Andreas Schjelderup

Andreas Rædergård Schjelderup (born 1 June 2004) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder[2] for Primeira Liga club Benfica.

Andreas Schjelderup
Personal information
Full name Andreas Rædergård Schjelderup
Date of birth (2004-06-01) 1 June 2004
Place of birth Bodø, Norway
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Benfica
Number 21
Youth career
0000–2020 Bodø/Glimt
2020–2021 Nordsjælland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 Nordsjælland 55 (17)
2023– Benfica B 5 (0)
2023– Benfica 1 (0)
International career‡
2019 Norway U15 8 (2)
2020 Norway U16 3 (0)
2021– Norway U18 6 (1)
2021– Norway U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:07, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:44, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Early years

Born in Bodø, Norway,[3] Schjelderup began his career in the youth sector at Bodø/Glimt.[4] Schjelderup was coveted by many big clubs throughout Europe, including reported interest from clubs in top leagues in Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands.

Nordsjælland

In July 2020, Schjelderup chose to move to Denmark to sign with Superliga club Nordsjælland.[4] He was promoted to the Nordsjælland first team following the winter break during the 2020–21 season. He made his senior debut from the starting eleven, in a 2–0 defeat to OB on 7 February 2021.[5] Aged 16 years and 248 days old, he became the 13th youngest player in Superliga history.[4] He scored his first senior goal for the club in a 3–0 win over local rivals Lyngby on 12 March.[6] In doing so, he became the club's record youngest goalscorer in Superliga history, edging out teammate Tochi Chukwuani's record set the previous season, and the fourth youngest overall in league history.[7] On 21 March, the final day of the 2020–21 Danish Superliga regular season, Schjelderup scored both goals in Nordsjælland's 2–1 defeat of SønderjyskE, leapfrogging his club above SønderjyskE and into sixth place, securing the final spot in the Superliga championship play-offs.[8]

Benfica

On 12 January 2023, Schjelderup signed a five-year contract with Primeira Liga side Benfica.[9] The fee reported by Portuguese media was around €14 million. Norwegian media reported, however, that the fee was 105 million kroner (approximately €10 million), and Nordsjælland also secured 20% of a potential future sale.[10]

International career

Schjelderup has been capped at youth level for Norway.[11]

Style of play

Schjelderup is regarded as a highly skillful and technical player capable of playing in several offensive positions, due to his versatility; throughout his career, he has been deployed as a striker, as a second striker, or even as a winger, although his primary position is that of an attacking midfielder. Playing primarily as a left winger, Schjelderup tends to hug the touchline off the ball. He receives possession from teammates out wide before cutting inside and driving towards more central areas, thus ensuring that he can pick up the ball with space and time before looking to make a real impact. Schjelderup also has the ability to draw defenders toward him. That opens up space for his teammates to exploit. Another aspect of his game is his dribbling, Schjelderup has extremely quick feet and excellent agility in one-on-one duels. When making attacking runs off the ball, Schjelderup’s main objective is to create lateral separation. He very rarely tries to make runs in behind, and instead prefers to make runs out wide and receive in front of the defence.[12] Schjelderup idolises Norwegians Martin Ødegaard and Erling Haaland, being compared to the latter due to his goalscoring abilities.[4][13]

Career statistics
As of match played 25 February 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nordsjælland 2020–21 Danish Superliga 16300—163
2021–22 Danish Superliga 22410—234
2022–23 Danish Superliga 171000—1710
Total 551710—5617
Benfica B 2022–23 Liga Sabseg 30——30
Benfica 2022–23 Primeira Liga 00—0000
Career total 581710005917
  1. Includes Danish Cup

References
  1. "Andreas Schjelderup". www.slbenfica.pt. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  2. Christenson, Marcus (7 October 2021). "Next Generation 2021: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  3. Toresen, Freddy; Høgland, Stian (7 July 2020). "Stortalentet glipper for Glimt: – Hadde egentlig lagt Glimt bak meg i fjor". Avisa Nordland (in Norwegian).
  4. "«Hele» Europa ville ha Andreas (16): – Dette var beviset på at jeg valgte riktig". TV2 (in Norwegian). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  5. "FCN 0:2 OB". Superliga (in Danish). 7 February 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  6. "FCN win derby battle". Spielverlagerung. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  7. "ANDREAS SCHJELDERUP ER YNGSTE FCN-MÅLSCORER I SUPERLIGAEN NOGENSINDE". FCN (in Danish). 12 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  8. "Takket være den norske 16-åringen ble plassen i sluttspillet, og sjansen til å spille i europacuper sikret. I siste runde". Nettavisen (in Danish). 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  9. "Andreas Schjelderup é do Benfica!". S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 12 January 2023.
  10. "Officielt: FCN sælger Andreas Schjelderup til Benfica". bold.dk (in Danish). 12 January 2023.
  11. Andreas Schjelderup at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  12. "ANDREAS SCHJELDERUP". www.scoutedftbl.com. 16 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  13. "Andreas Schjelderup scout report: Another Norwegian goal-machine joins Benfica". www.foottheball.com. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  14. Andreas Schjelderup at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
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