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Alexander Sørloth
Alexander Sørloth is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Norway national team.
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sports · Norwegian footballer (born 1995) · association football player · speed skater · also Alexander Sørloth, Alexander Sorloth, Sørloth
Born 5 December 1995 · Q13784739
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2026· 7 entries
Public attention spiked: 108,370 Wikipedia readers in one day, 71.4× the usual 1,517, with 61 article edits. Editors noted: upd nationalcaps
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Public attention spiked: 5,319 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.5× the usual 1,517, with 1 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 23,956 Wikipedia readers in one day, 15.8× the usual 1,517, with 3 article edits. Editors noted: upd nationalcaps
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Public attention spiked: 16,302 Wikipedia readers in one day, 10.7× the usual 1,517, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: upd nationalcaps
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Public attention spiked: 5,717 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.8× the usual 1,517, with 0 article edits.
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Runner-up: Copa del Rey with Atlético Madrid (2025–26).
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2023· 3 entries
Won award: La Liga Player of the Month (January 2023).
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Played for Villarreal CF (2023–2024) — 34 appearances, 23 goals.
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Joined Villarreal, before transferring to Atlético Madrid in 2024
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2021· 3 entries
Runner-up: DFB-Pokal with RB Leipzig (2020–21).
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Played for Real Sociedad (2021–2023) — 67 appearances, 16 goals.
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On 31 May 2021, an Instagram post of Sorloth's surpassed 3.5 million comments, making it the most commented post on Instagram by an athlete.
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2020· 5 entries
Won award: Süper Lig top scorer (2019–20).
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Won: Turkish Cup with Trabzonspor (2019–20).
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Won award: Turkish Cup top scorer (2019–20).
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Played for RB Leipzig (2020–2023) — 30 appearances, 5 goals.
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And later spent two seasons on loan at Real Sociedad in Spain
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2019· 2 entries
Played for KAA Gent (2019–2019) — 19 appearances, 4 goals.
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Played for Trabzonspor (2019–2020) — 34 appearances, 24 goals.
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2018· 3 entries
Won: Danish Superliga with Midtjylland (2017–18).
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Played for Crystal Palace F.C. (2018–2020) — 16 appearances, 0 goals.
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Joined Crystal Palace in England, followed by loan spells at Gent in Belgium and Trabzonspor in Turkey
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2017· 2 entries
Joined FC Midtjylland in 2017.
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Played for FC Midtjylland (2017–2018) — 19 appearances, 10 goals.
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2016· 3 entries
Played for Norway men's national association football team (2016) — 70 appearances, 26 goals.
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Joined FC Groningen in 2016.
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Played for FC Groningen (2016–2017) — 38 appearances, 5 goals.
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2015· 3 entries
Joined Bodoe/Glimt in 2015.
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Played for Norway national under-21 association football team (2015–2016) — 10 appearances, 1 goals.
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Played for FK Bodø/Glimt (2015–2015) — 26 appearances, 13 goals.
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2014· 1 entry
Played for Norway national under-19 association football team (2014–2014) — 3 appearances, 1 goals.
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2013· 3 entries
Played for Norway national under-18 association football team (2013–2013) — 11 appearances, 5 goals.
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Joined Rosenborg in 2013.
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Played for Rosenborg BK (2013–2015) — 6 appearances, 0 goals.
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2012· 1 entry
Played for Norway national under-17 association football team (2012–2012) — 3 appearances, 0 goals.
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2011· 1 entry
Played for Norway national under-16 association football team (2011–2011) — 3 appearances, 0 goals.
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1995· 1 entry
Born 1995-12-05.
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