Andreas Schjelderup

Andreas Schjelderup
Schjelderup with Norway in 2026
Personal information
Full name Andreas Rædergård Schjelderup[1]
Date of birth (2004-06-01) 1 June 2004
Place of birth Bodø, Norway
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Benfica
Number 21
Youth career
–2020 Bodø/Glimt
2020–2021 Nordsjælland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 Nordsjælland 55 (17)
2023 Benfica B 5 (1)
2023– Benfica 51 (8)
2023–2024 → Nordsjælland (loan) 26 (9)
International career‡
2019 Norway U15 8 (2)
2020 Norway U16 3 (0)
2021–2022 Norway U18 5 (0)
2022–2023 Norway U19 6 (2)
2021–2024 Norway U21 12 (8)
2024– Norway 18 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:26, 17 August 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 July 2026

Andreas Rædergård Schjelderup (born 1 June 2004) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a left winger or forward for Primeira Liga club Benfica and the Norway national team.

Club career

Early years

Born in Bodø, Norway,[2] Schjelderup began his career in the youth sector at Bodø/Glimt.[3] Schjelderup was coveted by many big clubs throughout Europe, including reported interest from clubs in top leagues in Italy, Spain and the Netherlands.

Nordsjælland

In July 2020, Schjelderup chose to move to Denmark to sign with Superliga club Nordsjælland.[3] He was promoted to the Nordsjælland first team following the winter break during the 2020–21 season. He made his senior debut from the starting eleven, in a 2–0 defeat to OB on 7 February 2021.[4] Aged 16 years and 248 days old, he became the 13th youngest player in Superliga history.[3] He scored his first senior goal for the club in a 3–0 win over local rivals Lyngby on 12 March.[5] In doing so, he became the club's record youngest goalscorer in Superliga history, edging out teammate Tochi Chukwuani's record set the previous season, and the fourth youngest overall in league history.[6] On 21 March, the final day of the 2020–21 Danish Superliga regular season, Schjelderup scored both goals in Nordsjælland's 2–1 defeat of SønderjyskE, leapfrogging his club above SønderjyskE and into sixth place, securing the final spot in the Superliga championship play-offs.[7]

Benfica

On 12 January 2023, Schjelderup signed a five-year contract with Primeira Liga side Benfica.[8] The fee reported by Portuguese media was around €14 million. Norwegian media reported, however, that the fee was 105 million kroner (approximately €10 million), and Nordsjælland also secured 20% of a potential future sale.[9] Schjelderup made his Benfica debut in the Primeira Liga, against Marítimo on 12 March 2023. Later on, Schjelderup made his UEFA Champions League debut against Italian side Inter Milan.

The Norwegian had a difficult start to his stay at Benfica. In the first six months, he only made two brief appearances for the first team, while he also made five appearances for the club's B team.

2023–24 season: Return to Nordsjælland (loan)

On 2 September 2023, Nordsjælland announced that Schjelderup would be returning to the club on a season-long loan deal from Benfica,[10] with the Danish club paying a €2.5 million loan fee.[11] In May he was named the spring season's best player by Danish league managers.[12]

2024–25 season: First-team breakthrough

On 27 October 2024, Schjelderup scored his first goal for Benfica in a 5–0 win over Rio Ave in the Primeira Liga.[13] On 11 January 2025, he scored in the final of the Taça da Liga as Benfica defeated Sporting on penalties following a 1–1 draw in normal time.[14] Three days later, on 14 October 2024, he scored in the fifth round of the Taça de Portugal as Benfica won 1–3 away at Farense.[15]

On 24 June 2025, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Bayern Munich, securing his club's first-ever win against the latter and top spot in Group C in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.[16]

2025–26 season

On 12 August 2025, he was in the starting XI for Benfica against Nice in the Champions League third qualifying round. He assisted for the team's first goal and scored the second, helping secure a 2–0 win, 4–0 on aggregate, ensuring Benfica's sport in the play-off round.[17] Later in the season, he completed an awards hat-trick after being named the Primeira Liga's Player of the Month, Forward of the Month and Young Player of the Month for April.[18] He finished the campaign with a career-best return of 10 goals and six assists for the club across all competitions.[19]

International career

Schjelderup received his first call-up to the Norway under-21 national team in August 2021 by head coach Leif Gunnar Smerud.[20] It was uncommon for a 17-year-old player to be selected for the under-21 squad, with Martin Ødegaard being the last to achieve the feat in 2014.[21][22] He made his debut for the Norway under-21 national team on 3 September 2021 in a match against Austria. Norway won the match 3–1.

