Colin Rösler

Colin Rösler (born 22 April 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Danish Superliga club AGF. Born in Germany, he represents the Norway national team.

Rösler was born in Berlin, Germany, and grew up in both Norway and England. After progressing through Manchester City's academy, he joined Dutch club NAC Breda in 2019. After 44 league appearances for NAC, Rösler joined Norwegian club Lillestrøm for the 2022 season. He has represented both Norway and England in youth internationals but pledged international allegiance to Norway in 2016.

Early life Rösler is the son of German football manager and former East Germany international footballer Uwe Rösler. His mother is from Norway. He was named after Manchester City legend Colin Bell, whilst his younger brother Tony was named after fellow City legend Tony Book.

Rösler was born in Berlin, but his family moved to Lillestrøm in 2002. He moved to England aged 10, He joined NAC on a free transfer as part of a partnership between the two clubs. He initially played in central defence for Breda alongside Roger Riera. He played 11 games for NAC during the 2019–20 Eerste Divisie season. He made 25 appearances during the 2020–21 season, including scoring his first senior goal from close range in a 3–1 win over De Graafschap in March 2021. As his spell at NAC continued, Rösler was increasingly overlooked and made just 8 appearances during the 2021–22 season. Lillestrøm paid no transfer fee to NAC, but NAC retained a sell-on fee in Rösler's contract.

On 28 December 2022, it was announced that Rösler would join Allsvenskan club Mjällby AIF for the 2023 season. He signed a three-year contract.

On 5 August 2024, Malmö FF bought the centre-back for a reported sum of 11 million SEK after the departure of Derek Cornelius. Rösler made his debut appearance for Malmö on 10 August in a 1-0 victory against Halmstads BK.

In 2026 he joined Danish team Aarhus GF. He made his debut for the club in the third round of the 2026–27 Champions League qualifiers, where AGF beat Azerbaijani Sabah FK 2-1.

International career Rösler was capped four times by Norway at under-15 level in 2015, scoring in their 4–4 draw with Northern Ireland. He subsequently played internationally for England under-16s, but in February 2016, pledged international allegiance to Norway. He subsequently played for Norway at under-16, under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 levels.

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