Robin Olsen

Robin Olsen
Olsen lining-up for Sweden at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Robin Patrick Olsen[1]
Date of birth (1990-01-08) 8 January 1990
Place of birth Malmö, Sweden
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)[1]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Roma
Number 1
Youth career
1997–2000 Malmö FF
2001 BK Olympic
2002–2006 FC Malmö
2006–2007 Bunkeflo IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 IF Limhamn Bunkeflo 8 (0)
2010 Bunkeflo FF 18 (0)
2011 IFK Klagshamn 19 (0)
2012–2015 Malmö FF 53 (0)
2015–2016 PAOK 11 (0)
2016 → Copenhagen (loan) 14 (0)
2016–2018 Copenhagen 57 (0)
2018– Roma 7 (0)
National team‡
2015– Sweden 25 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 October 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2018

Robin Patrick Olsen (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈrɔbɪn ˈʊlsɛn]; born 8 January 1990) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for AS Roma as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Early life and career

Olsen's parents are Danish and he used to hold a Danish passport, but grew up in Sweden.[2] He began his career playing for Malmö youth teams before moving to the academy of BK Olympic. At the age of 16 he joined IF Limhamn Bunkeflo and made his debut in the Swedish second tier of a year later.[3]

Following a knee injury he went on to play for Bunkeflo FF and IFK Klagshamn.[3]

Malmö FF

In 2011, Olsen re-joined Malmö FF.[3] He made his Allsvenskan debut on 1 October 2012 in an away fixture against Syrianska FC, when first choice goalkeeper Johan Dahlin was suspended, and kept a clean sheet as the match ended 2–0 in Malmö's favour.[4] In the match on 5 April 2013 against Åtvidabergs FF Dahlin had to be substituted at half time for an injury and Olsen once again took his place. Olsen then managed to hold a clean sheet in the remaining part of the match as well as a further three matches before conceding a goal in stoppage time in his fourth match of the season in the away fixture against IFK Göteborg. Olsen kept Dahlin out of the starting eleven for some further matches before he was given the place on the bench once again. In total Olsen played 10 matches for Malmö FF during the league title winning 2013 season, an unusual feat for a second choice goalkeeper. Previously to the start of the 2014 season the club sold Johan Dahlin, making Olsen the first choice goalkeeper. In the 2014 season Olsen made 29 out of 30 league appearances and was a vital piece of the team that defended the clubs league title and qualified for the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League. For his performances in the league Olsen was awarded Allsvenskan goalkeeper of the year.[5] He was also nominated for Swedish goalkeeper of the year at Fotbollsgalan.[6]

PAOK

On 1 July 2015, it was announced that Olsen had signed a four-year contract with PAOK FC,[7][8][9] with a transfer fee of nearly €650,000 being paid to Malmö.[10]

F.C. Copenhagen

On 26 January 2016, it was announced that Olsen would join F.C. Copenhagen on loan from PAOK for six months.[11] According to F.C. Copenhagen's manager Ståle Solbakken, the Danish team was in search for a goalkeeper due to the injury of Stephan Andersen.[12] The performances of 26-year-old international in Super League and Europa League until January were below average, but he retained his good form since he joined the Danish club and increased his chances to be included in Sweden national team's squad ahead of Euro 2016. As a consequence of his performance, F.C. Copenhagen wanted to make the loan move permanent.[13]

On 24 May 2016, it was announced that Olsen would remain with F.C. Copenhagen signing a four-year contract. F.C. Copenhagen paid a transfer fee of almost €600,000 to PAOK.[14]

A.S. Roma

In 2018, Olsen helped Sweden reach their first World Cup quarterfinal since the 1994 FIFA World Cup and gained international interest from some of Europe's top clubs. On 24 July 2018, Olsen signed a five-year contract with the Italian club A.S. Roma with a reported fee of around €12,000,000.[15]

Olsen's arrival to the club was announced just five days after the departure of Roma's starting goalkeeper Alisson.[15]

International career

Olsen was eligible for international play for both Denmark and Sweden.[2] When he came to Malmö FF he said that he would prefer to play for Denmark but in 2014 he opted to play for Sweden according to Danish international coach Morten Olsen.[2][16] On 15 January 2015 he made his debut for Sweden in a friendly fixture against the Ivory Coast.[17]

In May 2018 he was named in Sweden's 23 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[18]

Career statistics

Olsen playing for Malmö FF in 2013.
Olsen playing for Malmö FF in 2014.
Olsen representing Sweden in 2015.

Club

As of 2 October 2018[19]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
IF Limhamn Bunkeflo 2007 N/AN/A——00
2008 N/AN/A——00
2009 80——80
Total 80000080
Bunkeflo FF 2010 180——180
IFK Klagshamn 2011 190——190
Malmö FF 2012 1010—20
2013 1001000110
2014 29040120450
2015 1304000170
Total 530100120750
PAOK 2015–16 1101070190
Total 1101070190
Copenhagen 2015–16 (loan) 1400000140
2016–17 33000150480
2017–18 24010120370
Total 71010270990
A.S. Roma 2018–19 70002090
Total 70002090
Career total 18701204802470

International

As of 7 July 2018[19]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 201520
201660
201780
201870
Total230

Honours

Club

Malmö FF
Copenhagen

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Robin Olsen vägrar välja landslag". dn.se (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "PAOK reach deal to sign Robin Olsen". www.paokfc.gr. 1 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Matchinformation: Syrianska FC - Malmö FF". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Här är vinnarna i Allsvenskans stora pris". allsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Allsvenskan. 6 November 2014. Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Nomineringarna till Fotbollsgalan 2014". fogis.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  7. ↑ Συμφωνία για την απόκτηση του Ρόμπιν Όλσεν (in Greek). 1 July 2015.
  8. ↑ Επίσημο: Στον ΠΑΟΚ ο Όλσεν (in Greek). 2 July 2015.
  9. ↑ Ο ΠΑΟΚ ανακοίνωσε τον Όλσεν (in Greek). 2 July 2015.
  10. ↑ Ετσι συμφώνησαν ΠΑΟΚ-Μάλμε για Ολσεν (in Greek). 3 July 2015.
  11. ↑ Στην Κοπεγχάγη ο Όλσεν (in Greek). www.paokfc.gr. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  12. ↑ Medie: FCK lejer Robin Olsen (in Danish). www.bold.dk. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  13. ↑ F.C. København want to make Olsen's move permanent. www.sdna.gr. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  14. ↑ Στην Κοπεγχάγη ο Όλσεν (in Greek). www.paokfc.gr. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  15. 1 2 "Roma sign Robin Olsen as replacement for Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson". ESPN.com. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  16. ↑ "Malmö-målmand siger nej tak til Morten Olsen". politiken.dk (in Danish). Politiken. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  17. ↑ "Startelvan mot Elfenbenskusten". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  18. ↑ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - 23-man & preliminary lists & when will they be announced?". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  19. 1 2 "Robin Olsen". soccerway.com (in Swedish). Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
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