Alexander Sørloth
Alexander Sørloth (born 5 December 1995) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor, on loan from Crystal Palace, and for the Norway national team.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Sørloth[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 December 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Trondheim, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) [2] | ||
| Playing position(s) | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Trabzonspor (on loan from Crystal Palace) | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| 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 | FC Groningen | 38 | (5) |
| 2017–2018 | FC Midtjylland | 19 | (10) |
| 2018– | Crystal Palace | 16 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Gent (loan) | 19 | (4) |
| 2019– | → Trabzonspor (loan) | 34 | (24) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 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 | 22 | (6) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 July 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2019 | |||
Career
Rosenborg
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.[3]
Sørloth went on a loan to Bodø/Glimt before the start of the 2015 Tippeligaen. He quickly became one of the best players in the team and one of the best players in the league scoring 13 goals and making 5 assist in his 26 appearances (19 starters), including scoring six goals in one game against Sarpsborg 08.[3] In his last match for Bodø/Glimt, he scored his second hat-trick of the season, against Stabæk.
Groningen
On 6 November 2015, Sørloth confirmed that he would be joining FC Groningen on a 4.5-year contract at the end of the season. Groningen paid a transfer fee of around €750,000.
Midtjylland
On 1 June 2017, FC Midtjylland announced that they had signed a four-year contract with Alexander Sørloth.[4]
Crystal Palace
On 31 January 2018, Sørloth signed for Crystal Palace for a reported fee of £9 million.[5] He made his debut on 10 February 2018 in a 3–1 away defeat to Everton.[6] On Tuesday 28 August, Sørloth scored his first goal for Crystal Palace in a Carabao Cup game against Swansea City with the game finishing 1–0.[7]
Gent
On 8 January 2019, Sørloth signed for Belgian First Division A side, K.A.A. Gent on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[8]
Trabzonspor
In August 2019, Sørloth signed for Turkish Süper Lig club Trabzonspor on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season.[9]
Sørloth's first official match with Trabzonspor was 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.[10] In March 2020, Sørloth scored his first hat-trick for Trabzonspor against Kasimpasa, in a match that ended 6–0.[11]
On 5 July 2020, Sørloth became Trabzonspor’s top-scoring foreign player in a single season, with 29 goals, passing legendary Georgian former center-forward Shota Arveladze.[12]
Personal life
He is the son of former Rosenborg player and Norwegian international Gøran Sørloth.[5]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Rosenborg | 2013 | Tippeligaen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |||
| Bodø/Glimt (loan) | 2015 | Tippeligaen | 26 | 13 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 29 | 14 | ||
| Total | 26 | 13 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 29 | 14 | ||||
| Groningen | 2015–16 | Eredivisie | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
| 2016–17 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | |||
| Total | 38 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 39 | 6 | |||
| Midtjylland | 2017–18 | Danish Superliga | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 4 | 25 | 14 | |
| Total | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 4 | 25 | 14 | |||
| Crystal Palace | 2017–18 | Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 20 | 1 | |||
| Gent (loan) | 2018–19 | Belgian First Division A | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 22 | 5 | ||
| Total | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 22 | 5 | ||||
| Trabzonspor (loan) | 2019–20 | Süper Lig | 34 | 24 | 7 | 7 | — | 8 | 2 | 49 | 33 | |
| Total | 34 | 24 | 7 | 7 | — | 8 | 2 | 49 | 33 | |||
| Career total | 158 | 56 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 194 | 74 | ||
International
- As of match played on 18 November 2019[16]
| Norway | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2016 | 7 | 1 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4 |
| Total | 22 | 6 |
International goals
- As of match played 18 November 2019. Norway score listed first, score column indicates score after each Sørloth goal.[14][16]
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1 June 2016 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | 2 |  | 3–1 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 2. | 2 June 2018 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | 13 | 3–2 | 3–2 | ||
| 3. | 15 October 2019 | Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania | 20 |  | 1–1 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
| 4. | 15 November 2019 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | 21 |  | 3–0 | 4–0 | |
| 5. | 4–0 | ||||||
| 6. | 18 November 2019 | National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta | 22 |  | 2–1 | 2–1 |
Honours
Individual
- Süper Lig Top goalscorer: 2019–20 (24 goals)
References
- "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170612222742/http://www.fcm.dk/truppen/alexander-soerloth. Archived from the original on 12 June 2017. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - "Debutant Sørloth: – Jeg burde kanskje hatt en scoring" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- "- Vi får endnu en klasseangriber". www.fcm.dk. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- "Crystal Palace FC Sørloth Is New Eagles Number Nine". Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- "Sørloth Not Satisfied After Debut". cpfc.co.uk. Crystal Palace F.C. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- "Alexander Sorloth fires first Crystal Palace goal to see off Swansea in Carabao Cup". Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- "Alexander Sørloth Joins KAA Gent on Loan". cpfc.co.uk. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- "Alexander Sørloth joins Trabzonspor on loan". Crystal Palace F.C. 4 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- "Trabzonspor sonradan açıldı". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- fanatik. "Sörloth'tan Trabzonspor'da ilk hat-trick". Fanatik. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- "Sorloth makes history as Trabzonspor defeats Galatasaray". Daily Sabah. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- "Alexander Sørloth". Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk (in Norwegian). NTB. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- Alexander Sørloth at Soccerway
- "Alexander Sørloth » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- "Alexander Sørloth statistics". National Football Teams. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
External links
- Alexander Sørloth at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- "Profile at glimt.no" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)