Jens Odgaard
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 31 March 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Hillerød, Denmark | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | RKC Waalwijk | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
Lyngby | |||
2017–2018 | Inter Milan | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2017 | Lyngby | 18 | (3) |
2017–2018 | Inter Milan | 0 | (0) |
2018– | Sassuolo | 1 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Heerenveen (loan) | 24 | (7) |
2020 | → Lugano (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2021 | → Pescara (loan) | 19 | (1) |
2021– | → RKC Waalwijk (loan) | 18 | (7) |
National team‡ | |||
2014–2015 | Denmark U16 | 8 | (3) |
2015–2016 | Denmark U17 | 17 | (8) |
2016–2017 | Denmark U18 | 5 | (3) |
2017–2019 | Denmark U19 | 9 | (8) |
2019 | Denmark U21 | 5 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 December 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019 |
Jens Odgaard (Danish pronunciation: [ˈʌðˌkɒˀ]; born 31 March 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Dutch club RKC Waalwijk on loan from the Italian club Sassuolo.[1]
Youth career[]
Odgaard is a youth exponent from Lyngby Boldklub.
Club career[]
Lyngby Boldklub[]
Odgaard got his debut for Lyngby BK on 15 March 2016 at the age of just 16. He started on the bench, but replaced Gustav Therkildsen in the 89th minute in a 1–0 victory against Aalborg in the Danish Cup.[2]
He played his first league game on 17 April 2016, where he came on the pitch in the 65th minute, replacing Jeppe Kjær, in a 2–0 victory against Næstved BK.[3]
Odgaard extended his contract with Lyngby in the summer 2016 until the summer 2018, and was moved up to the senior squad.[4] He was the youngest player ever for Lyngby Boldklub, to have played a match in the Danish Superliga, at the age of 17 years and 115 days.[5]
Inter[]
On 5 July 2017, Inter Milan announced the signing of Odgaard.[6] He played for the youth team.
Sassuolo[]
On 30 June 2018, Odgaard was transferred to Serie A team Sassuolo, however Inter Milan reserved the right to buy him back.[7]
Heerenveen (loan)[]
On 22 June 2019, Odgaard joined to Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen on loan until 30 June 2020.[8]
Lugano (loan)[]
On 2 October 2020, Odgaard joined Swiss club Lugano on loan until 30 June 2021.[9]
Pescara (loan)[]
On 22 January 2021, Odgaard joined Serie B club Pescara, on a loan until the end of the season.[10]
RKC Waalwijk (loan)[]
On 24 July 2021, he moved to RKC Waalwijk in the Netherlands on a new loan.[11]
References[]
- ^ Jens Odgaard at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "LYNGBY VS. AAB 1 - 2". soccerway.com. 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Næstved vs. Lyngby - 17 April 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Lyngby forlænger med Jens Odgaard - Soccerway". lyngby-boldklub.dk. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ^ Rekordholder Odgaard vil have mere Archived 22 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine‚ lyngby-boldklub.dk
- ^ "Jens Odgaard completes Inter switch" (Press release). Inter Milan. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ "Odgaard sold to Sassuolo". inter.it. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Sassuolo, ceduto in prestito all'Heerenveen il giovane Odgaard" (in Italian). Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Scamacca è del Genoa. Il Sassuolo ha ceduto in prestito anche Odgaard: va al Lugano".
- ^ Guarino, Giuseppe (22 January 2021). "UFFICIALE: Jens Odgaard passa in prestito al Pescara" [OFFICIAL: Jens Odgaard goes on loan to Pescara]. Canale Sassuolo (in Italian). Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ "RKC Waalwijk verwelkomt spits Jens Odgaard op huurbasis" (in Dutch). RKC Waalwijk. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
External links[]
- Jens Odgaard at Soccerway
- Jens Odgaard at Lyngbys website
- Jens Odgaard at DBU
- Living people
- 1999 births
- Association football forwards
- Danish footballers
- Denmark youth international footballers
- Danish Superliga players
- Serie A players
- Eredivisie players
- Serie B players
- Lyngby Boldklub players
- U.S. Sassuolo Calcio players
- SC Heerenveen players
- FC Lugano players
- Delfino Pescara 1936 players
- RKC Waalwijk players
- Danish expatriate footballers
- Danish expatriates in Italy
- Danish expatriates in the Netherlands
- Danish expatriates in Switzerland
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- People from Hillerød Municipality