Sindre Walle Egeli
Norwegian footballer (born 2006)
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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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Egeli with Ipswich Town in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 June 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Larvik, Norway[1] | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ipswich Town | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Nanset | |||
| 2020–2022 | Sandefjord | ||
| 2022–2025 | Nordsjælland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Sandefjord 2 | 11 | (19) |
| 2023–2025 | Nordsjælland | 40 | (11) |
| 2025– | Ipswich Town | 28 | (4) |
| 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 | 12 | (7) |
| 2024– | Norway | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:30, 4 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2025 | |||
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]
On 29 August 2025, Egeli signed for EFL Championship club Ipswich Town on a five-year deal.[7] The reported fee of £17.5 million represented a record transfer fee spent by a Championship club.[8]
On 02 December 2025, Egeli scored his first professional goal in English football. A last-minute equalizer for Ipswich town against Blackburn Rovers in the English Championship [9]. Significant controversy surrounded the goal and game which was being replayed due to the original match having been abandoned in the 79 minute due to a waterlogged pitch in which Blackburn were leading 1-0 [10].
His strong start to the season continued in the following game with Egeli scoring his first goal at Portman Road and the first goal of a 3 - 0 win against Coventry City. [11]
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.[12]
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.[13]
Personal life
Egeli is the younger brother of fellow professional footballer Vetle Walle Egeli.[14]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 19 April 2026[2]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sandefjord 2 | 2021 | 4. divisjon | 6 | 10 | — | — | — | 2[c] | 0 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 2022 | 4. divisjon | 5 | 9 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | ||||
| Total | 11 | 19 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 13 | 19 | |||||
| Nordsjælland | 2023–24 | Danish Superliga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Danish Superliga | 31 | 9 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 9 | ||||
| 2025–26 | Danish Superliga | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 11 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 43 | 11 | ||||
| Ipswich Town | 2025–26 | Championship | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 30 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 79 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 34 | ||
- Notes
International
- As of match played 6 September 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Honours
Ipswich Town
- EFL Championship runner-up: 2025–26[15]