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Viktor Gyökeres

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PositionOffence
Full nameViktor Einar Gyökeres
Age28 years
NationalitySweden
Shirt#17
Place of birthStockholm, Sweden
Height189 cm
International caps33
International goals20
Career honours

Trophies & awards

1Premier League2025-26
2Primeira Liga2023-24 · 2024-25
1Taça de Portugal2024-25
Career

The story

One of the most prolific strikers in European football, of Swedish-Hungarian descent, who signed with Arsenal for a world-class fee after scoring 97 goals in 102 games at Sporting CP.

Gyökeres rose through IFK Aspudden-Tellus and IF Brommapojkarna in Stockholm before joining Brighton in 2018. Following loan spells, he established himself at Coventry City in the Championship before a breakthrough move to Sporting CP in 2023. At Sporting he won back-to-back Primeira Liga titles and scored 97 goals in 102 games, earning the Taça de Portugal in 2024–25.

Arsenal signed him in July 2025 and he helped the club win the Premier League in 2025–26. He made his senior Sweden debut in 2019 and has scored 20 goals in 33 caps, being selected for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. He is of Hungarian descent through his paternal grandfather.

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