Viktor Gyökeres

Viktor Einar Gyökeres (born 4 June 1998) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primeira Liga side Sporting CP and the Sweden national team.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Brommapojkarna were unable to progress further, though, as they were beaten 4–0 by IFK Norrköping in the next round.

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.

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.

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.

Gyökeres officially joined Brighton on 1 January 2018 and began training with the club's under-23 side.

He made his senior debut for the club on 28 August, starting in a 1–0 EFL Cup defeat to Southampton.

On 26 January 2019, Gyökeres made his FA Cup debut coming on as a sub in a 0–0 draw at home to West Bromwich Albion.

In July 2019, he moved on loan to German second-tier side FC St. Pauli for the 2019–20 season.

On the opening day of the season he made his debut coming on as a sub in a 1–1 away draw to Arminia.

Gyökeres scored his first goal for St Pauli on 29 September scoring the second in a 2–0 home victory over SV Sandhausen.

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

On 2 October 2020, Gyökeres joined EFL Championship side Swansea City on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.

He made his debut a day later, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 home win over Millwall.

He scored his first goal for the club on 9 January 2021, scoring the second in a 2–0 away win over Stevenage sending Swansea through to the fourth round of the FA Cup.

He was recalled by Brighton on 14 January 2021.

Gyökeres joined Coventry City on loan on 15 January 2021.

He made his debut four days later starting and playing 59 minutes of the 3–0 away loss at Reading.

He scored on his first appearance at St Andrew's netting the first in an eventual 2–0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday on 27 January, his first league goal in English football.

He returned to Coventry City on a permanent deal on 9 July 2021, after signing a three-year contract.

Gyökeres scored in Coventry's opening game of the 2021–22 Championship season on 8 August, putting Coventry back level in an eventual 2–1 victory over Nottingham Forest in Coventry's first home game since April 2019 after ground sharing with Birmingham City.

Gyökeres scored 17 goals in 45 league appearances for Coventry in the 2021–22 season.

In the 2022–23 Championship season, he was named as the player of the month in November after scoring four goals in four games, leading Coventry to four straight wins during that period.

Three goals and three assists saw him win the award for a second time in March 2023.

On 13 July 2023, Gyökeres signed a five-year contract with Primeira Liga side Sporting CP, who paid a club record transfer fee of €20 million (plus €4 million in bonuses) for him.

Coventry is also owed 10 to 15% of the profit Sporting receives from a future transfer, and the release clause was set at €100 million.

On 12 August, he made his debut for the club, starting and scoring twice in a 3–2 league victory at home to Vizela.

On 21 September, Gyökeres made his debut in European competitions, starting and scoring in a 2–1 victory away at Sturm Graz, in the UEFA Europa League group stage.

On 26 October, he was shown the first ever red card of his club career, seven minutes into Sporting CP's visit to Raków Częstochowa in a UEFA Europa League group stage match.

On 2 November, on his Taça da Liga debut, Gyökeres scored a hat-trick in a 4–2 home victory over Farense.

Ten days later, he scored in a 2–1 league loss away at local rivals Benfica.

On 26 November, in his Taça de Portugal debut, Gyökeres came on as a second-half substitute and scored Sporting's last goal in an 8–0 home rout over Campeonato de Portugal side Dumiense.

On 19 December, he scored and made an assist in a 2–0 league victory at home to rivals Porto.

On 5 January 2024, Gyökeres provided four assists in a 5–1 league victory at home to Estoril.