Viktor Gyökeres

IFK Aspudden-Tellus

Born and raised in Stockholm, Gyökeres started playing football at the age of five with local club IFK Aspudden-Tellus.

IF Brommapojkarna

Gyökeres signed for Brommapojkarna from IFK Aspudden-Tellus in 2013, at the age of 14. He progressed through the youth teams and made his senior debut two years later. He scored his first goals for the club on 20 August 2015, netting a brace in a 3–0 Svenska Cupen win over IF Sylvia. The following year, with the club having suffered relegation the season before, Gyökeres scored seven goals to help Brommapojkarna secure promotion back into the Superettan. He later helped Brommapojkarna into the semi-finals of the Svenska Cupen when he scored the winning goal in the quarter finals against top division side, Elfsborg. Brommapojkarna were unable to progress further, though, as they were beaten 4–0 by IFK Norrköping in the next round. On 6 September 2017, having scored 10 league goals at the time, Gyökeres signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion with the deal to go through at the conclusion of the Superettan season. He ended the season with a return of 13 goals in 29 league appearances, including a hat-trick on the final day as Brommapojkarna secured promotion to the Allsvenskan as league champions.

Brighton & Hove Albion

Gyökeres officially joined Brighton on 1 January 2018 and began training with the club's under-23 side. He made his senior debut…

Youth

Gyökeres played youth football for Sweden at under-19 and under-21 level. Gyökeres featured regularly for Sweden in the nation's qualification campaign for the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship during which he scored twice, including the winning goal against Italy to help Sweden qualify for the tournament for the first time. He was then selected for the squad which took part in the tournament in Georgia and scored in all three of Sweden's group matches but was unable to help the nation progress to the knockout stages of the tournament. His return of three goals later saw him share the Golden Boot award with England's Ben Brereton and Ryan Sessegnon, and the Netherlands' Joël Piroe.

Senior

On 8 January 2019, Gyökeres made his senior international debut for Sweden in a 1–0 loss against Finland. Three days later, Gyökeres scored his first senior goal for Sweden in a 2–2 draw against Iceland. In October 2021, after scoring nine goals in 11 EFL Championship games for Coventry, Gyökeres was called up to the Sweden national team to replace Zlatan Ibrahimović for the 2022 World Cup qualifying matches against Kosovo and Greece. On 16 October 2023, Gyökeres had given Sweden a 15th-minute lead before Romelu Lukaku equalised in an away game against Belgium, when the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifier was abandoned at half-time following an Islamist-related fatal shooting in Brussels that targeted and killed two Swedes outside the stadium. On 16 November 2024, he…

Club

As of match played 16 August 2026

International

As of match played 30 June 2026

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gyökeres goal.

Gyökeres is of Hungarian descent through his paternal grandfather who emigrated to Sweden, and is a dual citizen of Hungary and Sweden. His father Stefan Gyökeres played football for IFK Östersund and Stugun in the 1980s and 1990s. Broadcaster CMTV reported in January 2024 that Gyökeres was in a relationship with Portuguese actress Inês Aguiar. He was formerly in a relationship with fellow professional footballer Amanda Nildén, whom he met in high school, and who joined the Brighton women's team when Gyökeres moved to the club in 2018.