Patrick Olsen

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 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)
2014Strømsgodset (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)

* 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
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2011–12 Brøndby Superliga 300030
2014 Strømsgodset (loan) Tippeligaen 511060
2015 Haugesund 11010120
2015– Lens Ligue 2 12110130
Career Total 31130341

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.
  5. "Gir seg i FKH" (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 20 July 2015.
  6. "Patrick Olsen, nouveau milieu de terrain lensois !" (in French). RC Lens. 27 August 2015.
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