Gøran Sørloth (born 16 July 1962) is a Norwegian former

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. He was one of the best strikers in Norwegian football during the late eighties and early nineties.

Club career

In the

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he scored 74 goals in 174 matches for Rosenborg, with whom he won five league championships. Sørloth joined Rosenborg from Strindheim in 1985. Two years later he moved to Borussia Mönchengladbach in Germany, but the spell was unsuccessful and hence short, and Sørloth returned to Rosenborg. In 1993, he once again tried his luck abroad, in Turkish club

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, but he left in 1994 to play for

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for the remainder of his career.

International career

In addition, Sørloth scored 15 goals in 55 matches for

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. Sørloth was a part of the Norwegian

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squad, and played one match during the tournament. This was his last international match.

Personal life

His son

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is also a professional footballer with Real Sociedad.

Honours

Rosenborg *

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1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicist ...

, 1992,

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

Norwegian Cup The Norwegian Football Cup ( no, Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer) is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football ...

, 1992 Individual * Kniksen Striker of the Year:

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...

, 1992

References

External links

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RBKweb - Legend
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sorloth, Goran 1962 births Living people Sportspeople from Kristiansund People from Sør-Trøndelag 1994 FIFA World Cup players Kniksen Award winners Norwegian footballers Norway international footballers Strindheim IL players Rosenborg BK players Viking FK players Borussia Mönchengladbach players Bursaspor footballers Norwegian expatriate footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Turkey Eliteserien players Bundesliga players Süper Lig players Association football forwards