Gøran Sørloth

Gøran Sørloth

Personal information
Full name	Gøran Sørloth
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
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

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 with Villarreal CF.

Honours

Rosenborg

• Eliteserien: 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993
• Norwegian Cup: 1988, 1990, 1992

Individual

• Kniksen Striker of the Year: 1991, 1992

External links

• Gøran Sørloth at National-Football-Teams.com
• Gøran Sørloth at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
• RBKweb - Legend
• LANDSLAGET at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 August 2009)