Sophie Román Haug
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-06-04) 4 June 1999
Place of birth Kløfta, Norway
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Liverpool
Number 10
Youth career
–2014 Kløfta
2015 LSK Kvinner
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2021 LSK Kvinner 108 (49)
2022–2023 Roma 25 (11)
2023– Liverpool 8 (3)
International career‡
2014 Norway U15 2 (0)
2015 Norway U16 12 (3)
2016 Norway U17 9 (7)
2016–2018 Norway U19 27 (11)
2018–2022 Norway U23 10 (5)
2022– Norway 17 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:41, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:41, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Sophie Román Haug (born 4 June 1999) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for English Women's Super League club Liverpool and the Norway national team.

Club career

After playing for Kløfta Idrettslag, she went to LSK Kvinner in 2015. She was heavily involved in her team winning both the cup and the league in 2018, with 14 league goals. She became LSK's top scorer in 2020 with eight goals. In 2021, she was named to the team of the year in the Toppserien by NTB, after nine goals in 15 league games.[1][2]

In January 2022, she signed for Roma, becoming the most expensive sale from LSK Kvinner ever.[3][4]

In September 2023, she signed for Liverpool for an undisclosed fee.[5]

International career

Youth

Haug had an extensive career for Norwegian youth national teams.[6] She has international matches for U15, U16, U17, U19, U23, and the senior Norwegian national team.

On 21 July 2018, she scored a goal in a 1–0 victory over France during the UEFA Under-19 European Championship.[7]

Senior

Haug was called up for the Norwegian senior national team for the first time in 2018.[8] In 2022, she was selected for the national team's squad for the 2022 UEFA European Championships. Her debut came on 29 June 2022 in a friendly match against Denmark.[9]

She scored her first three senior national team goals in the World Cup qualifier at home against Albania, on 6 September 2022, which ended in a 5–0 victory.[10][11]

On 19 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Norwegian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[12] On 30 July, she scored a hat-trick in a 6–0 victory over the Philippines in the last World Cup group stage match, which qualified her country to the knockout phase.[13]It was the fourth instance of a Norwegaian player scoring a hat-trick at the Women's World Cup and the first since 2007.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 December 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental[lower-alpha 3] Other[lower-alpha 4] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps GoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
LSK Kvinner 2015 Toppserien 2000 —00—20
2016 Toppserien 13233 —00—165
2017 Toppserien 20 15 3 0 — 0 0 — 23 15
2018 Toppserien 22 14 5 8 — 3 0 — 30 22
2019 Toppserien 19 1 4 1 — 5 0 — 28 2
2020 Toppserien 18 8 4 0 — 2 0 — 24 8
2021 Toppserien 15 9 2 0 — 4 1 — 21 10
Total 109492112 —141—14462
Roma 2021–22 Serie A 7430 ———104
2022–23 Serie A 18710 —9110298
Total 251140 —91103912
Liverpool 2023–24 Women's Super League 8 3 0 0 2 1 — — 10 4
Career total 141622512 2 12321018277

International

As of match played 31 October 2023[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Norway 202285
202394
Total179
Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Haug goal.
List of international goals scored by Sophie Román Haug
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 6 September 2022 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Albania 1–0 5–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2 2–0
3 4–0
4 11 October 2022 ADO Den Haag Stadium, The Hague, Netherlands  Netherlands 1–0 2–0 Friendly
5 11 November 2022 Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano, La Nucia, Spain  France 1–1 1–2 Friendly
6 30 July 2023 Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand  Philippines 1–0 6–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
7 2–0
8 6–0
9 1 December 2023 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Portugal 4–0 4–0 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League

Honours

LSK Kvinner

Roma

References

  1. ↑ Kvinner, Toppfotball (2 December 2021). "Her er Årets lag på NTB-børsen!". Toppserien (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  2. ↑ Fotballforbund, Norges. "Sophie Roman Haug - Profil". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Striker Haug completes Giallorosse move!". www.asroma.com. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  4. ↑ jonas (28 January 2022). "Sophie Román Haug er solgt til Roma. Blir klubbens dyrest salg noensinne". LSK Kvinner (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Liverpool FC Women complete signing of Sophie Roman Haug". Liverpool Football Club Official. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  6. ↑ Sophie Román Haug at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  7. ↑ "Norway 1–0 France". UEFA. 21 July 2018.
  8. ↑ Stenseth/NTB, Knut (19 September 2018). "(+) To Kolbotn-spillere kan få debuten på A-landslaget". Østlandets Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  9. ↑ Fotballforbund, Norges. "Danmark - Norge - 29.06.2022 18.00". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  10. ↑ Fotballforbund, Norges. "Norge - Albania - 06.09.2022 18.30". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  11. ↑ Lokøy, Christian Dehlie (6 September 2022). "Sophie Román Haug briljerte for Norge i Hege Riises hjemmedebut". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  12. ↑ updated, Jessy Parker Humphreys last (6 June 2023). "Norway Women's World Cup 2023 squad: full 23-player team". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  13. ↑ "Norway's hat-trick heroine talks dreams and doubts". FIFA. 30 July 2023.
  14. ↑ "Sophie Román Haug". Soccerway.
  15. ↑ "Sophie Román Haug". fotball.no.


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