Gøran Sørloth

Gøran Sørloth
Personal information
Full name Gøran Sørloth[1]
Date of birth (1962-07-16) 16 July 1962
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 0 (0)
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)
Total 238 (85)
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

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

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

His son Alexander is also a professional footballer.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[2]
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 1985 1 0
1986 5 3
1988 8 4
1989 9 3
1990 5 2
1991 9 1
1992 9 4
1993 3 1
1994 3 0
Total 52 18
Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sørloth goal.
List of international goals scored by Gøran Sørloth
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 4 March 1986 Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe  Guadeloupe – 2–1 Friendly [3]
2 –
3 5 March 1986 Fort-de-France, Martinique  Martinique 1–0 1–0 Friendly [4]
4 9 August 1988 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Bulgaria 1–0 1–1 Friendly [5]
5 2 November 1988 Tsirio Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus  Cyprus 1–0 3–0 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification [6]
6 2–0
7 4 November 1988 Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia  Czechoslovakia 1–2 2–3 Friendly [7]
8 22 February 1989 Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece  Greece 2–4 2–4 Friendly [8]
9 21 May 1989 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Cyprus 2–0 3–1 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification [9]
10 25 October 1989 Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawally, Kuwait  Kuwait 1–2 2–2 Friendly [10]
11 31 October 1990 Bislett Stadium, Oslo, Norway  Cameroon 6–0 6–1 Friendly [11]
12 14 November 1990 Makario Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus  Cyprus 1–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying [12]
13 1 May 1991 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Cyprus 3–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying [13]
14 13 May 1992 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Faroe Islands 1–0 2–0 Friendly [14]
15 9 September 1992 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  San Marino 3–0 10–0 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification [15]
16 4–0
17 23 September 1992 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Netherlands 2–1 2–1 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification [16]
18 10 February 1993 Estádio de São Luís, Faro, Portugal  Portugal 1–1 1–1 Friendly [17]

Honours

Rosenborg

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Gøran Sørloth" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Gøran Sørloth". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Guadeloupe vs. Norway". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Martinique vs. Norway". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Norway vs. Bulgaria". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Cyprus vs. Norway". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Czechoslovakia vs. Norway". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Greece vs. Norway". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Norway vs. Cyprus". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Kuwait vs. Norway". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Norway vs. Cameroon". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Cyprus vs. Norway". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  13. ^ "Norway vs. Cyprus". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  14. ^ "Norway vs. Faroe Islands". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  15. ^ "Norway vs. San Marino". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  16. ^ "Norway vs. Netherlands". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  17. ^ "Portugal vs. Norway". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
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