Herman Stengel
Norwegian footballer (born 1995)
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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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Herman Sørby Stengel | ||
| Date of birth | 26 August 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Hokksund, Norway | ||
| Position | 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 | 215 | (25) |
| 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) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 June 2014 | |||
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 November 2025[11]
| 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 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | 34 | 6 | |||
| 2025 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 31 | 4 | |||
| Total | 214 | 25 | 26 | 3 | - | - | 240 | 29 | ||
| Career total | 361 | 35 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 410 | 42 | ||