Andreas Skov Olsen

Andreas Skov Olsen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈskʌwˀ ˈoˀlsn̩]; born 29 December 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie A club Bologna.

Andreas Skov Olsen
Personal information
Full name Andreas Skov Olsen
Date of birth (1999-12-29) 29 December 1999
Place of birth Hillerød, Denmark
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
Bologna
Number 11
Youth career
Alsønderup SG&I
2012–2018 Nordsjælland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Nordsjælland 41 (22)
2019– Bologna 34 (2)
National team
2017 Denmark U-18 1 (0)
2017–2018 Denmark U-19 10 (7)
2017– Denmark U-21 18 (9)
2020– Denmark 1 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:43, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:20, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

Youth career

Olsen started his career at local club, ASGI from Alsønderup, outside of Hillerød, but later joined the FC Nordsjælland at the age of 12.[1]

Club career

Nordsjælland

Already at the age of 17, Olsen was called up by the coach of the Danish national under-21 football team, to replace an injured Kasper Junker in June 2017. He then got his debut for the U21 national team in a game against Sweden U21.[2]

The winger got his first senior call up on 17 July 2017, where he sat on the bench for the whole game against OB. He was also with the first team squad in Sweden in the summer 2017, where he played a in a friendly match.

Olsen got his debut for FC Nordsjælland on 23 July 2017 at the age of 17. He started on the bench, but replaced Emiliano Marcondes in the 95th minute in a 3–2 victory against Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga.[3] Few days later, he played 72 minutes in a Danish Cup game against amateur side Vejgaard B, where he both scored and assisted a goal.

Olsen was officially promoted to the first team squad from the summer 2018. Olsen had a turbulent first half season in the Danish Superliga scoring an impressing 11 goals despite his young age.[4] He ended the season scoring 22 league goals.

Bologna

On 24 July 2019, it was confirmed, that Olsen had left Denmark after two impressive seasons in the Danish Superliga, to join Italian Serie A club Bologna.[5]

International career

He was called up to the senior Denmark squad for the UEFA Nations League matches against Belgium and England in September 2020.[6] He made his debut on 7 October 2020 in a friendly against Faroe Islands and scored a goal in a 4–0 win.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 September 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nordsjælland 2017–18 Danish Superliga 502171
2018–19 362221634426
Total 412242635127
Bologna 2019–20 Serie A 26100261
2020–21 210021
Total 28200282
Career total 692442637929

International goals

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first.
GoalDateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 October 2020MCH Arena, Herning, Denmark1 Faroe Islands1–04–0Friendly

References

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