Schjerderup, who played for a local soccer club, pleaded guilty in a court in Denmark and was given a suspended prison sentence.
Published November 19, 2025
A Danish court has convicted Norwegian soccer player Andreas Schjelderup of sharing sexual material with two boys under the age of 18 and handed him a suspended prison sentence.
Schjerderup, 21, who played for Denmark’s FC Nordskjälland last year, told a court in Copenhagen that he received the 27-second video on the social media app Snapchat and forwarded it to a group chat of four friends.
The winger, who currently plays for Portuguese club Benfica, pleaded guilty on Wednesday and told the court he knew within the first seconds that the people in the video were under 18.
“I forwarded it to a friend, who quickly realized it was illegal and deleted the video immediately,” Schelderup said.
In a statement posted to Instagram on Saturday, Schjerderup apologized and said, “I want to be open with everyone about the stupid mistake I made.”
Judge Matthias Eich handed Schjerderup a two-week suspended prison sentence. This means they will only have to serve time in prison if they are convicted of another crime within the next 12 months.
Prosecutors in the case had asked the court to sentence Schelderup to at least 20 days in prison.
His lawyer, Anders Nemeth, told the court the defense would need time to think it over before deciding whether to appeal.
Norway qualified for the 2026 World Cup with a 4-1 victory over Italy in the final qualifying match on Sunday. Schjerderup did not come on as a substitute in the match in Milan.
