Sindre Walle Egeli

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Sindre Walle Egeli
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-06-21) 21 June 2006 (age 19)
Place of birth Larvik, Norway [1]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Ipswich Town
Number 8
Youth career
Nanset
2020–2022 Sandefjord
2022–2025 Nordsjælland
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2022 Sandefjord 2 11 (19)
2023–2025 Nordsjælland 40 (11)
2025– Ipswich Town 1 (0)
International career
2021 Norway U15 6 (7)
2022 Norway U16 14 (14)
2023 Norway U17 3 (2)
2023 Norway U18 9 (6)
2024– Norway U19 3 (3)
2024– Norway U21 9 (3)
2024– Norway 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 June 2025

Sindre Walle Egeli (born 21 June 2006) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Ipswich Town and the Norway national team.

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Club career

Born in Larvik, Egeli spent his youth career between the academies of Nanset IF and Sandefjord. [2] On his debut for Sandefjord 2, he scored all five goals in a 5–0 win against Teie in the 4. divisjon. [3] An unusually prolific striker at youth and reserve level, he was likened to fellow Norwegian footballer Erling Haaland. [4]

In February 2022, it was announced that Egeli would move to Denmark to join the academy of Danish Superliga side Nordsjælland. [5] [6]

In August 2025, Egeli completed a permanent transfer to EFL Championship side Ipswich Town in a deal reportedly worth approximately €20 million, potentially rising further through performance-based add-ons. The transfer represents a record outgoing fee for FC Nordsjælland and one of the highest incoming sums in EFL Championship history.

International career

Egeli has represented Norway at under-15 and under-16 level. [2] He continued his prolific club form for both national teams, scoring a six-minute hat-trick against Armenia in qualification for the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. [7]

Egeli debuted for the senior Norway national team on 6 September 2024 in a Nations League game against Kazakhstan at the Almaty Central Stadium. He substituted Antonio Nusa in the 84th minute of a scoreless draw. [8]

Personal life

Egeli is the younger brother of fellow professional footballer Vetle Walle Egeli. [9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 September 2025. [2]
ClubSeasonLeagueCup EFL Cup ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sandefjord 2 2021 4. divisjon 6102 [a] 0810
2022 4. divisjon590059
Total1119201319
Nordsjælland 2023–24 Danish Superliga 30100040
2024–25 Danish Superliga31920339
2025–26 Danish Superliga620062
Total401130004311
Ipswich Town 2025–26 Championship 10000010
Career total5229300000205729
Notes
  1. Appearances in the promotion playoffs

International

As of match played 6 September 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Norway 202410
Total10

References

  1. Sindre Walle Egeli at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 3 Sindre Walle Egeli at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  3. "Edvard og Sindre tatt ut i G15-troppen mot Sverige" [Edvard and Sindre selected in the G15 squad against Sweden]. sandefjordfotball.no (in Norwegian). 10 September 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  4. Skifjeld, Morten (28 October 2022). "Sindre (16) knuser Haalands målstatistikk: – Jeg må innrømme at jeg føler meg privilegert" [Sindre (16) crushes Haaland's goal statistics: - I have to admit that I feel privileged]. Østlands-Posten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 January 2023.(subscription required)
  5. Styrvold, Øystein (25 February 2022). "SF mister stortalent til utlandet" [SF is losing great talent abroad]. sb.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 January 2023.(subscription required)
  6. Baunsgaard, Casper (1 July 2022). "Sandefjord: Angrebstalent rykker til FCN" [Sandefjord: Attacking talent moves to FCN]. bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  7. "Egeli med hattrick på seks minutter i EM-kvalifiseringen" [Egeli with a hat-trick in six minutes in the EC qualification]. Nettavisen (in Norwegian). 23 October 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  8. "Kazakhstan v Norway game report". ESPN. 6 September 2024.
  9. Løvenfalck, Thor Kenneth; Eftedal, Ragnar (19 August 2021). "Tirsdag scoret Sindre (15) to mål i landslagsdebuten – onsdag ble storebror Vetle (17) også tatt ut på landslaget" [On Tuesday, Sindre (15) scored two goals in his national team debut - on Wednesday, older brother Vetle (17) was also selected for the national team]. Østlands-Posten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 January 2023.(subscription required)