Sophie Román Haug (; born 4 June 1999) is a Norwegian professional

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who plays as a

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for English

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club

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and the Norway national team.

Club career

After playing for Kløfta Idrettslag, she went to LSK Kvinner in 2015. She was heavily involved in her team winning both the cup and the league in 2018, with 14 league goals. She became LSK's top scorer in 2020 with eight goals. In 2021, she was named to the team of the year in the

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by NTB, after nine goals in 15 league games. In January 2022, she signed for

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, becoming the most expensive sale from LSK Kvinner ever. In September 2023, she signed for

for an undisclosed fee. She scored her first goal for Liverpool on 12 November 2023 against

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, equalizing the game 1-1 in the 66th minute.

International career

Youth

Haug had an extensive career for Norwegian youth national teams. She has international matches for U15, U16, U17, U19, U23, and the senior Norwegian national team. On 21 July 2018, she scored a goal in a 1–0 victory over

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during the UEFA Under-19 European Championship.

Senior

Haug was called up for the Norwegian senior national team for the first time in 2018. In 2022, she was selected for the national team's squad for the 2022 UEFA European Championships. Her debut came on 29 June 2022 in a friendly match against

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. She scored her first three senior national team goals in the

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at home against

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, on 6 September 2022, which ended in a 5–0 victory. On 19 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Norwegian squad for the

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. On 30 July, she scored a hat-trick in a 6–0 victory over the

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in the last World Cup group stage match, which qualified her country to the knockout phase. It was the fourth instance of a Norwegian player scoring a hat-trick at the Women's World Cup and the first since 2007.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Haug goal.''

Honours

LSK Kvinner *

: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 *

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: 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 Roma *

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: 2022–23 *

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: 2022–23 *

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runner-up: 2021–22

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haug, Sofie 1999 births Living people People from Ullensaker Footballers from Akershus Norwegian women's footballers 21st-century Norwegian sportswomen Norway women's youth international footballers Women's association football forwards Toppserien players LSK Kvinner FK players Serie A (women's football) players AS Roma (women) players Norwegian expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Italy Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Italy UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players Norway women's international footballers 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players Liverpool F.C. Women players Expatriate sportspeople in England