Viktor Gyökeres
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Viktor Einar Gyökeres (Swedish: [ˈvɪ̌kːtɔr ˈjø̂ːkɛrɛs]; born 4 June 1998) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Arsenal and the Sweden national team. Gyökeres made his professional debut with Swedish side Brommapojkarna in 2015, making over fifty appearances before joining Brighton & Hove Albion in 2018. He spent successive seasons on loan at St. Pauli, Swansea City, and Coventry City, joining the latter permanently in 2021. Sporting CP signed him in 2023 in a club-record transfer worth an initial €20 million. With them, he won two back-to-back Primeira Liga titles in 2024 and 2025, winning the Bola de Prata as the league's top scorer, the Player of the Year award in both seasons and the Gerd Müller Trophy, in his second season, given to the highest-scoring footballer in the previous season. In July 2025, he signed for Arsenal in a transfer worth €63.5 million (£54.8 million). Gyökeres represented Sweden at various youth levels and was the joint-top scorer at the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. He made his senior debut in 2019.
Career
- 1998Born
- 2005Joined IFK Aspudden-Tellus
- 2014Joined IF Brommapojkarna
- 2015Joined IF Brommapojkarna
- 2015Joined Sweden national under-19 football team
- 2018Joined Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
- 2019Joined FC St. Pauli
- 2019Joined Sweden national under-21 football team
- 2019Joined Sweden men's national football team
- 2020Joined Swansea City A.F.C.
- 2021Joined Coventry City F.C.
- 2021Joined Coventry City F.C.
- 2023Joined Sporting CP
- 2025Joined Arsenal F.C.
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Stockholm
- •Citizenship: Sweden
- •Known as: association football player
- •Sport: association football
What happened recently
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