Colin Rösler (born 22 April 2000) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...

. Born in Germany, he represents the Norway national team. Rösler was born in

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, Germany, and grew up in both Norway and England. After progressing through

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's academy, he joined Dutch club

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eredivisi ...

in 2019. After 44 league appearances for NAC, Rösler joined Norwegian club

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for the 2022 season. He has represented both Norway and England in youth internationals but pledged international allegiance to Norway in 2016.

Early life

Rösler is the son of German football manager and former East Germany international footballer

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. His mother is from Norway. He was named after Manchester City legend Colin Bell, whilst his younger brother Tony was named after fellow City legend

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. Rösler was born in

, but his family moved to

in 2002. He moved to England aged 10, and joined

's academy a year later.

Club career

After progressing through Manchester City's youth academy, Rösler signed for

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club

on a three-year contract in August 2019. He joined NAC on a free transfer as part of a partnership between the two clubs. He initially played in central defence for Breda alongside Roger Riera. He played 11 games for NAC during the

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season. He made 25 appearances during the 2020–21 season, including scoring his first senior goal from close range in a 3–1 win over

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in March 2021. As his spell at NAC continued, Rösler was increasingly overlooked and made just 8 appearances during the 2021–22 season. On 30 December 2021, it was announced that Rösler had signed for

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club

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on a contract until 2024. Lillestrøm paid no transfer fee to NAC, but NAC retained a sell-on fee in Rösler's contract. On 28 December 2022, it was announced that Rösler would join

club

Mjällby AIF Mjällby Allmänna Idrottsförening, also known simply as Mjällby AIF, Mjällby or (especially locally) MAIF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Hällevik in Sölvesborg Municipality. The club is affiliated to Blekinge Fo ...

for the 2023 season. He signed a three-year contract. On 5 August 2024,

bought the centre-back for a reported sum of 11 million SEK after the departure of

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. Rösler made his debut appearance for Malmö on 10 August in a 1-0 victory against

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International career

Rösler was capped four times by Norway at under-15 level in 2015, scoring in their 4–4 draw with Northern Ireland. He subsequently played internationally for England under-16s, but in February 2016, pledged international allegiance to Norway. He subsequently played for Norway at under-16, under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 levels. Rösler made his debut for Norway national team on 17 November 2024 in a Nations League game against Kazakhstan at

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. He substituted the hat-trick scorer

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in the 86th minute, as Norway won 5–0.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rösler, Colin 2000 births Living people Footballers from Berlin Norwegian men's footballers English men's footballers German men's footballers Norwegian people of German descent English people of German descent German people of Norwegian descent Norwegian emigrants to England German emigrants to England Men's association football midfielders Hinna Fotball players Viking FK players Manchester City F.C. players NAC Breda players Lillestrøm SK players Mjällby AIF players Malmö FF players Eerste Divisie players Eliteserien players England men's youth international footballers Norway men's youth international footballers Norway men's under-21 international footballers Norway men's international footballers Norwegian expatriate men's footballers German expatriate men's footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands German expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden German expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden 21st-century English sportsmen 21st-century German sportsmen 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen Allsvenskan players