Derry Scherhant

Derry Scherhant
Personal information
Full name Derry Lionel Scherhant
Date of birth (2002-11-10) 10 November 2002
Place of birth Berlin, Germany[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
 SC Freiburg
Number 7
Youth career
2017–2019 Viktoria Berlin
2019–2020 Tennis Borussia Berlin
2020 Berliner SC
2020–2021 Hertha BSC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2024 Hertha BSC II 55 (30)
2022–2025 Hertha BSC 72 (10)
2025– SC Freiburg 31 (5)
International career‡
2023 Germany U20 2 (0)
2025– Germany U21 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10:23, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

Derry Lionel Scherhant (born 10 November 2002) is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg.

Career

Scherhant is a youth product of Viktoria Berlin, Tennis Borussia Berlin, and Berliner SC, before moving to the youth academy of Hertha BSC in 2020.[2] In the summer of 2021, he was promoted to their B-team in the Regionalliga where he scored 16 goals in 34 appearances in his first season. He signed a professional contract with the senior Hertha BSC squad on 17 June 2022 until 2025.[3] He made his professional debut with Hertha BSC as a late substitute in a 1–1 Bundesliga tie with Eintracht Frankfurt on 13 August 2022. On 12 February 2023, he scored his first professional goal in the Bundesliga in the 91st minute with 4-1 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach.[4] On 24 July 2023, he signed a professional contract with Hertha BSC until 2027.[5]

He made use of his release clause to move to SC Freiburg for 2 million euros in 2025 which was officially announced on 21 May 2025.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 August 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hertha BSC II 2021–22[7] Regionalliga Nordost 3416———3416
2022–23[8] Regionalliga Nordost 128———128
2023–24[9] Regionalliga Nordost 96———96
Total 5530———5530
Hertha BSC 2022–23[8] Bundesliga 10100——101
2023–24[9] 2. Bundesliga 28230——312
2024–25[10] 2. Bundesliga 34732——379
Total 721062——7812
SC Freiburg 2025–26[11] Bundesliga 3155113[a]1—497
2026–27[12] Bundesliga 00102[b]1—31
Total 31561152—528
Career total 158451231520018550
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League

Honours

SC Freiburg

References

  1. ↑ "Derry Scherhant | Hertha BSC - Spielerprofil | Bundesliga". bundesliga.de - die offizielle Webseite der Bundesliga.
  2. ↑ Kurier, Berliner. "Hertha BSC: Shootingstar Derry Scherhant (20) in Startelf gegen Bochum, sein Jugendtrainer jubelt in Lichterfelde: "Derry, du bist genial!"". Berliner Kurier.
  3. ↑ ""Enorme Entwicklung": Hertha belohnt Scherhant". kicker.
  4. ↑ "Hertha BSC: Bundesliga-Debütant Derry Scherhant angeschlagen". OneFootball.
  5. ↑ Zeitung, Süddeutsche (24 July 2023). "Angreifer Derry Scherhant verlängert bei Hertha bis 2027". Süddeutsche.de.
  6. ↑ "SC secure signing of Derry Scherhant | SC Freiburg". www.scfreiburg.com. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "Spiele von Derry Scherhant – 2021/22" [Games played by Derry Scherhant – 2021/22]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  8. 1 2 "Spiele von Derry Scherhant – 2022/23" [Games played by Derry Scherhant – 2022/23]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  9. 1 2 "Spiele von Derry Scherhant – 2023/24" [Games played by Derry Scherhant – 2023/24]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  10. ↑ "Spiele von Derry Scherhant – 2024/25" [Games played by Derry Scherhant – 2024/25]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  11. ↑ "Spiele von Derry Scherhant – 2025/26" [Games played by Derry Scherhant – 2025/26]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  12. ↑ "Spiele von Derry Scherhant – 2026/27" [Games played by Derry Scherhant – 2026/27]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  13. ↑ "SC Freiburg 0 - 3 Aston Villa (May 20, 2026) ESPN". www.espn.com. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
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