} He played with the Norwegian national team at the Stockholm Olympics in 1952.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/odd-wang-sorensen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034315/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/odd-wang-sorensen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Odd Wang Sørensen |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=5 April 2012 }} In total he was capped 25 times and scored 17 goals.{{cite web |last=Søfting |first=Thomas |title=Odd Wang Sørensen |url=http://www.home.no/greenriver/players/sorensen.html |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=5 April 2012 }}

Five of those goals came during the friendly match versus the United States on 6 August 1948, which Norway won 11-0. Sørensen still holds the record for goals scored in one match.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}}