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Sondre Langås

DefenderNorwayClub: Derby CountyBorn: Namsos, Norway
By the numbers
3
Norway caps
0 goals
Centre-back
Position
also right-back
1.90 m
Height
6 ft 3 in
Derby County
Current club
EFL Championship
€4.0m
Market value
Transfermarkt, May 2026

Sondre Klingen Langås is a 25-year-old Norwegian centre-back from Namsos who plays for EFL Championship side Derby County and is a fringe defensive option in Norway's 2026 World Cup squad under Ståle Solbakken. Known for his pace and aerial dominance, he climbed from local clubs Spillum and Namsos through Ranheim before a breakout 2024 season at Viking — starting all 30 league games as the team finished third — earned him his Norway debut against Austria that September. He moved to Derby in February 2025 for roughly 60 million kroner and, despite a hamstring injury, was praised by the English press and his own coach for "playing through the pain barrier" during Derby's relegation escape; head coach John Eustace even handed him the captain's armband against Millwall in December 2025. A January 2026 hamstring injury that sidelined him for ten matches briefly threatened his World Cup place, with Solbakken admitting the layoff nearly cost him his spot.

Sources

  1. Sondre Langås - Wikipedia — Wikipedia
  2. Sondre Langås - Player profile 25/26 — Transfermarkt
  3. Sondre Langås — Store norske leksikon
  4. Her er Norges VM-tropp — Norges Fotballforbund
  5. Dette er Norges VM-tropp — VG
  6. Sondre Langås | Norway | European Qualifiers — UEFA