Gøran Sørloth
Gøran Sørloth 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
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
| 1 | Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe | – | 2–1 | Friendly | |||
| 2 | Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe | – | 2–1 | Friendly | |||
| 3 | Fort-de-France, Martinique | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | |||
| 4 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly | |||
| 5 | Tsirio Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 6 | Tsirio Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 7 | Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | 1–2 | 2–3 | Friendly | |||
| 8 | Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece | 2–4 | 2–4 | Friendly | |||
| 9 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 10 | Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawally, Kuwait | 1–2 | 2–2 | Friendly | |||
| 11 | Bislett Stadium, Oslo, Norway | 6–0 | 6–1 | Friendly | |||
| 12 | Makario Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying | |||
| 13 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | 3–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying | |||
| 14 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | |||
| 15 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | 3–0 | 10–0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 16 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | 4–0 | 10–0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 17 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 18 | Estádio de São Luís, Faro, Portugal | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
Honours
Rosenborg- Eliteserien: 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993
- Norwegian Cup: 1988, 1990, 1992