Markus Solbakken

Norwegian footballer (born 2000)

Markus Solbakken
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-07-25) 25 July 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Hamar, Norway[1]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sparta Prague
Number 4
Youth career
HamKam
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 HamKam 110 (3)
2021–2022 Stabæk 26 (1)
2022–2024 Viking 54 (3)
2024– Sparta Prague 2 (0)
International career‡
2016 Norway U16 4 (0)
2017 Norway U17 2 (0)
2018 Norway U18 13 (0)
2019 Norway U19 7 (2)
2018–2022 Norway U21 5 (0)
2023– Norway 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2023

Markus Solbakken (born 25 July 2000) is a Norwegian professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Czech First League club Sparta Prague and the Norway national team.

Club career

He is a son of Ståle Solbakken. While his father was a football player and later manager, mostly abroad,[2] the family settled in Hamar and Solbakken came through the youth ranks of Hamarkameratene. He made his senior debut in 2016 and was a prolific Norway youth international, making his debut for Norway U21 at the age of 18. In the 2020 1. divisjon he passed the mark of 100 league games for Hamkam.[3]

Ahead of the 2021 season he was bought by Stabæk.[4] He made his Eliteserien debut in May 2021 against Haugesund.[3] After Stabæk were relegated, Solbakken transferred to Viking in February 2022. He signed a four-year contract with the club.[5]

On 9 January 2024, Solbakken signed a multi-year contract with Czech First League club Sparta Prague.[6]

International career

In August 2023, Solbakken received his first call-up to the Norway senior national team by his father and head coach Ståle Solbakken, for a friendly match against Jordan and a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against Georgia.[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 20 August 2023[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
HamKam 2016 2. divisjon 9 0 0 0 — — 9 0
2017 2. divisjon 23 0 1 0 — — 24 0
2018 1. divisjon 25 0 3 0 — — 28 0
2019 1. divisjon 27 1 2 0 — — 29 1
2020 1. divisjon 26 2 — — — 26 2
Total 110 3 6 0 — — 116 3
Stabæk 2021 Eliteserien 26 1 2 0 — — 28 1
Viking 2022 Eliteserien 27 1 5 0 6[a] 0 — 38 1
2023 Eliteserien 16 2 3 0 — — 19 2
Total 43 3 8 0 6 0 — 57 3
Career total 179 7 16 0 6 0 0 0 201 7

References

  1. ^ a b Markus Solbakken at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Markus Solbakken (20): – Jeg vil helst ikke spille under pappa" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Markus Solbakken at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  4. ^ "Solbakken: – Landet tidlig på at Stabæk var det rette valget" (in Norwegian). Stabæk Fotball. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Her er Vikings nye midtbanesjef: – Dette er noe jeg virkelig vil". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Spartu posílí Markus Solbakken" (in Czech). AC Sparta Prague. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Norges tropp mot Jordan og Georgia" [Norway's squad against Jordan and Georgia] (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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