Dani Olmo

Dani Olmo
Personal information
Full name Daniel Olmo Carvajal
Date of birth (1998-05-07) 7 May 1998
Place of birth Terrassa, Spain
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Dinamo Zagreb
Number 7
Youth career
Espanyol
2007–2014 Barcelona
2014–2015 Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Dinamo Zagreb II 25 (3)
2015– Dinamo Zagreb 52 (10)
National team‡
2014 Spain U16 3 (0)
2015 Spain U17 9 (1)
2016 Spain U18 2 (1)
2018– Spain U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 October 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2018

Daniel "Dani" Olmo Carvajal (born 7 May 1998) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb as a winger.

Club career

Born in Terrassa, Barcelona, Catalonia, Olmo arrived in FC Barcelona's youth academy aged 9, from neighbours RCD Espanyol. In a surprise move, he joined Dinamo Zagreb in the summer of 2014. He made a first team debut vs NK Lokomotiva on 7 February 2015.[1] On 22 August 2016, Olmo signed a new, four-year contract with Dinamo Zagreb.[2]

International career

Olmo was part of the Spanish squad at the 2015 European Under-17 Championship in Bulgaria; he netted in the penalty shootout as they were eliminated by Germany in the quarter-finals, but then had his attempt saved by Will Huffer as Spain lost to England by the same means in a play-off for that year's World Cup for the category.[3]

In the end of 2017, Dinamo Zagreb Director Tomislav Svetina said that the club was doing all it could to get the teenager citizenship. Olmo himself showed desire to swich to Croatia on international level.[4]

Personal life

Olmo's father, Miquel, was also a footballer. A forward, he played professionally for lower league teams.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://gnkdinamo.hr/hr/novosti/vijesti/modra-buducnost-sjajni-mladici-koji-nezaustavljivo-dolaze.html
  2. ↑ http://www.gnkdinamo.hr/HR/Novosti/Clanak/olmo-dao-povjerenje-dinamu-na-iduce-cetiri-godine
  3. ↑ Shergold, Adam (19 May 2015). "England U17 0-0 Spain U17 (Pens 5-3): Young Lions win shootout to qualify for Under 17 World Cup in Chile". Daily Mail. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Spanish Teenage Talent Wants to Play for Croatia
  5. ↑ "Al Barça se le fugan los canteranos: Dani Olmo rompe su contrato y se marcha al Dinamo de Zagreb" (in Spanish). Voz Populy. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
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