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Alexander Sørloth (born 5 December 1995) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Norway national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexander Sørloth[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 5 December 1995||
Place of birth | Trondheim, Norway | ||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[3][4] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Atlético Madrid | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
Strindheim | |||
Rosenborg | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | Rosenborg 2 | 46 | (18) |
2013–2015 | Rosenborg | 6 | (0) |
2015 | → Bodø/Glimt (loan) | 26 | (13) |
2016–2017 | Groningen | 38 | (5) |
2017–2018 | Midtjylland | 19 | (10) |
2018–2020 | Crystal Palace | 16 | (0) |
2019 | → Gent (loan) | 19 | (4) |
2019–2020 | → Trabzonspor (loan) | 34 | (24) |
2020–2023 | RB Leipzig | 30 | (5) |
2021–2023 | → Real Sociedad (loan) | 67 | (16) |
2023–2024 | Villarreal | 34 | (23) |
2024– | Atlético Madrid | 9 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2011–2012 | Norway U16 | 3 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Norway U17 | 3 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Norway U18 | 11 | (5) |
2014–2015 | Norway U19 | 3 | (1) |
2015–2016 | Norway U21 | 10 | (1) |
2016– | Norway | 57 | (20) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:06, 6 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2024 |
After several years in the youth system Sørloth was rewarded with a contract by Rosenborg in July 2013. He played his first professional game for Rosenborg when he was subbed on in the second half of the Europa League first qualifying round game versus Crusaders, and it took him only 12 minutes to score his first goal, Rosenborg's 6th in their 7–2 win.
He made his debut in the Tippeligaen on 20 July 2014 in Rosenborg's home game against Sogndal coming on as a substitute for Alexander Søderlund after 60 minutes.[5]
Sørloth went on a loan to Bodø/Glimt before the start of the 2015 Tippeligaen. In the league he scored 13 goals and making five assist in his 26 appearances (19 starters), including scoring six goals in one game against Sarpsborg 08.[5] In his last match for Bodø/Glimt, he scored his second hat-trick of the season, against Stabæk.
On 6 November 2015, Sørloth confirmed that he would be joining Eredivisie club Groningen on a 4.5-year contract at the end of the season. Groningen paid a transfer fee of around €750,000.[citation needed]
On 1 June 2017, Danish Superliga club Midtjylland announced that they had signed Sørloth on a four-year contract.[6]
On 31 January 2018, Sørloth signed for Premier League club Crystal Palace for a reported fee of £9 million.[7] He made his debut on 10 February 2018 in a 3–1 away defeat to Everton.[8] On 28 August, Sørloth scored his first and only goal for Palace in a 1–0 win over Swansea City in the EFL Cup.[9]
On 8 January 2019, Sørloth signed for Belgian First Division A side Gent on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[10]
In August 2019, Sørloth signed for Turkish Süper Lig club Trabzonspor on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season.[11] He debuted for the club on 8 August against Sparta Prague in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League, where he scored the second goal in a match that ended 2–2.[12]
In March 2020, Sørloth scored his first hat-trick for Trabzonspor in a 6–0 victory against Kasimpasa.[13] On 5 July 2020, Sørloth became Trabzonspor’s top-scoring foreign player in a single season, with 29 goals, exceeding the tally of Georgian former center-forward Shota Arveladze.[14]
After playing for his national team in the first two group matches of UEFA Nations League, Sørloth failed to return to Trabzon prior to Trabzonspor's upcoming league fixture against Beşiktaş.[15] On 22 September 2020, Sørloth signed for RB Leipzig for an initial fee of €20 million plus €2 million in potential add-ons, with any proceeds to be shared evenly between Trabzonspor and Crystal Palace.[16] On 2 December 2020, he scored the game-winning goal against İstanbul Başakşehir in a 4–3 win in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League,[17] which was his first goal for the club.
