A picture from an international match in Norway is making the rounds, stopping users in their tracks. Standing next to Alexander Sørloth, Erling Haaland, who is regarded as one of the most physically formidable strikers in the world of football, appears nearly diminutive. It’s an odd picture. In comparison to many, Haaland doesn’t appear diminutive. Still, there it is.
Depending on the reliable source, Sørloth’s height is 1.96 meters, or 6 feet 5 inches. He is listed at 195 cm by some and 196 cm by others. On football forums, that one centimeter seems to have generated serious discussion. The impression he makes on a football field is undeniable, regardless of where the truth falls within that range. The man is huge.
Sørloth is of football heritage and was born in Trondheim, Norway, on December 5, 1995. Although on a very different physical scale, his father, Gøran Sørloth, was also a professional football player. Alexander, who weighs between 90 and 94 kg depending on the season and the source, belongs to a unique class of striker: one whose size is actually intimidating rather than just noteworthy on a stat sheet.
The conversation about Sørloth’s height is intriguing not because of the number but because of how he uses it. In football, tall strikers have a lengthy and sometimes annoying history. Many come with a great deal of physical potential and depart with little more than aerial headers from corners. More important than any measurement is the fact that Sørloth is not that player.
The majority of the story is revealed by his career trajectory. Sørloth took the picturesque route from Rosenborg to Bodø/Glimt, then through the Netherlands, Denmark, England, Belgium, and Turkey before settling into the top division of Spanish football. He broke the club record set by Georgian forward Shota Arveladze in 2019–20 when he scored 29 goals as a foreign player in a single season at Trabzonspor. Winning headers alone does not produce that kind of output.
He finished the 2023–24 season at Villarreal with 23 non-penalty goals, briefly leading La Liga’s scoring charts until Artem Dovbyk overtook him on the last day of play. It’s difficult to ignore the fact that the goals weren’t headers from set pieces for a player whose physicality is frequently discussed. They were completed. clinical, strategically placed, and acquired via movement.
In August 2024, he paid about €32 million to join Atlético Madrid, which seemed like a perfect fit. Players who can hold the line, get others involved, and score when it matters have always been valued by Diego Simeone’s teams. In December 2024, Sørloth’s stoppage-time goal against Barcelona gave Atlético their first away win at the Camp Nou or its replacement in almost twenty years. He broke David Villa’s record in May 2025 when he scored four goals against Real Sociedad, three of them in less than four minutes. The first hat-trick in La Liga history occurred before the twelfth minute.
The height comparison is still a genuinely interesting side note when compared to Haaland at the international level. The listed height of Haaland is 1.95 meters. Technically speaking, Sørloth is taller at 1.96, but football data sites are still unsure if this difference is due to different measurement conditions or something else entirely. Perhaps the picture shows more how two physically remarkable football players from the same nation ended up on the same international squad at the same time than it does who is taller. That kind of forward depth is not usually associated with Norway.
Sørloth is in the prime of his career at thirty years old. People have always mentioned his height first. It is becoming less and less the most intriguing aspect of him.
