Erik Sorga

Erik Sorga (born 8 July 1999) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for V.League 1 club Ho Chi Minh City and the Estonia national team.

Erik Sorga

Sorga with VVV-Venlo in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-07-08) 8 July 1999 (age 26)[1]
Place of birth	Tallinn, Estonia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Ho Chi Minh City
Youth career
2007	Štrommi
2008–2015	TJK Legion
2016	Flora U19
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2019	Flora U21	61	(48)
2016–2019	Flora	71	(41)
2020–2022	D.C. United	21	(1)
2021	→ Loudoun United (loan)	1	(0)
2021–2022	→ VVV-Venlo (loan)	11	(3)
2022	IFK Göteborg	8	(1)
2023	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	14	(2)
2023–2024	Sumgayit	27	(5)
2024–	Ho Chi Minh City	8	(1)
International career‡
2014	Estonia U16	2	(0)
2014–2015	Estonia U17	11	(4)
2015	Estonia U18	1	(1)
2016–2017	Estonia U19	31	(6)
2019	Estonia U21	3	(0)
2019–	Estonia	31	(4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 October 2024

Club career

On 8 January 2020, Sorga signed with Loudoun United, D.C. United's reserve team. The transfer fee was reportedly $500,000.^[2] Sorga was then acquired by the first team D.C. United on 29 February 2020.^[3] He made his MLS debut on 7 March 2020, in a game against Inter Miami.^[4] He scored his first goal for the team on 2 September 2020, in a 1–0 win against the New York Red Bulls.^[5]

On 12 August 2021, Sorga joined Eerste Divisie side, VVV-Venlo, for the remainder of their season.^[6] On 8 January 2022, he joined IFK Göteborg on a permanent transfer.^[7]

After a season marred by injuries and problems with fitness, Sorga signed for Bulgarian club Lokomotiv Plovdiv on a 2-and-a-half-year contract in December 2022.^[8] He made his debut for the club on 12 February 2023, starting in a 0–0 home draw against Botev Vratsa.^[9] In July 2023, Sorga joined Azerbaijani team Sumgayit on a one-year contract, with the option of a further year.^[10]

On 3 September 2024, Sorga moved to Vietnam, signing a two-year contract with V.League 1 side Ho Chi Minh City.^[11]

International career

Sorga made his senior international debut for Estonia on 8 June 2019, replacing Rauno Sappinen in the 61st minute of a 2–1 home loss to Northern Ireland in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match.^[12] He started in his second match on 6 September 2019 and scored in a 2–1 home loss to Belarus.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 May 2024^[13][14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club[15]	Season	League			National Cup[a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Flora II	2016	Esiliiga	30	17	—		—		—		30	17
	2017	Esiliiga	21	14	—		—		—		21	14
	2018	Esiliiga	9	16	—		—		—		9	16
	2019	Esiliiga	1	1	—		—		—		1	1
	Total		61	48	0	0	0	0	—		61	48
Flora	2016	Meistriliiga	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	2017	Meistriliiga	8	1	4	10	0	0	0	0	12	11
	2018	Meistriliiga	27	9	0	0	1[b]	0	0	0	28	9
	2019	Meistriliiga	34	31	1	1	4[b]	0	0	0	39	32
	Total		71	41	6	11	5	0	0	0	82	52
D.C. United	2020	MLS	17	1	—		—		—		17	1
	2021	MLS	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
	2022	MLS	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	Total		21	1	—		—		—		21	1
Loudoun United (loan)	2021	USL Championship	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
VVV-Venlo (loan)	2021–22	Eerste Divisie	11	3	0	0	—		—		11	3
IFK Göteborg	2022	Allsvenskan	8	1	2	0	—		—		10	1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2022–23	Bulgarian First League	14	2	—		—		—		14	2
Sumgayit	2023–24	Azerbaijan Premier League	27	5	3	2	—		—		30	7
Ho Chi Minh City	2024–25	V.League 1	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
Career total			214	101	11	13	5	0	0	0	230	114

1. Includes Estonian Cup, KNVB Cup, Svenska Cupen, Azerbaijan Cup and Vietnamese Cup
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 11 June 2024^[16]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Estonia	2019	6	1
	2020	2	0
	2021	7	3
	2022	9	0
	2023	4	0
	2024	2	0
Total		30	4

Estonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Sorga goal.

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition^[17]

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 September 2019	Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia	2	Belarus	1–1	1–2	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
2	2 September 2021	Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia	9	Belgium	2–5	2–5	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	8 October 2021	Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia	12	Belarus	1–0	2–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	13 November 2021	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	14	Belgium	1–2	1–3	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Flora

• Meistriliiga: 2017, 2019

Individual

• Meistriliiga Top scorer: 2019^[18]