Sondre Langås

Sondre Langås
Personal information
Full name Sondre Klingen Langås
Date of birth (2001-02-02) 2 February 2001
Place of birth Namsos, Norway[1]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Derby County
Number 6
Youth career
Spillum
–2019 Namsos
2019 Ranheim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Namsos 5 (0)
2020–2023 Ranheim 47 (0)
2020 → Stjørdals-Blink (loan) 3 (0)
2023–2025 Viking 40 (2)
2025– Derby County 33 (2)
International career‡
2024– Norway 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:32, 27 January 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 November 2024

Sondre Klingen Langås (born 2 February 2001) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL Championship club Derby County and the Norway national team.

Langås made his debut in the Norwegian Eliteserien for Viking. He made his debut for Norway in 2024.

Club career

Early career

Langås started his youth career in the rural club Spillum before moving on to Namsos.[2] He then played in the Norwegian First Division for Ranheim and Stjørdals-Blink (on loan from Ranheim).

Viking

In May 2023, Langås was wanted by Rosenborg BK and trained with the team, together with Ranheim teammate Ruben Alte.[3] On 24 July 2023, he signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Eliteserien club Viking.[4] He made his debut on 13 August 2023 against Lillestrøm.[5] On 16 September 2023, he scored his first goal in a 2–0 away win over Haugesund.[6]

Derby County

On 1 February 2025, Langås joined English Championship club Derby County on a four-and-a-half-year contract[7][8] for a fee reported to be in the region of 60 million kr.[9] The move saw him reunite with former Viking teammate Lars-Jørgen Salvesen whom had joined the same club earlier in the transfer window. Langås made his Derby debut in a 1–1 draw at Norwich City on 8 February 2025.[10] In March 2025, Langås sustained a hamstring injury; however with the club in a relegation battle to stay in the Championship, he decided to delay surgery to the end the season with head coach John Eustace stating that Langås went through the "pain barrier" for the club.[11] Langås became part of a back-three alongside Matt Clarke and Nat Phillips;[12] which helped Derby finish 19th in the Championship and beat relegation by one point, with Langås making 14 appearances during his first season for Derby.[13] Langås said in July 2025 interview that he played through the pain barrier during the period, confirming what Eustace said in March.[14]

In June 2025, it was confirmed by Eustace that Langås would miss the start of the 2025–26 season due to rehabilitation from his knee surgery he had in May.[15] Langås returned to first-team action on 21 October 2025 against Norwich City.[16] On 22 November 2025, Langås scored his first goal for Derby in a 2–3 loss to Watford.[17] On 10 December 2025, Langås was named captain for the first time in Derby's match against Millwall, with club captain Lewis Travis being unavailable due to injury and vice-captain Ebou Adams being on the bench for the match, with Eustace stating his character being part of the decision to give him the armband.[18]

International career

Langås made his debut for the Norway national team on 9 September 2024 in a Nations League game against Austria at Ullevaal Stadion. He substituted Alexander Sørloth in added time of Norway's 2–1 victory.[19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 January 2026[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Namsos 2017 4. divisjon 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
2018 4 0 0 0 — 4 0
Total 5 0 0 0 — 5 0
Ranheim 2020 1. divisjon 2 0 — — 2 0
2021 7 0 0 0 — 7 0
2022 27 0 3 0 — 30 0
2023 11 0 4 1 — 15 1
Total 47 0 7 1 — 54 1
Stjørdals-Blink (loan) 2020 1. divisjon 3 0 0 0 — 3 0
Viking 2023 Eliteserien 10 1 0 0 — 10 1
2024 30 1 3 0 — 33 1
Total 40 1 3 0 — 43 1
Derby County 2024–25[20] Championship 14 0 — — 14 0
2025–26[21] 19 2 1 0 — 20 2
Total 33 2 1 0 0 0 34 2
Career total 128 4 11 1 0 0 139 5
  1. ^ Includes Norwegian Cup, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup

International

As of 17 November 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 2024 2 0
Total 2 0

References

  1. ^ "Sondre Langås". Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk (in Norwegian). NTB.
  2. ^ "5. divisjonsklubb får 1,3 mill. etter rekordovergang". Trønder-Avisa (in Norwegian). 3 February 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  3. ^ "RBK åpner for å hente Ranheim-duo i sommer". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). 11 May 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Sondre Langås er ny Viking-spiller". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 24 July 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  5. ^ a b Sondre Langås at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  6. ^ "Stoppervikar Langås matchvinner for gulljagende Viking – ubeseiret i tolv kamper" (in Norwegian). 16 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Derby County complete third January transfer". 1 February 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  8. ^ "TRANSFER NEWS: Norwegian international defender Langas signs for Derby County". www.dcfc.co.uk. 1 February 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  9. ^ Tveito, Sjur (1 February 2025). "Norsk landslagsspiller solgt for enorm sum". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  10. ^ "Norwich City 1–1 Derby County". BBC Sport. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  11. ^ "Derby County hero could 'quite easily' have had surgery - but played injured vs Plymouth Argyle". Derby Telegraph. 17 March 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  12. ^ "Sondre Langas delivers perfect response after Derby County transfer was questioned". Derby Telegraph. 24 March 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  13. ^ "S. Langås". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  14. ^ "'Hard to describe how painful injury was' - Langas". BBC Sport. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  15. ^ "Trio to miss start of Derby County season as fixtures release date looms". Derby Telegraph. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  16. ^ "What Sondre Langas did to £2m Norwich ace as John Eustace set for creative Derby County thinking". Derby Telegraph. 22 October 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  17. ^ "Derby County 2–2 Watford". BBC Sport. 22 November 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  18. ^ "John Eustace explains Sondre Langas decision after being handed Derby County honour". Derby Telegraph. 12 December 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  19. ^ "Norway v Austria game report". ESPN. 9 September 2024.
  20. ^ "Games played by Sondre Langås in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  21. ^ "Games played by Sondre Langås in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
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