Magnus Sjøeng

Magnus Smelhus Sjøeng
Personal information
Full name Magnus Smelhus Sjøeng
Date of birth (2002-06-06) 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)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 December 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 August 2025

Magnus Smelhus Sjøeng (born 23 March 2002) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Vålerenga.

Club career

Sjøeng 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

Sjøeng 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

As of 1 December 2025[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vålerenga 2 2020 2. divisjon 10——10
2021 2. divisjon 110——110
2022 2. divisjon 90——90
2023 2. divisjon 80——80
2025 3. divisjon 10——10
Total 300——300
Vålerenga 2022 Eliteserien 17010—180
2023 Eliteserien 190002[a]0210
2024 1. divisjon 30010—310
2025 Eliteserien 9000—90
Total 7502020790
Stabæk (loan) 2025 1. divisjon 1711000181
Career total 122130201271
  1. ↑ Appearances in Eliteserien play-offs

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Magnus Sjøeng at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Sjoeng far valerenga debuten pa onsdag jeg er ikke langt unna nivaet hans". Dagsavisen.no.
  3. ↑ "keepertreneren om sjoeng pa niva med klaesson". Dagavisen.no.
  4. ↑ "VALERENGA VS. KRISTIANSUND 3 - 0". Soccerway.
  5. ↑ Magnus Sjøeng (23) klar for Stabæk, stabak.no, 23 July 2025
  6. ↑ Keeper Sjøeng reddet poeng på overtid, stabak.no, 13 September 2025
  7. ↑ Magnus Sjøeng at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  8. ↑ "SJØENG ON THE U21 NATIONAL TEAM!". viffootball.no.
  9. ↑ "Magnus Smelhus Sjøeng Statistikk" (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  10. ↑ 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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