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Estonian footballer (born 1999)

Erik Sorga
Sorga with VVV-Venlo in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-07-08) 8 July 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Tallinn, Estonia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team Ho Chi Minh City
Number 9
Youth career
2007 Štrommi
2008–2015 TJK Legion
2016 Flora U19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Flora U21 61 (48)
2016–2019 Flora 71 (41)
2020–2022 D.C. United 21 (1)
2021 → Loudoun United (loan) 1 (0)
2021–2022 → VVV-Venlo (loan) 11 (3)
2022 IFK Göteborg 8 (1)
2023 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 14 (2)
2023–2024 Sumgayit 27 (5)
2024– Ho Chi Minh City 8 (1)
International career
2014 Estonia U16 2 (0)
2014–2015 Estonia U17 11 (4)
2015 Estonia U18 1 (1)
2016–2017 Estonia U19 31 (6)
2019 Estonia U21 3 (0)
2019– Estonia 31 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2024

Erik Sorga (born 8 July 1999) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for V.League 1 club Ho Chi Minh City and the Estonia national team.

Club career

On 8 January 2020, Sorga signed with Loudoun United, D.C. United's reserve team. The transfer fee was reportedly $500,000. Sorga was then acquired by the first team D.C. United on 29 February 2020. He made his MLS debut on 7 March 2020, in a game against Inter Miami. He scored his first goal for the team on 2 September 2020, in a 1–0 win against the New York Red Bulls.

On 12 August 2021, Sorga joined Eerste Divisie side, VVV-Venlo, for the remainder of their season. On 8 January 2022, he joined IFK Göteborg on a permanent transfer.

After a season marred by injuries and problems with fitness, Sorga signed for Bulgarian club Lokomotiv Plovdiv on a 2-and-a-half-year contract in December 2022. He made his debut for the club on 12 February 2023, starting in a 0–0 home draw against Botev Vratsa. In July 2023, Sorga joined Azerbaijani team Sumgayit on a one-year contract, with the option of a further year.

On 3 September 2024, Sorga moved to Vietnam, signing a two-year contract with V.League 1 side Ho Chi Minh City.

International career

Sorga made his senior international debut for Estonia on 8 June 2019, replacing Rauno Sappinen in the 61st minute of a 2–1 home loss to Northern Ireland in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match. He started in his second match on 6 September 2019 and scored in a 2–1 home loss to Belarus.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Flora II 2016 Esiliiga 30 17 — — — 30 17
2017 Esiliiga 21 14 — — — 21 14
2018 Esiliiga 9 16 — — — 9 16
2019 Esiliiga 1 1 — — — 1 1
Total 61 48 0 0 0 0 — 61 48
Flora 2016 Meistriliiga 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2017 Meistriliiga 8 1 4 10 0 0 0 0 12 11
2018 Meistriliiga 27 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 28 9
2019 Meistriliiga 34 31 1 1 4 0 0 0 39 32
Total 71 41 6 11 5 0 0 0 82 52
D.C. United 2020 MLS 17 1 — — — 17 1
2021 MLS 4 0 — — — 4 0
2022 MLS 0 0 — — — 0 0
Total 21 1 — — — 21 1
Loudoun United (loan) 2021 USL Championship 1 0 — — — 1 0
VVV-Venlo (loan) 2021–22 Eerste Divisie 11 3 0 0 — — 11 3
IFK Göteborg 2022 Allsvenskan 8 1 2 0 — — 10 1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2022–23 Bulgarian First League 14 2 — — — 14 2
Sumgayit 2023–24 Azerbaijan Premier League 27 5 3 2 — — 30 7
Ho Chi Minh City 2024–25 V.League 1 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Career total 214 101 11 13 5 0 0 0 230 114
  1. Includes Estonian Cup, KNVB Cup, Svenska Cupen, Azerbaijan Cup and Vietnamese Cup
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 11 June 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Estonia 2019 6 1
2020 2 0
2021 7 3
2022 9 0
2023 4 0
2024 2 0
Total 30 4
Estonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Sorga goal.
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 6 September 2019 Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia 2  Belarus 1–1 1–2 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
2 2 September 2021 Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia 9  Belgium 2–5 2–5 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 8 October 2021 Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia 12  Belarus 1–0 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 13 November 2021 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium 14  Belgium 1–2 1–3 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Flora

Individual

  • Meistriliiga Top scorer: 2019

References

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  2. Liljenwall, Ari (8 January 2020). "DC United bring prolific Estonian striker Erik Sorga to Loudoun United". MLS. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  3. "D.C. United acquire Estonian National Team Forward Erik Sorga | DC United".
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  5. "RBNYvsDC 09-02-2020 | MLSsoccer.com". mlssoccer.
  6. "D.C. United Forward Erik Sorga joins VVV-Venlo on Loan for the Remainder of the Season". D.C. United. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  7. "D.C. United Announce the Permanent Transfer of Erik Sorga to IFK Göteborg". D.C. United. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  8. "Ametlik: Erik Sorga uueks leivaisaks sai aastatetagune Bulgaaria meister" [Official: the new employer of Sorga is a former Bulgarian champion]. Soccernet (in Estonian). 20 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  9. Кожухаров, Петър (12 February 2023). "Шоу по трибуните, но не и на терена на Локомотив Пд – Ботев Вр". dsport (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  10. "Officiellt: Erik Sorga klar för Sumgayit FK" (in Swedish). fotbolltransfers.com. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  11. "CLB TP.HCM ra mắt ngôi sao tuyển quốc gia châu Âu" (in Vietnamese). Bongda24h. 3 September 2024.
  12. "Eesti 1 - 2 Põhja-Iirimaa" [Estonia 1 - 2 Northern Ireland] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 8 June 2019.
  13. Erik Sorga at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  14. "Mängija". jalgpall.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  15. "Mängija". jalgpall.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  16. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Erik Sorga". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  17. "Erik Sorga" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
  18. "Mängude ajalugu" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.

External links

Ho Chi Minh City FC – current squad
Meistriliiga top scorers
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