| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Derry Lionel Scherhant | ||
| Date of birth | 10 November 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Berlin, Germany [1] | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | SC Freiburg | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2017–2019 | Viktoria Berlin | ||
| 2019–2020 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | ||
| 2020 | Berliner SC | ||
| 2020–2021 | Hertha BSC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2024 | Hertha BSC II | 55 | (30) |
| 2022–2025 | Hertha BSC | 72 | (10) |
| 2025– | SC Freiburg | 38 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023 | Germany U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2025– | Germany U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2026– | Germany | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 October 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:41, 4 October 2026 (UTC) | |||
Derry Lionel Scherhant (born 10 November 2002) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward and winger for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg and the Germany national team.
Scherhant is a youth product of Viktoria Berlin, Tennis Borussia Berlin, and Berliner SC, before moving to the youth academy of Hertha BSC in 2020. [2] In the summer of 2021, he was promoted to their B-team in the Regionalliga where he scored 16 goals in 34 appearances in his first season. He signed a professional contract with the senior Hertha BSC squad on 17 June 2022 until 2025. [3] He made his professional debut with Hertha BSC as a late substitute in a 1–1 Bundesliga tie with Eintracht Frankfurt on 13 August 2022. On 12 February 2023, he scored his first professional goal in the Bundesliga in the 91st minute with 4-1 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach. [4] On 24 July 2023, he signed a professional contract with Hertha BSC until 2027. [5]
He made use of his release clause to move to SC Freiburg for 2 million euros in 2025 which was officially announced on 21 May 2025. [6]
In September 2026, Scherhant was one of players who were called up with the Germany national team by head coach Jürgen Klopp for the 2026–27 UEFA Nations League matches against Netherlands, Greece, Serbia and Greece between 24 September and 4 October 2026. [7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hertha BSC II | 2021–22 [8] | Regionalliga Nordost | 34 | 16 | — | — | — | 34 | 16 | |||
| 2022–23 [9] | Regionalliga Nordost | 12 | 8 | — | — | — | 12 | 8 | ||||
| 2023–24 [10] | Regionalliga Nordost | 9 | 6 | — | — | — | 9 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 55 | 30 | — | — | — | 55 | 30 | |||||
| Hertha BSC | 2022–23 [9] | Bundesliga | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 [10] | 2. Bundesliga | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 2 | |||
| 2024–25 [11] | 2. Bundesliga | 34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 37 | 9 | |||
| Total | 72 | 10 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 78 | 12 | ||||
| SC Freiburg | 2025–26 [12] | Bundesliga | 31 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 [a] | 1 | — | 49 | 7 | |
| 2026–27 [13] | Bundesliga | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 [b] | 1 | — | 11 | 3 | ||
| Total | 38 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 2 | — | 60 | 10 | |||
| Career total | 165 | 47 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 193 | 52 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2026 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
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