On 25 August 2021, Sørloth moved to La Liga side Real Sociedad on a season-long loan deal.[18] On 29 August 2022, he returned to the Txuri-urdin on loan for another year.[19]
On 25 July 2023, La Liga club Villarreal announced the signing of Sørloth on a five-year deal,[20] for a reported fee of €10 million.[21] On 27 August, he scored his first goal for the club in a 4–3 loss to Barcelona.[22] On 19 May 2024, he scored four goals in a 4–4 draw in a league game against Real Madrid, reaching his 23rd goal, without penalty kicks, of the 2023–24 season as La Liga's top scorer with one match remaining.[23] He was eventually surpassed by just one goal by Artem Dovbyk, who scored a hat-trick on the final matchday of the season.[24]
On 3 August 2024, Sørloth transferred to fellow La Liga club Atlético Madrid for a fee in the region of €32 million. He signed a four-year contract.[25] Later that month, on 19 August, he scored his first goal on his debut in a 2–2 away draw against his former club Villarreal.[26]
Sørloth debuted for the Norwegian senior squad against Portugal on 29 May 2016.[27] He scored his first goal against Iceland the same year on 1 June.[28]
Sørloth is the son of former Rosenborg player and Norwegian international Gøran Sørloth.[7]
On 31 May 2021, an Instagram post of his surpassed 3.5 million comments, making it the most commented post on Instagram by an athlete. It was mainly fans of the Turkish football club Trabzonspor, asking the player to return to his former loan club.[29]
Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | League cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Rosenborg | 2013 | Tippeligaen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | ||
2014 | Tippeligaen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |||
2015 | Tippeligaen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 10 | 1 | ||||
Bodø/Glimt (loan) | 2015 | Tippeligaen | 26 | 13 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 29 | 14 | |||
Groningen | 2015–16 | Eredivisie | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 15 | 2 | |
2016–17 | Eredivisie | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 28 | 4 | ||
Total | 38 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 6 | |||
Midtjylland | 2017–18 | Danish Superliga | 19 | 10 | 1 | 1 | — | 6[lower-alpha 3] | 4 | — | 26 | 15 | ||
Crystal Palace | 2017–18 | Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
2018–19 | Premier League | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
Total | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 20 | 1 | ||||
Gent (loan) | 2018–19 | Belgian Pro League | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 22 | 5 | |||
Trabzonspor (loan) | 2019–20 | Süper Lig | 34 | 24 | 7 | 7 | — | 8[lower-alpha 3] | 2 | — | 49 | 33 | ||
RB Leipzig | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 29 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 5] | 1 | — | 37 | 6 | ||
2022–23 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 30 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 6 | |||
Real Sociedad (loan) | 2021–22 | La Liga | 33 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | 7[lower-alpha 3] | 2 | — | 44 | 8 | ||
2022–23 | La Liga | 34 | 12 | 5 | 2 | — | 7[lower-alpha 3] | 2 | — | 46 | 16 | |||
Total | 67 | 16 | 9 | 4 | — | 14 | 4 | — | 90 | 24 | ||||
Villarreal | 2023–24 | La Liga | 34 | 23 | 1 | 0 | — | 6[lower-alpha 3] | 3 | — | 41 | 26 | ||
Atlético Madrid | 2024–25 | La Liga | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
Career total | 298 | 101 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 379 | 132 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Norway | 2016 | 7 | 1 |
2017 | 5 | 0 | |
2018 | 5 | 1 | |
2019 | 5 | 4 | |
2020 | 5 | 3 | |
2021 | 9 | 3 | |
2022 | 9 | 3 | |
2023 | 6 | 2 | |
2024 | 6 | 3 | |
Total | 57 | 20 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 1 June 2016 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | Iceland | 3–1 | 3–2 | Friendly |
2 | 2 June 2018 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | 3–2 | 3–2 | ||
3 | 15 October 2019 | Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania | Romania | 1–1 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying |
4 | 15 November 2019 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | Faroe Islands | 3–0 | 4–0 | |
5 | 4–0 | |||||
6 | 18 November 2019 | National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta | Malta | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
7 | 7 September 2020 | Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B |
8 | 4–1 | |||||
9 | 11 October 2020 | Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo, Norway | Romania | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
10 | 24 March 2021 | Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar | Gibraltar | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
11 | 30 March 2021 | Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro | Montenegro | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
12 | 7 September 2021 | Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo, Norway | Gibraltar | 4–1 | 5–1 | |
13 | 29 March 2022 | Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo, Norway | Armenia | 8–0 | 9–0 | Friendly |
14 | 12 June 2022 | Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo, Norway | Sweden | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B |
15 | 20 November 2022 | Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo, Norway | Finland | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
16 | 28 March 2023 | Batumi Stadium, Batumi, Georgia | Georgia | 1–0 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
17 | 12 October 2023 | AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus | Cyprus | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
18 | 26 March 2024 | Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo, Norway | Slovakia | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
19 | 10 October 2024 | Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo, Norway | Slovenia | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B |
20 | 13 October 2024 | Raiffeisen Arena, Linz, Austria | Austria | 1–1 | 1–5 |
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