Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 12 February 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Bergen, Norway | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lysekloster IL | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2007 | Vadmyra | ||
2008–2010 | Hovding | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2014 | Hovding | 27 | (27) |
2014 | Vadmyra | 24 | (29) |
2015–2016 | Sotra SK | 51 | (75) |
2017–2019 | Nest-Sotra Fotball | 68 | (38) |
2019–2022 | FK Jerv | 19 | (3) |
2020–2021 | → Egersunds IK (loan) | 20 | (7) |
2022 | Øygarden FK | 6 | (0) |
2022– | Lysekloster IL | 82 | (64) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 July 2025 |
Alexander Dang (born 12 February 1990) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a forward for Lysekloster IL. Dang is known for his positioning and finishing inside the box.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest Norwegian goalscorers of his generation, [1] Dang began his career with Vadmyra and Hovding before joining Sotra SK in 2015. [2] [3]
In the 2015 season, he scored 44 goals for Sotra and finished the season as the top scorer in the Norwegian Third Division. [4]
After just over two years with Sotra, Dang signed for Norwegian Second Division club Nest-Sotra. He scored his first goal for the club in his first appearance, scoring the opener of a 1–1 draw against Egersunds on 14 April 2017. [5] Dang finished the season with 21 league goals as Nest-Sotra was promoted to the 2018 Norwegian First Division.
Dang was born in Bergen, Norway to a Vietnamese father and Norwegian mother. [6] [7] His Vietnamese name is Đặng Xuân Trường. [8]
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