2023 Men's Soccer Roster
Albert Thorsen
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Drammen, Norway
- High School:
- Drammen VGS Toppidrett
Career Highlights
2023 ACC All-Freshmen Team
2023 TopDrawerSoccer Freshmen Postseason top 100 list (No. 43)
2023 TopDrawerSoccer Freshmen Midseason top 100 list (No. 11)
2024: Appeared in 20 matches, while starting in 16 … Totaled 1259 minutes … Recorded seven goals and three assists for 17 points … Logged a career-high four game-winning-goals … Registered a .471 SOG% … Notched a goal and an assist for three points in the season-opener against then-No. 16 Georgetown … Netted the golden goal in the NCAA Round of 16 win over Kansas City (12/1).
2023: Appeared and started 13 matches for the Panthers during his freshman campaign… Named to the ACC All-Freshmen Team… Capped his first season with five goals and two assists while tying for the team-lead with 12 points on 23 shots (11 on goal)… Opened his Pitt career with goals in each of his first two collegiate games against Penn State (8/24) and the game-winning goal against Howard (8/28)… Picked up his first career assist while adding three shots against Marshall (9/5)… Tallied a goal in the NCAA Tournament First Round match against James Madison (11/16)… Had five games with multiple shots including five in the win over Howard (8/28)… Named to the All-ACC Academic Team for the first time in his career.
Club: Played for Strømsgodset Toppfotball for five seasons… Was named as the club’s Young Player of the Year for the 2022 season.
Personal: Son of Øyvind Flyum Thorsen and Lene Palmberg Thorsen… Has two siblings, Vilje and Storm… Enjoys gaming and hanging out with friends… Enjoys gymnastics and watching golf… Lists his favorite athletes as Lionel Messi and Roberto Firmino… Enjoys listening to pop and R&B music… Intends on majoring in business management at Pitt.
