Patrick Olsen
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Patrick Haakon Olsen | ||
| Date of birth | 23 April 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Taarnby, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | RC Lens | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–2012 | Brøndby IF | ||
| 2012–2013 | Internazionale | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011-2012 | Brøndby IF | 3 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Internazionale | 1 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Strømsgodset (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2015 | Haugesund | 11 | (0) |
| 2015– | RC Lens | 13 | (1) |
| 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) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 October 2015. | |||
Patrick Haakon Olsen (born 23 April 1994) is a Danish footballer, who plays for RC Lens of the Ligue 2 in France.
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]
Career statistics
- As of 21 December 2015
| Season | Club | Division | League | Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2011–12 | Brøndby | Superliga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | Strømsgodset (loan) | Tippeligaen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2015 | Haugesund | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2015– | Lens | Ligue 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Career Total | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 1 | ||
References
- ↑ "Transfer market: Patrick Olsen to Strømsgodset". F.C. Internazionale Milano. 11 February 2014.
- ↑ "Talents to watch from U17 finals". UEFA.com. 16 May 2011.
- ↑ http://www.inter-news.it/calciomercato/patrick-olsen-rescisso-suo-contratto-linter/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Fra Inter Milan til Haugesund" (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 24 April 2015.
- ↑ "Gir seg i FKH" (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 20 July 2015.
- ↑ "Patrick Olsen, nouveau milieu de terrain lensois !" (in French). RC Lens. 27 August 2015.