Derry Scherhant

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Derry Scherhant
Personal information
Full name Derry Lionel Scherhant
Date of birth (2002-11-10) 10 November 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Berlin, Germany [1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2024 Hertha BSC II 55 (30)
2022–2025 Hertha BSC 72 (10)
2025– SC Freiburg 1 (0)
International career
2023 Germany U20 2 (0)
2025– Germany U21 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10:23, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

Derry Lionel Scherhant (born 10 November 2002) is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg.

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Career

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 August 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hertha BSC II 2021–22 Regionalliga Nordost 34163416
2022–23 Regionalliga Nordost128128
2023–24 Regionalliga Nordost9696
Total55305530
Hertha BSC 2022–23 Bundesliga 10100101
2023–24 2. Bundesliga 28230312
2024–25 2. Bundesliga34732379
Total7210627812
SC Freiburg 2025–26 Bundesliga10100020
Career total1284072000013542

    References

    1. "Derry Scherhant | Hertha BSC - Spielerprofil | Bundesliga". bundesliga.de - die offizielle Webseite der Bundesliga.
    2. Kurier, Berliner. "Hertha BSC: Shootingstar Derry Scherhant (20) in Startelf gegen Bochum, sein Jugendtrainer jubelt in Lichterfelde: "Derry, du bist genial!"". Berliner Kurier.
    3. ""Enorme Entwicklung": Hertha belohnt Scherhant". kicker.
    4. "Hertha BSC: Bundesliga-Debütant Derry Scherhant angeschlagen". OneFootball.
    5. Zeitung, Süddeutsche (24 July 2023). "Angreifer Derry Scherhant verlängert bei Hertha bis 2027". Süddeutsche.de.
    6. "SC secure signing of Derry Scherhant | SC Freiburg". www.scfreiburg.com. Retrieved 9 June 2025.