Ingrid Syrstad Engen

Ingrid Syrstad Engen (born 29 April 1998) is a Norwegian football midfielder who plays for VfL Wolfsburg of the German Frauen-Bundesliga and the Norway women's national team.

Ingrid Syrstad Engen
Engen playing for Wolfsburg in 2019
Personal information
Full name Ingrid Syrstad Engen
Date of birth (1998-04-29) 29 April 1998
Place of birth Melhus, Norway
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 VfL Wolfsburg
Number 15
Youth career
Melhus
Gimse
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Trondheims-Ørn 62 (2)
2018 LSK Kvinner 22 (2)
2019– VfL Wolfsburg 21 (3)
2019 → LSK Kvinner (loan) 9 (2)
National team‡
2018– Norway 26 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 November 2019

Career

Club

Engen began her senior career with SK Trondheims-Ørn. After the 2016 Toppserien she rejected approaches from other clubs to extend her contract with Trondheims-Ørn.[1]

After moving to LSK Kvinner and helping them secure a League and Cup double, she signed for German champions VfL Wolfsburg in December 2018. As part of the deal she agreed a return to LSK on loan for the first half of the 2019 season.[2]

International

Engen was named in the senior Norway women's national football team squad for the first time at the 2018 Algarve Cup. She won her first cap in Norway's opening match, a 4–3 defeat by Australia in Albufeira.

In September 2018, Engen scored in a 2–1 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3 win over the Netherlands, which secured Norway's passage to the final tournament in France. She was praised by team coach Martin Sjögren: "She is only 20 years old but appears to have played international football for 10 years".[3]

Style of play

Engen usually plays as a box-to-box midfielder or "number 8" position as a central midfielder closer to the right side of the pitch.

Personal life

She is in a relationship with fellow Norwegian football player Marie Dølvik Markussen.[4]

Career statistics
As of 4 July 2020
Club Season Division League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Trondheims-Ørn 2014 Toppserien 3010-40
2015 16130-191
2016 21131-242
2017 22021-241
Total 62292--714
LSK Kvinner 2018 Toppserien 2224140303
LSK Kvinner (loan) 2019 921020122
Total 3145160425
Wolfsburg 2019–20 Frauen-Bundesliga 2134040303
Total 2134040303
Career total 114918310014212

Honours

Club
LSK Kvinner FK
VfL Wolfsburg

International

References
  1. Rasmus, Petter (19 December 2016). "Nå får Ørn-treneren igjen nattesøvnen" (in Norwegian). Sunnmørsposten. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  2. "Ingrid Syrstad Engen til Wolfsburg" (in Norwegian). TV 2 (Norway). 18 December 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  3. Tinius Folvik, Herman (18 December 2018). "Syrstad Engen blir lagvenninne med Graham Hansen" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  4. "Favoritten min e 23". Retrieved 15 February 2020 – via Instagram.


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