In May 2024, Schjelderup received his first call-up to the Norway national team by head coach Ståle Solbakken.[23][24] He made his senior international debut during that international window on 5 June 2024 in a friendly against Kosovo, coming on as a substitute for Erling Haaland. Norway won the match 3–0.[25]

On 21 May 2026, Schjelderup was named by Norway head coach Ståle Solbakken in the 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[26] In the Round of 16 against Brazil, he assisted both of Erling Haaland's goals in a 2–1 victory that sent his team to their first-ever World Cup quarter-final.[27] He scored his first World Cup goal, opening the scoring with a left-footed shot from the left side of the penalty area in the quarter-final against England, which ended in a 2–1 defeat after extra time.[28][29]

Style of play

Schjelderup is regarded as a highly skillful and technical player capable of playing in several offensive positions, due to his versatility; throughout his career, he has been deployed occasionally as a striker or second striker, but even though his natural position is that of an attacking midfielder, he plays primarily as a left winger. Schjelderup tends to hug the touchline off the ball. He receives possession from teammates out wide before cutting inside and driving towards more central areas, thus ensuring that he can pick up the ball with space and time before looking to make a real impact. Schjelderup also has the ability to draw defenders toward him. That opens up space for his teammates to exploit. Another aspect of his game is his dribbling, Schjelderup has extremely quick feet and excellent agility in one-on-one duels. When making attacking runs off the ball, Schjelderup’s main objective is to create lateral separation. He very rarely tries to make runs in behind, and instead prefers to make runs out wide and receive in front of the defence.[30] Schjelderup idolises Norwegians Martin Ødegaard and Erling Haaland, being compared to the latter due to his goalscoring abilities.[3][31]

On 19 November 2025, Schjelderup was convicted in Denmark of "possession or sharing of sexual material which features people under the age of 18", after he admitted to forwarding a Snapchat video containing "sexual content" of two boys under the age of 18 to four of his friends. He was handed a 14-day sentence, suspended for 12 months. He had previously posted a statement about the incident, which happened when he was 19, calling it a "stupid mistake".[32][33]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 August 2026[34]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nordsjælland 2020–21 Danish Superliga 16300———163
2021–22 Danish Superliga 22410———234
2022–23 Danish Superliga 171000———1710
Total 551710———5617
Benfica B 2022–23 Liga Portugal 2 51————51
Benfica 2022–23 Primeira Liga 1000—1[c]0—20
2023–24 Primeira Liga 00———1[d]010
2024–25 Primeira Liga 20172317[c]03[e]1405
2025–26 Primeira Liga 287401010[c]3004310
2026–27 Primeira Liga 2000005[f]1—71
Total 51811241234419316
Nordsjælland (loan) 2023–24 Danish Superliga 26961—6[g]0—3810
Career total 13735183412944119244

International

As of match played 11 July 2026[35]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Norway 202410
202570
2026102
Total182
Norway score listed first, score column indicates score after each Schjelderup goal.[35]
List of international goals scored by Andreas Schjelderup
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
127 March 2026Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands Netherlands1–01–2Friendly
211 July 2026Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, United States England1–01–2 (a.e.t.)2026 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Benfica

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "FIFA Club World Cup 25™ − Squad List: SL Benfica (POR)" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  2. ↑ Toresen, Freddy; Høgland, Stian (7 July 2020). "Stortalentet glipper for Glimt: – Hadde egentlig lagt Glimt bak meg i fjor". Avisa Nordland (in Norwegian).
  3. 1 2 3 4 ""Hele" Europa ville ha Andreas (16): – Dette var beviset på at jeg valgte riktig". TV2 (in Norwegian). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
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  5. ↑ "FCN win derby battle". Spielverlagerung. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
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  10. ↑ Han er tilbage: FCN lejer Andreas Schjelderup i SL Benfica, fcn.dk, 1 September 2023
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  14. 1 2 "Sporting CP 1:1 SL Benfica". Liga Portugal (in Portuguese). 11 January 2025. Archived from the original on 14 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
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