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Magnus Sjøeng

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Magnus Smelhus Sjøeng
Personal information
Full name Magnus Smelhus Sjøeng
Date of birth (2002-06-06) 6 June 2002 (age 22)
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Vålerenga
Number 21
Youth career
–2015 Skeid
2016–2021 Vålerenga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Vålerenga II 24 (0)
2021– Vålerenga 66 (0)
International career
2021 Norway U19 1 (0)
2021 Norway U20 2 (0)
2022– Norway U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 November 2022

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

Career

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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]

International career

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Sjøeng was capped on U19 and U20 level in 2021.[5] He was called up to the Norwegian under-21 squad for the first time in May 2022.[6]

References

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  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 at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  6. ^ "SJØENG ON THE U21 NATIONAL TEAM!". viffootball.no.