Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 25 July 2000 | ||
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.
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 contract with Czech First League club Sparta Prague. [6]
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] He debuted during the former match on 12 September, coming on as a substitute on the 61th minute. [8]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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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 [lower-alpha 1] | 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 |
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