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

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who plays as a striker for club

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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

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in the Netherlands and then to

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in Denmark. In 2018, he joined Crystal Palace in England, followed by loan spells at Gent in Belgium and

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in Turkey. He moved to

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in Germany in 2020 and later spent two seasons on loan at

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in Spain. In 2023, he joined Villarreal, before transferring to Atlético Madrid in 2024.

Club career

Rosenborg

After many 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

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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 Tippeligaen on 20 July 2014 in Rosenborg's home game against Sogndal 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

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club

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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club

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

Crystal Palace

On 31 January 2018, Sørloth signed for

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club Crystal Palace for a reported fee of £9 million. He made his debut on 10 February 2018 in a 3–1 away defeat to Everton. On 28 August, Sørloth scored his first and only goal for Palace in a 1–0 win over Swansea City in the

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Loan to Gent

On 8 January 2019, Sørloth signed for

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side Gent 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

on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season. He debuted for the club on 8 August 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 in a 6–0 victory against Kasimpasa. On 5 July 2020, Sørloth became Trabzonspor's top-scoring foreign player in a single season, with 29 goals, exceeding the tally of 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 Trabzonspor's upcoming league fixture against

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. 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 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, which was his first goal for the club.

Loan to Real Sociedad

On 25 August 2021, Sørloth moved to

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side

on a

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

Villarreal

On 25 July 2023, La Liga club Villarreal announced the signing of Sørloth on a five-year deal, for a reported fee of €10 million. On 27 August, he scored his first goal for the club in a 4–3 loss to

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. On 19 May 2024, he scored four goals in a 4–4 draw in a league game against

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, reaching his 23rd goal, without penalty kicks, of the 2023–24 season as La Liga's top scorer with one match remaining. He was eventually surpassed by just one goal by Artem Dovbyk, who scored a hat-trick on the final matchday of the season.

Atlético Madrid

On 3 August 2024, Sørloth transferred to fellow La Liga club

for a fee in the region of €32 million. He signed a four-year contract. A few weeks later, on 19 August, he scored his first goal on his debut in a 2–2 away draw against his former club Villarreal. Later that year, on 21 December, he netted a stoppage-time goal in a 2–1 victory over

, securing his club's first away win over the latter since February 2006. On 10 May 2025, Sørloth scored a first-half quadruple against his former club, Real Sociedad, including a

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within four minutes, breaking the previous record held by

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in 2006. In addition, he became the first player in La Liga history to achieve a hat-trick before the 12th minute, adding a fourth goal in the 30th minute. He concluded his debut season with 20 goals, finishing as his club's top scorer in La Liga.

International career

Sørloth debuted for the Norwegian senior squad against

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on 29 May 2016. He scored his first goal against Iceland the same year on 1 June.

Personal life

Sørloth is the son of former Rosenborg player and Norwegian international

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. On 31 May 2021, an

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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 6 June 2025. Norway score listed first, score column indicates score after each Sørloth goal.''

Honours

Midtjylland *

: 2017–18 Trabzonspor *

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

top scorer: 2019–20 * La Liga Player of the Month: January 2023

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