Ingrid Syrstad Engen

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 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. She had not had much prominence in her first two seasons with the club, taking time to adapt to Barcelona's particular number 6 role; in the 2023–24 season, she was moved to the central defense when ball-playing centre-back Mapi León suffered a season-ending injury in December. Having only sporadically played in the back line for Norway before, she quickly thrived in this new role and became a fundamental piece of…

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 eliminated 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 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 on 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…

Engen's play is characterised as a possession-based, defensive-focused midfielder who operates in deeper areas of the pitch. She has good passing skills, but her play is best when stopping counter-attacks and holding possession. She can also play as a centre-back and is reliable for aerial duels.

Engen was previously in a relationship with fellow Norway international player Marie Dølvik Markussen. As of May 2026, she is in a relationship, which began in 2021, with former Barcelona teammate and Spanish international Mapi León.