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Ingrid Syrstad Engen net worth
Ingrid Syrstad Engen has a net worth of $2 million.
Ingrid Syrstad Engen’s biography
| Name | Ingrid Syrstad Engen |
| Net Worth | $2 million |
| Profession | Football player |
| Age | 25 years |
| Height | 1.77m |
Ingrid Syrstad Engen was born on April 29, 1998. She is 25 years old and is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Spanish Primera División club Barcelona and the Norway national team. She previously played for Trondheims-Orn and LSK Kvinner in Norway and Wolfsburg in Germany before joining Barcelona in 2021.
Ingrid Syrstad Engen Club career
Engen began her senior career with Trondheims-Ørn. Initially on the under-19 team in the second division, she joined the first team in the Toppserien in June 2014. After the 2016 Toppserien she rejected approaches from other clubs to extend her contract with Trondheims-Ørn.
After moving to LSK Kvinner and helping them secure a League and Cup double, she signed for German champions VfL Wolfsburg in December 2018. As part of the deal she agreed a return to LSK on loan for the first half of the 2019 season.
She also played for Lillestrøm for the first time in the 2018–19 Champions League. With Wolfsburg, she won the double in her debut season and reached the Champions League final, but lost to defending champions Olympique Lyon. She scored her first two Champions League goals in a 9–1 quarter-final win over Glasgow City F.C.
On 6 July 2021, she signed a two-year deal with Barcelona, keeping her for the club until 30 June 2023. On 25 September, she made her debut for the club in a 8–0 win over Valencia. In January 2023, Engen extended her contract with Barcelona until June 2025.
Ingrid Syrstad Engen International career
Engen took part in the U-17 European Championship in June 2015, but was eliminated in the group stage. A year later, she took part in the U-19 European Championship in Slovakia in 2016 but was elim inated there as third in the group. She then took part in the two qualifying rounds for the 2017 U-19 European Championship, but the Norwegians were unable to qualify. After that, she played four more games with the U-23 team
Ingrid Syrstad Engen was included in the Norway team in its debut for the 2018 Algarve Cup. She got her debut cap when Australia defeated Norway in its opening match, in Albufeira, 4–3. She was substituted in the second half when the score was 1:3. Two days later, she started the 2–0 win against China and scored the first goal. She was then in the game for 7th place in the starting XI.
After that, she played in five qualifiers for the 2019 World Cup. She scored the first goal in the 2–1 victory in the last and crucial game to win the group against European champions Netherlands. She was praised by team coach Martin Sjögren: “She is only 20 years old but appears to have played international football for 10 years”.
She was used in the next games and achieved her first tournament success at the 2019 Algarve Cup. On 2 May, she was nominated for the 2019 World Cup. At the World Cup, she played in Norway’s five games. A 3–0 defeat by England in the quarter-finals saw her and her team eliminated, also missing out on the 2020 Olympics.
In qualifying for the Euro 2022 Engen was used in all six games of the Norwegians and scored three goals. She appeared in the first six matches of the 2023 World Cup qualifying, scoring one goal and captaining the two games in November 2021.
On 7 June 2022, she was nominated for the European Championship finals. She was used in the three group games that began with a 4–1 win against Euro newcomers Northern Ireland. They then suffered the heaviest defeat in their international history against England, 8–0. Third in their group, they missed out on the knockout rounds with a 1–0 defeat, their first ever against Austria.
Ingrid Syrstad Engen played in the first game after the Euro, the crucial match to win the qualifying group for the 2023 World Cup, against Belgium, which they won 1–0 to qualify Norway for the World Cup.
On 19 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Norwegian squad for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023. She stands at an appealing height of 1.77m and has a good body weight which suits her personality.
Ingrid Syrstad Engen net worth
How much is Ingrid Syrstad Engen worth? Ingrid Syrstad Engen’s net worth is estimated at around $2 million. Her main source of income is from her primary work as a football player.
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