Erik Botheim
Erik Botheim (born 10 January 2000) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a striker for Rosenborg.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 January 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Rosenborg | ||
| Number | 34 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | Lyn | ||
| 2016– | Rosenborg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Lyn | 18 | (4) |
| 2017– | Rosenborg | 19 | (4) |
| 2020 | → Stabæk (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015 | Norway U-15 | 4 | (1) |
| 2016 | Norway U-16 | 19 | (5) |
| 2017 | Norway U-17 | 9 | (1) |
| 2018– | Norway U-18 | 9 | (3) |
| 2018– | Norway U-19 | 6 | (3) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 August 2018 | |||
Career
Erik Botheim started his career at Lyn and made his senior debut at 15 years old in June 2015, when he came off the bench against Ullern in a match that ended 2–2. He scored his first senior goal in October 2015, when he scored in Lyn's 9–2 win over Holmen.[1]
In July 2016, Botheim signed for Rosenborg.[2]
Botheim made his debut for Rosenborg on 26 April 2017 in the first round of the Norwegian Football Cup, where he started away against Strindheim in a game that ended with a 2–0.[3] Later that season he got his league debut for Rosenborg against Vålerenga 17 September 2017, coming on for Anders Trondsen after 81 minutes in a game Rosenborg won 3–0.[4] He scored his first Eliteserien goal against Tromsø on 7 July 2018. A year later 10 August 2019, Botheim scored his first hattrick, again scoring against Tromsø. [5]
Personal life
In 2016 the music video for "Kygo Yo" was uploaded to YouTube by Flow Kingz, a group consisting of Botheim and his Norway U18 teammates Erik Tobias Sandberg and Erling Haaland. The video had by 2020 surpassed 5 million views and 150,000 likes.[6]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 22 December 2020[7]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lyn | 2015 | Oddsen-ligaen | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 1 | ||
| 2016 | 3. divisjon | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 13 | 4 | |||
| Total | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 5 | ||
| Rosenborg | 2017 | Eliteserien | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | ||
| 2019 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | 12 | 5 | |||
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 19 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 9 | ||
| Stabæk (loan) | 2020 | Eliteserien | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 15 | 0 | ||
| Total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 52 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 14 | ||
Honours
Club
- Norwegian League (2): 2017, 2018
- Norwegian Football Cup (1): 2018
- Mesterfinalen (1): 2018
- Norwegian U-19 Championship (1): 2019[8]
- Norwegian U-16 Championship (1): 2016 [9]
References
- http://www.lynhistorie.com/Lyn_Spiller.asp?id=484
- https://www.aftenposten.no/100Sport/fotball/Bakenga-klar-for-RBK---Jeg-er-tilbake-som-en-bedre-spiller-209b.html
- http://www.rbk.no/nyheter/botheim-starter-mot-strindheim
- http://www.rbk.no/nyheter/slo-tilbake-med-bendtner-dobbel
- https://resultater.nrk.no/idretter/501/turneringer/3006/sesonger/134769?srwid=minuttForMinutt/501/3006/134769/201903/1557303
- Falk, Av Jonathan. "Millioner har sett Haaland-hiten: – På sin plass". VG Nett (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- "Erik Botheim". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- https://www.fotball.no/turneringer/nm-g16-telenor-cup/nmg16-finale-rosenborg-moter-start/