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Gøran Sørloth

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Gøran Sørloth
Personal information
Full name Gøran Sørloth[1]
Date of birth (1962-07-16) 16 July 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth Kristiansund, Norway
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1979–1981 Rissa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1984 Strindheim
1985–1989 Rosenborg 83 (30)
1989 Borussia Mönchengladbach 5 (0)
1989–1993 Rosenborg 91 (44)
1993–1994 Bursaspor 24 (4)
1994–1995 Viking 35 (7)
International career
1985–1994 Norway 55 (15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gøran Sørloth (born 16 July 1962) is a Norwegian former footballer. He was one of the best strikers in Norwegian football during the late eighties and early nineties.

Club career

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In the Norwegian top division 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 Bursaspor, but he left in 1994 to play for Viking for the remainder of his career.

International career

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In addition, Sørloth scored 15 goals in 55 matches for Norway. Sørloth was a part of the Norwegian 1994 FIFA World Cup squad, and played one match during the tournament. This was his last international match.

Personal life

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His son Alexander is also a professional footballer.

Honours

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Rosenborg

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Gøran Sørloth" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
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