After Henry and Aubameyang, Arsenal s number 14 Gyökeres

After legendary names Thierry Henry and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, English Premier League team Arsenal entrusted the number 14 shirt to Swedish striker Victor Gyökeres.

The 27-year-old, who was signed from Sporting in Portugal, has been among the players with the highest transfer fee in Europe this season. Arsenal will pay a total of 63+10 million euros for the Swedish international. The Swedish international will wear the number 14 shirt at Arsenal.

Arsenal's new number 14 after Thierry Henry and Aubameyang

Gyökeres has become the new owner of the number 14 worn by star players who made the club's history.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Eddie Nketiah, Theo Walcott and Thierry Henry, one of the greatest goalscorers of all time, wore the number 14 at Arsenal during the Premier League era.

At his first club, his father was the manager

Born in Stockholm, the Swedish footballer started playing football for Swedish club Aspudden-Tellus at the age of 6, with the guidance of his parents.

After playing for IFK Östersund and Stugun in the 1980s and 1990s, his father Stefan became coach at his first team Aspudden-Tellus to help Gyökeres' development. After spending nearly 10 years at his first club, Gyökeres transferred to Stockholm football club Brommapojkarna.

He scored his first professional goal against Swedish team IF Sylvia in August 2015 and transferred to Premier League side Brighton Hove Albion on January 1, 2018.

Top scorer in the Portuguese league for the last 2 years

Gyökeres won three league titles and one national cup during his career in Portugal, while he was named player of the month seven times and striker of the month eight times.

The striker became the top scorer of the last two seasons in the Portuguese league with 29 goals in the 2023-24 season and 39 goals in the 2024-25 season. Gyökeres scored 97 goals in 102 matches in all competitions with Sporting, where he wore the jersey for 2 seasons. The successful player was named in the Portuguese team of the year in both seasons and player of the year for the 2023-24 season.

Iconic goal celebration gesture

Gyökeres' "iconic goal joy", which has attracted attention in European football in recent years, has also attracted the attention of Arsenal fans.

Telling the story of his goal joy, the Swedish star said that he and his friends designed this gesture during the vacation between the 2022 World Cup and that he felt better when they started practicing it on the field.

He chose the Swedish national team, scored 15 goals in 26 games

The striker made his debut for the Sweden national team in 2019 after playing for the national team at lower age levels. Thanks to his grandfather who immigrated to Sweden in 1956, the successful striker, who did not choose to play for the Hungarian national team and preferred the Swedish national team, scored 15 goals in 26 national matches.