Viktor Gyökeres

Viktor Einar Gyökeres (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɟøkɛrɛʃ];[3] born 4 June 1998) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Coventry City, on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion. He represents the Sweden national team internationally.

Viktor Gyökeres
Gyökeres in August 2018
Personal information
Full name Viktor Einar Gyökeres[1]
Date of birth (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998[2]
Place of birth Sweden
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Coventry City
(on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion)
Number 12
Youth career
2010–2014 IFK Aspudden-Tellus
2014–2015 IF Brommapojkarna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 IF Brommapojkarna 56 (20)
2018– Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
2019–2020 → FC St. Pauli (loan) 26 (7)
2020–2021 → Swansea City (loan) 11 (0)
2021– → Coventry City (loan) 5 (1)
National team‡
2015–2018 Sweden U19 18 (10)
2019–2020 Sweden U21 8 (4)
2019– Sweden 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:53, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 September 2020

He made his senior debut with Swedish side Brommapojkarna in 2015 with whom he made over 50 appearances before signing for Brighton three years later.

He 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.

Club career

IF Brommapojkarna

Gyökeres signed for Brommapojkarna from IFK Aspudden-Tellus in 2013 and joined up with the club's under-17 side. He progressed through the youth teams and made his senior debut two years later.[4] He scored his first goals for the club on 20 August 2015, netting a brace in a 3–0 Svenska Cupen win over IF Sylvia.[4] The following year, with the club having suffered relegation the season before, Gyökeres scored seven goals to help Brommapojkarna secure promotion back into the Superettan.[5] He later helped Brommapojkarna into the semi-finals of the Svenska Cupen when he scored the winning goal in the quarter finals against top division side, Elfsborg.[6] Brommapojkarna were unable to progress further, though, as they were beaten 4–0 by IFK Norrköping in the next round.[7]

On 6 September 2017, having scored 10 league goals at the time, Gyökeres signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion with the deal to go through at the conclusion of the Superettan season.[8][9] He ended the season with a return of 13 goals in 29 league appearances, including a hat-trick on the final day as Brommapojkarna secured promotion to the Allsvenskan as league champions.[10][11][12]

Brighton & Hove Albion

Gyökeres officially joined Brighton on 1 January 2018 and began training with the club's under-23 side.[10] He made his senior debut for the club on 28 August, starting in a 1–0 EFL Cup defeat to Southampton.[13] On 26 January 2019, Gyökeres made his FA Cup debut coming on as a sub in a 0–0 draw at home to West Brom.[14]

In July 2019 he moved on loan to German second tier side FC St. Pauli for the 2019–20 season.[15] On the opening day of the season he made his debut coming on as a sub in a 1–1 away draw to Arminia.[16] Gyökeres scored his first goal for St Pauli on 29 September scoring the second in a 2–0 home victory over SV Sandhausen.[17]

On 17 September 2020, Gyökeres scored his first goal for Brighton in a 4–0 victory against Portsmouth in the EFL Cup.[18]

On 2 October 2020, Gyökeres joined EFL Championship side Swansea City on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[19] He made his debut a day later, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 home win over Millwall.[20] He scored his first goal for the club on 9 January 2021, scoring the second in a 2–0 away win over Stevenage sending The Swans through to the fourth round of the FA Cup.[21] He was recalled by Brighton on 14 January 2021.[22]

Gyökeres joined Coventry City on loan on 15 January 2021.[23][24] He made his debut 4 days later starting and playing 59 minutes of the 3–0 away loss at Reading.[25] He scored on his first appearance at St Andrew's netting the first in a eventual 2–0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday on 27 January, his first league goal in English football.[26]

International career

Gyökeres played youth football for Sweden atunder-19 and under-21 level.[27]

Gyökeres featured regularly for Sweden in the nation's qualification campaign for the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship during which he scored twice, including the winning goal against Italy to help Sweden qualify for the tournament for the first time.[5][28] He was then selected for the squad which took part in the tournament in Georgia and scored in all three of Sweden's group matches but was unable to help the nation progress to the knockout stages of the tournament. His return of three goals later saw him share the Golden Boot award with England's Ben Brereton and Ryan Sessegnon, and the Netherlands' Joël Piroe.[29]

On 8 January 2019, Gyökeres made his senior international debut for the Sweden in a 0–1 loss against Finland.[30] Just three days later, Gyökeres scored his first senior goal for Sweden in a 2–2 draw vs Iceland.[31]

Personal life

He is of Hungarian origin.[32]

Gyökeres is in a relationship with Amanda Nildén who is a female professional footballer. Upon his transfer to Brighton in 2018, Nildén moved with him to England and impressed enough to secure a spot in the club's ladies team.[33]

Career statistics

Club
As of 6 February 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brommapojkarna 2015[2] Superettan 8043—123
2016[2] Division 1 19762—259
2017[2] Superettan 291310—3013
Total 562011500006725
Brighton & Hove Albion 2017–18[34] Premier League 000000—00
2018–19[35] Premier League 004010—50
2019–20[36] Premier League 000000—00
2020–21[37] Premier League 000031—31
Total 0040410081
FC St. Pauli (loan) 2019–20[2] 2. Bundesliga 267200000287
Swansea City (loan) 2020–21[37] EFL Championship 1101100—121
Coventry City (loan) 2020–21[37] Championship 510000—51
Career total 9828176410011935

International
As of 26 July 2019[38]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 201921
Total21

International goals
Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.[38]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 January 2019Khalifa International Stadium, Doha Iceland1–12–2Friendly

Honours

Club

IF Brommapojkarna

Individual

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