Erik Sorga

Erik Sorga

Sorga with VVV-Venlo in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-07-08) 8 July 1999 (age 26) [1]
Place of birth	Tallinn, Estonia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Ho Chi Minh City
Youth career
2007	Štrommi
2008–2015	TJK Legion
2016	Flora U19
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2019	Flora U21	61	(48)
2016–2019	Flora	71	(41)
2020–2022	D.C. United	21	(1)
2021	→ Loudoun United (loan)	1	(0)
2021–2022	→ VVV-Venlo (loan)	11	(3)
2022	IFK Göteborg	8	(1)
2023	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	14	(2)
2023–2024	Sumgayit	27	(5)
2024–2025	Ho Chi Minh City	10	(1)
International career‡
2014	Estonia U16	2	(0)
2014–2015	Estonia U17	11	(4)
2015	Estonia U18	1	(1)
2016–2017	Estonia U19	31	(6)
2019	Estonia U21	3	(0)
2019–	Estonia	31	(4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 October 2024

Erik Sorga (born 8 July 1999) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Estonia national team.

Club career

On 8 January 2020, Sorga signed with Loudoun United, D.C. United's reserve team. The transfer fee was reportedly $500,000. ^[2] Sorga was then acquired by the first team D.C. United on 29 February 2020. ^[3] He made his MLS debut on 7 March 2020, in a game against Inter Miami. ^[4] He scored his first goal for the team on 2 September 2020, in a 1–0 win against the New York Red Bulls. ^[5]

On 12 August 2021, Sorga joined Eerste Divisie side, VVV-Venlo, for the remainder of their season. ^[6] On 8 January 2022, he joined IFK Göteborg on a permanent transfer. ^[7]

After a season marred by injuries and problems with fitness, Sorga signed for Bulgarian club Lokomotiv Plovdiv on a 2-and-a-half-year contract in December 2022. ^[8] He made his debut for the club on 12 February 2023, starting in a 0–0 home draw against Botev Vratsa. ^[9] In July 2023, Sorga joined Azerbaijani team Sumgayit on a one-year contract, with the option of a further year. ^[10]

On 3 September 2024, Sorga moved to Vietnam, signing a two-year contract with V.League 1 side Ho Chi Minh City. ^[11]

International career

Sorga made his senior international debut for Estonia on 8 June 2019, replacing Rauno Sappinen in the 61st minute of a 2–1 home loss to Northern Ireland in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match. ^[12] He started in his second match on 6 September 2019 and scored in a 2–1 home loss to Belarus.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 May 2024 ^{[13] [14]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club [15]	Season	League			National Cup [a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Flora II	2016	Esiliiga	30	17	—		—		—		30	17
	2017	Esiliiga	21	14	—		—		—		21	14
	2018	Esiliiga	9	16	—		—		—		9	16
	2019	Esiliiga	1	1	—		—		—		1	1
	Total		61	48	0	0	0	0	—		61	48
Flora	2016	Meistriliiga	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	2017	Meistriliiga	8	1	4	10	0	0	0	0	12	11
	2018	Meistriliiga	27	9	0	0	1 [b]	0	0	0	28	9
	2019	Meistriliiga	34	31	1	1	4 [b]	0	0	0	39	32
	Total		71	41	6	11	5	0	0	0	82	52
D.C. United	2020	MLS	17	1	—		—		—		17	1
	2021	MLS	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
	2022	MLS	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	Total		21	1	—		—		—		21	1
Loudoun United (loan)	2021	USL Championship	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
VVV-Venlo (loan)	2021–22	Eerste Divisie	11	3	0	0	—		—		11	3
IFK Göteborg	2022	Allsvenskan	8	1	2	0	—		—		10	1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2022–23	Bulgarian First League	14	2	—		—		—		14	2
Sumgayit	2023–24	Azerbaijan Premier League	27	5	3	2	—		—		30	7
Ho Chi Minh City	2024–25	V.League 1	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
Career total			214	101	11	13	5	0	0	0	230	114

1. Includes Estonian Cup, KNVB Cup, Svenska Cupen, Azerbaijan Cup and Vietnamese Cup
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 11 June 2024 ^[16]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Estonia	2019	6	1
	2020	2	0
	2021	7	3
	2022	9	0
	2023	4	0
	2024	2	0
Total		30	4

Estonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Sorga goal.

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition ^[17]

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 September 2019	Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia	2	Belarus	1–1	1–2	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
2	2 September 2021	Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia	9	Belgium	2–5	2–5	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	8 October 2021	Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia	12	Belarus	1–0	2–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	13 November 2021	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	14	Belgium	1–2	1–3	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Flora

• Meistriliiga: 2017, 2019

Individual

• Meistriliiga Top scorer: 2019 ^[18]

References

1. "Erik Sorga" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
2. Liljenwall, Ari (8 January 2020). "DC United bring prolific Estonian striker Erik Sorga to Loudoun United". MLS. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
3. "D.C. United acquire Estonian National Team Forward Erik Sorga | DC United".
4. Henry Jr., Larry (8 March 2020). "Grading D.C. United: Key injuries, more directness in attack, and more" . Retrieved 19 March 2020.
5. "RBNYvsDC 09-02-2020 | MLSsoccer.com". mlssoccer.
6. "D.C. United Forward Erik Sorga joins VVV-Venlo on Loan for the Remainder of the Season". D.C. United. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
7. "D.C. United Announce the Permanent Transfer of Erik Sorga to IFK Göteborg". D.C. United. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
8. "Ametlik: Erik Sorga uueks leivaisaks sai aastatetagune Bulgaaria meister" [Official: the new employer of Sorga is a former Bulgarian champion]. Soccernet (in Estonian). 20 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
9. Кожухаров, Петър (12 February 2023). "Шоу по трибуните, но не и на терена на Локомотив Пд – Ботев Вр". dsport (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
10. "Officiellt: Erik Sorga klar för Sumgayit FK" (in Swedish). fotbolltransfers.com. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
11. "CLB TP.HCM ra mắt ngôi sao tuyển quốc gia châu Âu" (in Vietnamese). Bongda24h. 3 September 2024.
12. "Eesti 1 - 2 Põhja-Iirimaa" [Estonia 1 - 2 Northern Ireland] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 8 June 2019.
13. Erik Sorga at Soccerway . Retrieved 25 May 2024.
14. "Mängija". jalgpall.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 25 May 2024.
15. "Mängija". jalgpall.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 10 January 2021.
16. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Erik Sorga". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
17. "Erik Sorga" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
18. "Mängude ajalugu" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.

External links

• Erik Sorga at the Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
• Erik Sorga national team profile at the Estonian Football Association ( archive ) (in Estonian)
• Erik Sorga – UEFA competition record ( archive )
• #11 Erik Sorga at ifkdb.com