Alexander Søderlund: Difference between revisions

{{short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1987)}}

| youthclubs1 = Ersmarks IKStegaberg

| years16 = 2021– 2021–2023 | clubs16= [[FK Haugesund|Haugesund]] | caps16= 757 | goals16= 29

| club-update = 1731 OctoberMay 20212024

'''Alexander Toft Søderlund''' (born 3 August 1987) is a Norwegian professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Forwardforward (association football)|forward]] for [[FKSK Vard Haugesund|Vard Haugesund]]. He has represented the [[Norway national football team|Norway national team]].

After playing for Stegaberg IL in his youth, Søderlund played for [[FK Haugesund|Haugesund]] and [[SK Vard Haugesund|Vard Haugesund]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.h-avis.no/sport/soderlund-i-u21-troppen-1.1695590 |language=no |title=Søderlund i U21-troppen |publisher=Haugesunds Avis |date=26 September 2009 |access-date=18 September 2012}}</ref> He later became something of a [[journeyman (sports)|journeyman]], spending time at six different clubs in four different foreign countries between 2008 and 2010 (notably in the [[Lega Pro Prima Divisione|third italianItalian division]], [[Serie D|fourth italianItalian division]] and [[Belgian Second Division]]).

His unsuccessful experience abroad ended in summer 2010, when the [[Serie D|fourth italianItalian division]] club of [[Calcio Lecco 1912|Calcio Lecco]] did not renew his [[Probation (workplace)|probation period]] of 4 months.

He then returned home, and played for his former club Vard Haugesund ([[2.Norwegian Divisjon|secondSecond norwegian divisionDivision]]) in the closing stages of the 2010 season.

On 23 November 2011, Søderlund was named in the [[Norway national football team|Norway]] squad for the three [[Exhibition game|friendly matches]] in Thailand in January 2012.<ref name="Thailand">{{cite web |url=http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/norsk/landslaget/artikkel.php?artid=10040362 |title=14 spillere kan få sin landslagsdebut |language=no |work=vg.no |publisher=[[Verdens Gang|VG]] |date=23 November 2011 |access-date=23 November 2011}}</ref> He made his debut for Norway in a 1–1 friendly draw against [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] on 15 January 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/norsk/landslaget/artikkel.php?artid=10075559 |language=no |title=Elyounoussi reddet Norge: – Dette lover godt |work=vg.no |publisher=[[Verdens Gang|VG]] |date=15 January 2012 |access-date=15 January 2012}}</ref> On 1 June 2012, he was added to Norway's squad when [[Mohammed Abdellaoue]] was doubtful for the match against [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fotball.no/Landslag_og_toppfotball/Landslag/A-menn/2012/Soderlund-inn-i-landslagstroppen1/ |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120606054619/http://www.fotball.no/Landslag_og_toppfotball/Landslag/A-menn/2012/Soderlund-inn-i-landslagstroppen1/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 June 2012 |title=Søderlund inn i landslagtroppen |language=no |work=fotball.no |publisher=[[Football Association of Norway]] |date=1 June 2012 |access-date=8 June 2012}}</ref> Søderlund got his first cap at home when he replaced [[Erik Huseklepp]] as a substitute in the 84th minute, and later assisted [[Tarik Elyounoussi]] equalizing goal against Croatia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.h-avis.no/sport/fikk-sin-hjemmedebut-1.7381509 |title=Søderlund inn i landslagtroppen |language=no |work=h-avis.no |publisher=[[Haugesunds Avis]] |date=2 June 2012 |access-date=8 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aftenposten.no/100Sport/fotball/Elyounoussi-fikk-peptalk-like-for-scoringen-146112b.html |title=Elyounoussi fikk peptalk like før scoringen |language=no |work=aftenposten.no |publisher=[[Aftenposten]] |date=2 June 2012 |access-date=1 July 2017}}</ref> In the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]] [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E|qualifying match]] against [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]] on 11 September 2012, he replaced Elyounoussi after 89 minutes earning a penalty three minutes later which [[John Arne Riise]] converted for the match-winning goal as Norway won 2–1.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nrk.no/sport/fotball/1.8319050 |title=Søderlund: – Kunne nok holdt meg på beina |language=no |publisher=NRK |firstfirst1=Nicolay Andre |lastlast1=Ramm |first2=Anders Rove |last2=Bentsen |date=11 September 2012 |access-date=14 October 2012}}</ref> He started his first qualifying match when Norway met [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]] on 12 October 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aftenposten.no/100Sport/fotball/Soderlund-og-Forren-starter-for-Norge-139735b.html |title=Søderlund og Forren starter for Norge |language=no |work=100% Fotball |publisher=Aftenposten |first=Fredrik |last=Saltbones |date=12 October 2012 |access-date=1 July 2017}}</ref>

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| align="center"|2 || 10 June 2017 || Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway || {{fb|CZE}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|1–1 || [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification]] || <ref>{{cite webnews|title=Norway 1-1 Czech Republic|url=httphttps://mwww.bbc.com/sport/football/40234482|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=12 June 2017}}</ref>

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