Sindre Walle Egeli

Sindre Walle Egeli
Egeli with Ipswich Town in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-06-21) 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 13 (2)
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 10 (5)
2024– Norway 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 December 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 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.

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 2 December 2025[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 12 1 0 0 — — — 13 2
Career total 63 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 68 30
Notes
  1. ^ Includes Danish Cup, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in the promotion playoffs

International

As of match played 6 September 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 2024 1 0
Total 1 0

References

  1. ^ Sindre Walle Egeli at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b c 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. ^ "SINDRE SIGNS FOR TOWN". www.itfc.co.uk. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  8. ^ "Ipswich break Championship transfer record to sign Egeli". BBC Sport. 30 August 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  9. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/ckgy74nv12et
  10. ^ https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13450658/blackburn-vs-ipswich-the-championship-match-being-controversially-replayed-after-september-abandonment
  11. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cn09w58k024t
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "Kazakhstan v Norway game report". ESPN. 6 September 2024.
  14. ^ 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)
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