Alexander Sørloth (born 5 December 1995) is a Norwegian professional

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who plays as a striker for

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club Real Sociedad, on loan from

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club

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, and the Norway national team.

Club 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

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first qualifying round game versus

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, 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

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on 20 July 2014 in Rosenborg's home game against

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coming on as a substitute for Alexander Søderlund after 60 minutes. 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. 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,

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announced that they had signed Sørloth on a four-year contract.

Crystal Palace

On 31 January 2018, Sørloth signed for

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for a reported fee of £9 million. He made his debut on 10 February 2018 in a 3–1 away defeat to Everton. On Tuesday 28 August, Sørloth scored his first goal for Crystal Palace in an EFL Cup game against Swansea City with the game finishing 1–0.

Loan to Gent

On 8 January 2019, Sørloth signed for Belgian First Division A side,

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on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.

Loan to Trabzonspor

In August 2019, Sørloth signed for Turkish

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club

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on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season. Sørloth's first official match for

was against

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in the third qualifying round of the

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, where he scored the second goal in a match that ended 2–2. In March 2020, Sørloth scored his first hat-trick for Trabzonspor against Kasimpasa, in a match that ended 6–0. 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

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RB Leipzig

After playing for his national team in the first two group matches of

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, Sørloth failed to return to

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prior to

's upcoming league fixture against Beşiktaş. On 22 September 2020, Sørloth signed for

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. On 2 December 2020, he scored the game-winning goal against İstanbul Başakşehir in a 4–3 win in the

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, which was his first goal for the club.

Loan to Real Sociedad

On 25 August 2021, Sørloth moved to

side Real Sociedad on a

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-long loan deal. On 29 August 2022, he returned to the ''Txuri-urdin'' on loan for another year.

Personal life

Sørloth is the son of former Rosenborg player and Norwegian international Gøran Sørloth. 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.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''As of match played 20 November 2022. Norway score listed first, score column indicates score after each Sørloth goal.''

Honours

Rosenborg *Norwegian A-Junior Cup: 2012 Midtjylland *

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: 2017–18 Trabzonspor *

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: 2019–20 Individual * Süper Lig top goalscorer: 2019–20 *

Striker of the Year: 2019–20 *

top goalscorer: 2019–20 *

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: January 2023

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