Magnus Smelhus Sjøeng (born 23 March 2002) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Vålerenga.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Magnus Smelhus Sjøeng | ||
| Date of birth | 6 June 2002 | ||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vålerenga | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | Skeid | ||
| 2016–2021 | Vålerenga | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2025 | Vålerenga 2 | 30 | (0) |
| 2021– | Vålerenga | 75 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Stabæk (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Norway U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021 | Norway U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Norway U21 | 7 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 August 2025 | |||
Club career
editSjøeng became Vålerenga's reserve goalkeeper after Kristoffer Klaesson was sold in 2021.[1] He made his debut for the Vålerenga first team on 29 June 2022 against FK Bodø/Glimt in the 2022 Norwegian Football Cup after first choice goalkeeper Kjetil Haug was signed by Toulouse during the European summer transfer window.[2][3] He made his Eliteserien debut the following match on 10 July 2022 in a 3–0 victory against Kristiansund BK at the Intility Arena.[4]
On 23 July 2025, Sjøeng was loaned out to Stabæk.[5] On 13 September 2025, he scored a goal in a 1-1 draw against Egersund to secure a point for Stabæk.[6]
International career
editSjøeng was capped on U19 and U20 level in 2021.[7] He was called up to the Norwegian under-21 squad for the first time in May 2022.[8]
Career statistics
edit- As of 1 December 2025[9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vålerenga 2 | 2020 | 2. divisjon | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 2. divisjon | 11 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | 2. divisjon | 9 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | 2. divisjon | 8 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2025 | 3. divisjon | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 30 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | ||||
| Vålerenga | 2022 | Eliteserien | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Eliteserien | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1. divisjon | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2025 | Eliteserien | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 75 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 0 | ||
| Stabæk (loan) | 2025 | 1. divisjon | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| Career total | 122 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 127 | 1 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in Eliteserien play-offs
Honours
editIndividual
- Eliteserien Young Player of the Month: November 2023[10]
References
edit- ↑ Magnus Sjøeng at Soccerway
- ↑ "Sjoeng far valerenga debuten pa onsdag jeg er ikke langt unna nivaet hans". Dagsavisen.no.
- ↑ "keepertreneren om sjoeng pa niva med klaesson". Dagavisen.no.
- ↑ "VALERENGA VS. KRISTIANSUND 3 - 0". Soccerway.
- ↑ Magnus Sjøeng (23) klar for Stabæk, stabak.no, 23 July 2025
- ↑ Keeper Sjøeng reddet poeng på overtid, stabak.no, 13 September 2025
- ↑ Magnus Sjøeng at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ↑ "SJØENG ON THE U21 NATIONAL TEAM!". viffootball.no.
- ↑ "Magnus Smelhus Sjøeng Statistikk" (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ↑ Wulf, Tina (30 November 2023). "- Spesielt kult når man har fått et slag i trynet" (in Norwegian). Vålerenga IF. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
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