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Alexander Sørloth

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Also known as Alexander Sorloth

Norwegian association football player (born 1995)

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Alexander Sørloth is a Norwegian male association football player and speed skater born on December 5, 1995, in Trondheim. He is the son of Gøran Sørloth and speaks Norwegian. Sørloth began his work period in 2013 and competes for Norway. In association football, he plays as a forward, wearing the number 11 jersey.

His team affiliations include Rosenborg BK, FK Bodø/Glimt, FC Groningen, and the Norway national under-21 association football team. He is also listed as a player for Atlético Madrid in the position of centre-forward. Additionally, Sørloth has competed in the sport discipline of long track speed skating.

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Key facts

2015
→ Bodø/Glimt (loan)
2016
Norway
2019
→ Gent (loan)
2024
Atlético Madrid
Full name
Alexander Sørloth
Date of birth
( 1995-12-05 ) 5 December 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth
Trondheim , Norway
Height
1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position
Striker
Current team
Atlético Madrid
Years
Team
2012 2015
Rosenborg 2
2013 2015
Rosenborg
2016 2017
Groningen
2017 2018
Midtjylland
2018 2020
Crystal Palace
2019 2020
→ Trabzonspor (loan)
2020 2023
RB Leipzig

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
Atlético Madrid
Position
Centre-Forward
Nationality
Norway

via TheSportsDB

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Alexander
Gender
male
Citizenship
Norway
Place of birth
Trondheim
Occupation
speed skater
Languages spoken
Norwegian
Member of team
Atlético Madrid
Position played
forward
Country for sport
Norway
Mass
90
Image
Norway Italy - June 2025 E 10.jpg
Height
194
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date of birth
1995-12-05
sport number
9
name in native language
Alexander Sørloth
Commons category
Alexander Sørloth
start of work period
2013-00-00
sports discipline competed in
long track speed skating
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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Sørloth started his career at Rosenborg, before spending a loan period at Bodø/Glimt in 2015. Following this, he transferred to Groningen in the Netherlands and then to Midtjylland in Denmark. In 2018, he joined Crystal Palace in England, followed by loan spells at Gent in Belgium and Trabzonspor in Turkey. He moved to RB Leipzig in Germany in 2020 and later spent two seasons on loan at Real Sociedad in Spain. In 2023, he joined Villarreal, before transferring to Atlético Madrid in 2024.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alexander Sørloth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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