Erik Botheim

Erik Botheim (born 10 January 2000) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Italian Serie A club Salernitana.

Erik Botheim
Botheim during the 2021 season for Bodø/Glimt
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-10) 10 January 2000
Place of birth Oslo, Norway[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Salernitana
Number 11
Youth career
0000–2016 Lyn
2016–2019 Rosenborg
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– Salernitana 17 (1)
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– Norway U21 12 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 March 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 November 2022

Career

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.[2]

In July 2016, Botheim signed for Rosenborg.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] 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. [6] 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.[7] 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.[8] On 18 May 2022, his contract with Krasnodar was terminated.[9]

On 7 July 2022, Botheim signed a contract until 2026 with Salernitana in Italy.[10]

Personal life

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.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 26 February 2023[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lyn 2015 2. divisjon 7100––71
2016 3. divisjon 11321––134
Total 184210000205
Rosenborg 2017 Eliteserien 302010–60
2018 61234010134
2019 733220–125
2020 300000–30
Total 194757010349
Stabæk (loan) 2020 Eliteserien 15000––150
Bodø/Glimt 2021 Eliteserien 301520148–4623
Salernitana 2022–23 Serie A 17110––181
Career total 99241262181013337

Honours

Rosenborg U16

Rosenborg U19

Rosenborg

FK Bodø/Glimt

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


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