Erik Botheim (born 10 January 2000) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a

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club Malmö FF.

Career

Erik Botheim started his career at

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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. In July 2016, Botheim signed for Rosenborg. He made his debut for Rosenborg on 26 April 2017 in the first round of the Norwegian Football Cup, when he started away to

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in a match that ended with a 2–0 win. Later that season, on 17 September 2017, he got his league debut for Rosenborg against

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after 81 minutes in a game Rosenborg won 3–0. 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. 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

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in the UEFA Europa Conference League. On 22 December 2021, he signed a 3.5-year contract with Russian club Krasnodar. 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. On 18 May 2022, his contract with Krasnodar was terminated. On 7 July 2022, Botheim signed a contract until 2026 with Salernitana in Italy. On 31 January 2024, Botheim signed a four-year contract with Malmö FF.

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

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and Erling Haaland. The video had by 2022 surpassed 8.8 million views and 275,000 likes.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Rosenborg U16 * Norwegian U-16 Championship: 2016 Rosenborg U19 * Norwegian U-19 Championship: 2019 Rosenborg * Eliteserien:

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* Norwegian Football Cup:

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FK Bodø/Glimt *Eliteserien:

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References

External links

Erik Botheim
at the U.S. Salernitana 1919 website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Botheim, Erik 2000 births Living people Footballers from Oslo Norwegian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Norway men's youth international footballers Norway men's under-21 international footballers Lyn Fotball players Rosenborg BK players Stabæk Fotball players FK Bodø/Glimt players FC Krasnodar players US Salernitana 1919 players Malmö FF players Eliteserien players Norwegian Second Division players Serie A players Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden