Herman Stengel

Herman Stengel
Personal information
Full name Herman Sørby Stengel
Date of birth (1995-08-26) 26 August 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Hokksund, Norway
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Strømsgodset
Number 10
Youth career
Hokksund
Stabæk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Stabæk 54 (0)
2014–2017 Vålerenga 93 (10)
2018– Strømsgodset 186 (22)
International career‡
2010 Norway U15 5 (2)
2011 Norway U16 12 (2)
2012 Norway U17 6 (2)
2013 Norway U18 7 (1)
2014 Norway U19 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2014

Herman Sørby Stengel (born 26 August 1995) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eliteserien side Strømsgodset. He has previously played for Stabæk and Vålerenga, and has represented his country at youth level.

Club career

Stengel was born in Lørenskog,[1] and grew up in Hokksund, where he played for Hokksund before he joined Stabæk as a youth. He started playing for their senior B team, Stabæk 2, and became the youngest goalscorer ever in the Norwegian Second Division. In May 2010 he scored his first senior goal at the age 14 years and 261 days.[2]

In 2009, Stengel did a trial at Manchester United together with Mats Møller Dæhli, who later joined the club's academy and Sondre Tronstad.[3] In December 2012, Stabæk granted Stengel a week to trial with PSV Eindhoven.[4]

On 2 October 2011, Stengel made his Norwegian Premier League debut, starting the match against Sarpsborg 08. Aged 16 years and 37 days, he became the youngest Stabæk-player to start a match in Tippeligaen, and the then third youngest player in the Norwegian top division.[5]

Stengel became known during the autumn of 2011, as he was a piece of Veigar Páll Gunnarsson's transfer to Vålerenga, which caused great controversy. TV 2 (Norway) revealed on 12 October 2011 that Gunnarsson was transferred to Vålerenga for 1 million NOK, while Vålerenga paid a transfer fee of 4 million NOK for an option for the then 15-year-old footballer Stengel.[6] In February 2012, Stengel stated that he wants to be known as a footballer, not as the guy who was a piece in the controversial football transfer, and that his dream is to play in one of the best leagues in Europe.[7]

After Stabæk was relegated from Tippeligaen in 2012, Stengel was one of the key-players in the young Stabæk-team that finished the 2013 season second in the First Division and won promotion back to Tippeligaen. His contract with Stabæk expired after the season and he joined Vålerenga as a free agent ahead of the 2014 season, signing a four-year contract with the club.[8]

On 20 November 2017, Strømsgodset Toppfotball announced that Stengel had signed a three-year deal from 1 January 2018.[9]

International career

Stengel scored six goals in twenty-three matches for Norwegian under-15 to under-17 between 2010 and 2012.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 May 2024[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stabæk 2011 Tippeligaen 5 0 1 0 - 6 0
2012 20 0 3 0 2 0 25 0
2013 Adeccoligaen 29 0 4 1 - 33 1
Total 54 0 8 1 2 0 64 1
Vålerenga 2014 Tippeligaen 24 2 2 0 - 26 2
2015 23 2 2 2 - 25 4
2016 25 0 4 0 - 29 0
2017 Eliteserien 21 6 5 1 - 26 7
Total 93 10 13 3 - - 106 3
Strømsgodset 2018 Eliteserien 25 1 6 0 - 31 1
2019 30 1 3 0 - 33 1
2020 15 1 0 0 - 15 1
2021 29 6 2 0 - 31 6
2022 29 3 4 0 - 33 3
2023 28 6 4 0 - 32 6
2024 6 2 4 2 - 10 4
Total 162 20 23 2 - - 185 22
Career total 309 30 44 6 2 0 355 36

References

  1. ^ "Herman Stengel". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Tidenes yngste målscorer". Bygdeposten (in Norwegian). 23 May 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  3. ^ Hedlundh, Kent (13 November 2009). "Youngster impresses United". Sky Sports. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  4. ^ Andreassen, Mads (5 December 2012). "Herman Stengel skal trene med PSV" (in Norwegian). Stabæk Fotball. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  5. ^ Strømnes, André (2 October 2011). "Tidenes yngste debuterer for Stabæk". Budstikka (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  6. ^ "– Vil bli kjent som fotballspiller". tv2.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  7. ^ "RBK bød 5 mill for Gunnarsson – Stabæk solgte til VIF for én mill". tv2.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. 12 October 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  8. ^ Bratland, Tore Ulrik (11 December 2013). "Herman Stengel er klar for Vålerenga". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  9. ^ "Stengel er klar for Godset" (in Norwegian). 20 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Herman Sørby Stengel". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  11. ^ "Herman Stengel". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 2 December 2018.