Patrick Olsen

Patrick Haakon Olsen (born 23 April 1994) is a Danish footballer, who plays for Danish Superliga club AaB.

Patrick Olsen
Personal information
Full name Patrick Haakon Olsen
Date of birth (1994-04-23) 23 April 1994
Place of birth Taarnby, Denmark
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 AaB
Number 21
Youth career
?–2012 Brøndby IF
2012–2013 Internazionale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Brøndby IF 3 (0)
2013–2015 Internazionale 0 (0)
2014 → Strømsgodset (loan) 6 (0)
2015 Haugesund 11 (0)
2015–2017 RC Lens 25 (4)
2017 Grasshopper Club Zürich 6 (0)
2017–2019 FC Helsingør 52 (3)
2019– AaB 14 (4)
National team
2009–2010 Denmark U16 6 (1)
2010–2011 Denmark U17 23 (0)
2012 Denmark U18 2 (0)
2011–2013 Denmark U19 12 (1)
2012 Denmark U20 3 (0)
2013 Denmark U21 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 October 2019

Career

Olsen played in the U-19 squad at Brøndby. He debuted on the 1. team of Brøndby in the Danish Superliga on 6 May 2012 against AaB. In August 2012, he signed with the Serie A giants F.C. Internazionale.

He played in Guinness Cup in 2013 with Inter and appeared in one Coppa Italia match, coming on as a substitute against Trapani. In February 2014, he was loaned out to Norwegian club Strømsgodset.[1]

He has played 43 official matches for the Danish national youth teams. In 2011, he was part of the Denmark national under-17 football team, which participated in the 2011 UEFA European U-17 Football Championship. He was later praised as one out of 11 talents to watch by UEFA.[2] He also played in the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

He spent 2014 on loan to Strømsgodset, but failed to break into the team, playing only 6 matches. He played instead mostly for the reserve team, where he received three red cards in total during the season.

On 2 February 2015, Olsen was released from Inter.[3]

On 24 April 2015, Olsen joined Norwegian side Haugesund.[4] On 20 July 2015, after playing 11 of the 12 next league matches, Olsen left on a free transfer, despite that the club wanting to keep him.[5]

On 27 August 2015 it was announced, that Olsen had signed a contract with Ligue 2-club RC Lens.[6]

After a new coach at Lens, Patrick Olsen did not get very much playing time in the 2016-2017-season and in the winter break he moved to Grasshopper Club Zürich on the 27st of January.

On 26 June 2019, Olsen joined AaB on a contract until June 2022.[7]

Career statistics
As of 27 January 2017
Season Club Division League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2011–12 Brøndby Superliga 300030
2013–14 Internazionale Serie A 001010
2014 Strømsgodset (loan) Tippeligaen 601070
2015 Haugesund 11010120
2015–16 Lens Ligue 2 25410264
2016–17 Lens 000000
2016–17 Grasshopper Club Zürich Swiss Super league 000000
Career Total 45130494
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References
  1. "Transfer market: Patrick Olsen to Strømsgodset". F.C. Internazionale Milano. 11 February 2014.
  2. "Talents to watch from U17 finals". UEFA.com. 16 May 2011.
  3. http://www.inter-news.it/calciomercato/patrick-olsen-rescisso-suo-contratto-linter/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Fra Inter Milan til Haugesund" (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 24 April 2015. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015.
  5. "Gir seg i FKH" (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 20 July 2015. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015.
  6. "Patrick Olsen, nouveau milieu de terrain lensois !" (in French). RC Lens. 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 29 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  7. AaB skriver kontrakt med Patrick Olsen, aabsport.dk, 26 June 2019
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