Ingrid Syrstad Engen (born 29 April 1998) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish Primera División club Barcelona and the Norway national team. She previously played for Trondheims-Orn and LSK Kvinner in Norway and Wolfsburg in Germany before joining Barcelona in 2021.
![]() Engen playing for Wolfsburg in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ingrid Syrstad Engen | ||
Date of birth | (1998-04-29) 29 April 1998 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Melhus, Norway | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Barcelona | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
Melhus | |||
Gimse | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2017 | Trondheims-Ørn | 62 | (2) |
2018 | LSK Kvinner | 22 | (2) |
2019–2021 | VfL Wolfsburg | 41 | (5) |
2019 | → LSK Kvinner (loan) | 9 | (2) |
2021– | Barcelona | 25 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2013–2014 | Norway U16 | 7 | (1) |
2014–2015 | Norway U17 | 10 | (0) |
2015–2017 | Norway U19 | 24 | (1) |
2017 | Norway U23 | 4 | (0) |
2018– | Norway | 53 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 June 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 September 2022 |
Engen began her senior career with 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]
On 6 July 2021, she signed a two-year deal with Barcelona, keeping her for the club until 30 June 2023.[3] On 25 September, she made her debut for Barcelona in a 8–0 thrashing of Valencia.[4]
Engen was included in the Norway women's team in its debut for the 2018 Algarve Cup. She won her debut cap when Australia defeated Norway in its opening match, in Albufeira, 4–3.
In September 2018, Engen was included in the national team for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3 that defeated Netherlands, 2–1. This win secured Norway's passage for 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".[5]
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.
Engen was in a relationship with fellow Norway international player Marie Dølvik Markussen.[6]
She is currently in a relationship with Barcelona teammate and Spanish international María Pilar León.[7]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | UWCL | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Trondheims-Ørn | 2014 | Toppserien | 3 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||
2015 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 1 | ||||
2016 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 24 | 2 | ||||
2017 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 24 | 1 | ||||
Total | 62 | 2 | 9 | 2 | – | – | 71 | 4 | ||||
LSK Kvinner | 2018 | Toppserien | 22 | 2 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | – | 4 | 0 | 30 | 3 | |
LSK Kvinner (loan) | 2019 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | ||
Total | 31 | 4 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 | 0 | 42 | 5 | |||
VfL Wolfsburg | 2019–20 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 21 | 3 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | – | 7 | 2 | 32 | 5 | |
2020–21 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | 32 | 3 | |||
Total | 42 | 5 | 9 | 0 | – | 13 | 3 | 64 | 8 | |||
Barcelona | 2021–22 | Primera División | 23 | 2 | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 9 | 1 | 38 | 4 |
Career total | 158 | 13 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 215 | 21 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Norway | 2018 | 9 | 2 |
2019 | 17 | 3 | |
2020 | 5 | 0 | |
2021 | 10 | 1 | |
2022 | 12 | 0 | |
Total | 53 | 6 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 2 March 2018 | VRSA Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2018 Algarve Cup |
2 | 4 September 2018 | Intility Arena, Oslo, Norway | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
3 | 8 October 2019 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands | ![]() | 8–0 | 13–0 | 2022 UEFA Women's Euro qualification |
4 | 11–0 | |||||
5 | 8 November 2019 | Viking Stadion, Stavanger, Norway | ![]() | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2022 UEFA Women's Euro qualification |
6 | 30 November 2021 | Yerevan Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | ![]() | 10–0 | 10–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona Femení – current squad | |
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Norway squad – 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup | ||
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Norway squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2022 | ||
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