Ingrid Syrstad Engen

About

Ingrid Syrstad Engen (born 29 April 1998) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for French Première Ligue club OL Lyonnes and the Norway national team. She previously played for Trondheims-Ørn and LSK Kvinner in Norway, Wolfsburg in Germany and Barcelona in Spain before joining OL Lyonnes in 2025.

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 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…