Erik Botheim

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Erik Botheim
Botheim playing for Bodø/Glimt in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-10) 10 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Oslo, Norway[1]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Malmö FF
Number 20
Youth career
0000–2015 Lyn
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Lyn 18 (4)
2017–2021 Rosenborg 19 (4)
2020 → Stabæk (loan) 15 (0)
2021 Bodø/Glimt 30 (15)
2022 Krasnodar 0 (0)
2022–2024 Salernitana 35 (1)
2024– Malmö FF 3 (2)
International career‡
2015 Norway U15 4 (1)
2016 Norway U16 19 (5)
2017 Norway U17 9 (1)
2018 Norway U18 9 (3)
2018–2019 Norway U19 9 (3)
2021–2023 Norway U21 17 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 June 2023

Erik Botheim (born 10 January 2000) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Allsvenskan club Malmö FF.

Career[edit]

Erik Botheim started his career at Lyn and made his senior debut at 15 years old in June 2015, when he came off the bench against Ullern in a match that ended 2–2. He scored his first senior goal in October 2015, when he scored in Lyn's 9–2 win over Holmen.[3]

In July 2016, Botheim signed for Rosenborg.[4] He made his debut for Rosenborg on 26 April 2017 in the first round of the Norwegian Football Cup, when he started away to Strindheim in a match that ended with a 2–0 win.[5] Later that season, on 17 September 2017, he got his league debut for Rosenborg against Vålerenga, coming on for Anders Trondsen after 81 minutes in a game Rosenborg won 3–0.[6] He scored his first Eliteserien goal against Tromsø on 7 July 2018. A year later, on 10 August 2019, Botheim scored his first hattrick, again scoring against Tromsø. [7] On 15 February 2021, Botheim agreed a mutual termination of his contract. He joined FK Bodø/Glimt. On 21 October 2021, Botheim scored two goals in Bodo/Glimt's 6–1 drubbing of José Mourinho's Roma in the UEFA Europa Conference League.

On 22 December 2021, he signed a 3.5-year contract with Russian club Krasnodar.[8] On 3 March 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Krasnodar announced that his contract was suspended and he would not train with the team, but the contract was not terminated and remained valid.[9] On 18 May 2022, his contract with Krasnodar was terminated.[10]

On 7 July 2022, Botheim signed a contract until 2026 with Salernitana in Italy.[11]

On 31 January 2024, Botheim signed a four-year contract with Malmö FF.[12]

Personal life[edit]

In 2016 the music video for "Kygo jo" was uploaded to YouTube by Flow Kingz, a group consisting of Botheim and his Norway U18 teammates Erik Tobias Sandberg and Erling Haaland. The video had by 2022 surpassed 8.8 million views and 275,000 likes.[13]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 30 March 2024[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lyn 2015 2. divisjon 7 1 0 0 – – 7 1
2016 3. divisjon 11 3 2 1 – – 13 4
Total 18 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 20 5
Rosenborg 2017 Eliteserien 3 0 2 0 1 0 – 6 0
2018 6 1 2 3 4 0 1 0 13 4
2019 7 3 3 2 2 0 – 12 5
2020 3 0 0 0 0 0 – 3 0
Total 19 4 7 5 7 0 1 0 34 9
Stabæk (loan) 2020 Eliteserien 15 0 0 0 – – 15 0
Bodø/Glimt 2021 Eliteserien 30 15 2 0 14 8 – 46 23
Salernitana 2022–23 Serie A 28 1 1 0 – – 29 1
2023–24 7 0 2 0 – – 9 0
Total 35 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 38 1
Malmö FF 2024 Allsvenskan 1 1 4 3 – – 5 4
Career total 118 25 18 9 21 8 1 0 158 41

Honours[edit]

Rosenborg U16

Rosenborg U19

Rosenborg

FK Bodø/Glimt

References[edit]

  1. ^ Erik Botheim at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Erik Botheim". U.S. Salernitana 1919. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Erik Botheim som Lynspiller". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Bakenga klar for RBK: – Jeg er tilbake som en bedre spiller". Archived from the original on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Botheim starter mot Strindheim". Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Slo tilbake med Bendtner-dobbel". Rosenborg. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Direktesenter – NTB". Archived from the original on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  8. ^ "ЭРИК БУТХЕЙМ СТАЛ ИГРОКОМ "КРАСНОДАРА"" (in Russian). Krasnodar. 22 December 2021. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  9. ^ ""КРАСНОДАР" ПРИОСТАНОВИЛ КОНТРАКТЫ С НЕСКОЛЬКИМИ ИГРОКАМИ" (Press release) (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 3 March 2022. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Agenten: Erik Botheim har brutt kontrakten med Krasnodar". TV 2 (in Norwegian). 18 May 2022. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  11. ^ "ERIK BOTHEIM È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DELLA SALERNITANA" (in Italian). Salernitana. 7 July 2022. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Officiellt: MFF värvar Botheim". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  13. ^ Falk, Av Jonathan. "Millioner har sett Haaland-hiten: – På sin plass". VG Nett (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  14. ^ "Erik Botheim". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  15. ^ "NMG16-finale: Rosenborg vant 2–0 mot Start". Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  16. ^ Fotballforbund, Norges. "Odd – Rosenborg – 23.11.2019 11.00". fotball.no – Norges Fotballforbund. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2019.

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