Viktor Gyökeres
Swedish footballer (born 1998) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Swedish footballer. For the village in the commune of Mireșu Mare known as Gyökeres (Remeți pe Someș), see Mireșu Mare.
Viktor Einar Gyökeres (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɟøkɛrɛʃ];[3] born 4 June 1998) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Sweden national team.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Viktor Einar Gyökeres[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 25)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Stockholm, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting CP | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
IFK Aspudden-Tellus | |||
2013–2015 | IF Brommapojkarna | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2017 | IF Brommapojkarna | 56 | (20) |
2018–2021 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → FC St. Pauli (loan) | 26 | (7) |
2020–2021 | → Swansea City (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2021 | → Coventry City (loan) | 19 | (3) |
2021–2023 | Coventry City | 91 | (38) |
2023– | Sporting CP | 33 | (29) |
International career‡ | |||
2015–2018 | Sweden U19 | 18 | (10) |
2019–2020 | Sweden U21 | 8 | (4) |
2019– | Sweden | 20 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:58, 18 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:14, 21 March 2024 (UTC) |
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Gyökeres made his senior debut with Swedish side Brommapojkarna in 2015, with whom he made over fifty appearances before signing for Brighton & Hove Albion three years later.
Gyökeres has also represented Sweden at various youth levels and was the joint-top goalscorer at the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, before making his senior international debut in 2019.