BirthDecember 51995

Alexander Sørloth

Alexander Sørloth, Norwegian footballer

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When
Tuesday, December 5 199531 years ago
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Era
20th century · 1990s
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Person
Alexander Sørloth

At a glance

Born 1995-12-05.

Known as: association football player and speed skater. Citizenship: Norway.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

Personal life On 31 May 2021, an Instagram post of Sorloth's surpassed 3.5 million comments, making it the most commented post on Instagram by an athlete. It was mainly fans of the Turkish football club Trabzonspor , asking the player to return to his former loan club. [ 1 ] ^ "Alexander Sorloth Pleads With Trabzonspor Fans To Stop Sending Him Messages After 3.2 Million People Comment On His Post" . Sport Bible . 3 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2 August 2023 . Retrieved 2 August 2023 .

Alexander Sørloth is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Norway national team.

Path and career

Career statistics Club As of match played 24 May 2026 [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Appearances and goals by club, season and competition Club Season League National cup [ a ] League cup [ b ] Europe Other Total Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Rosenborg 2013 Tippeligaen 0 0 0 0 — 1 [ c ] 1 — 1 1 2014 Tippeligaen 6 0 0 0 — 3 [ c ]

Honours Midtjylland Danish Superliga : 2017–18 Trabzonspor Turkish Cup : 2019–20 RB Leipzig DFB-Pokal runner-up: 2020–21 [ 1 ] Atlético Madrid Copa del Rey runner-up: 2025–26 [ 2 ] Individual Süper Lig top scorer : 2019–20 [ 3 ] Turkish Cup top scorer: 2019–20 [ 4 ] La Liga Player of the Month : January 2023 [ 5 ] ^ "DFB-Pokal 2020/21, Finale in Berlin: RB Leipzig 1:4 Borussia Dortmund: Takt. aufstellung" [DFB-Pokal 2020/21,

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Alexander Sørloth appears on our December 5 calendar for 1995 as a birth entry.

December 5 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1995Azerbaijan Airlines Flight A-56
  2. 1995Sri Lankan civil war
  3. 1995Alexander Sørloth
  4. 2001Space Shuttle Endeavour
  5. 2005Civil Partnership Act 2004
  6. 20052005 Lake Tanganyika earthquake
  7. 2006Frank Bainimarama
  8. 2007Westroads Mall shooting
  9. 20132013 Yemeni Ministry of Defense attack
  10. 2014Exploration Flight Test-1
  11. 2017International Olympic Committee

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