Mads Bech Sørensen

AC Horsens

A left-sided central defender, Bech began his youth career with Østbirk IF as a juvenile, before transferring to the academy at AC Horsens in 2011. After progressing through the youth ranks, he won his maiden call into the first team squad for a 1st Division match versus HB Køge on 3 May 2015. At age 16 years, three months and 26 days, Bech became Horsens' youngest-ever player when he started in the 1–1 draw and he remained on the pitch until being substituted for Malthe Boesen (the player who had previously held the record) after 75 minutes. He made five further appearances during the remainder of the 2014–15 season and signed a new two-year contract on 9 June 2015. Over the course of the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons, Bech continued to make a handful of appearances a season, mostly as a substitute, even after Horsens' promotion to the Superliga in 2016. After signing a new three-year contract in May 2016, Bech made 10 appearances during the 2016–17 season and scored his first senior goal with a consolation in a 3–1 DBU Pokalen last-16 defeat to AGF Aarhus on 15 March 2017. Bech appeared in Horsens' opening three matches of the 2017–18 season and scored the first league goal of his career in a 4–1 victory over Lyngby on 23 July 2017. Despite that excellent start to the season, he departed the club on 31 July, just two days after his final appearance for the club. In just over two years as a first team player at the CASA Arena, Bech made 25 appearances and…

Bech won his maiden call into the Denmark U18 squad in September 2016 and made 7 appearances during the 2016–17 season, captaining the team and scoring once in a 4–2 friendly victory over Belarus U18 on 18 October. He was promoted into the U19 squad in January 2017 and made two appearances during the remainder of the 2016–17 season. In mid-August 2017, Bech was named as captain of the Denmark U19 squad for the 2017 Four Nations Tournament, in which he made two appearances. Bech appeared in six of the 10 matches during the U21 team's successful 2021 European U21 Championship qualifying campaign and he was named in the squad for the Finals. He started each of Denmark's group matches and scored in a 2–0 win over Iceland U21 on 28 March 2021. Injury saw Bech replaced in the squad for the knockout stages, though his group stage performances were such that he was named in the Squad of the Tournament. On 24 May 2022, Bech won his maiden call-up to the senior team when he was named in the initial 29-man squad for four 2022–23 Nations League A matches in June 2022. He was cut from the final 26-man selection.

As of match played 30 August 2026

Bech began his sporting career as a handball player, before switching to football. He is an Arsenal supporter.