Jens Odgaard

Jens Odgaard (Danish pronunciation: [ˈʌðˌkɒˀ]; born 31 March 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker for SC Heerenveen, on loan from Sassuolo.[1]

Jens Odgaard
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-03-31) 31 March 1999
Place of birth Hillerød, Denmark
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 SC Heerenveen
(on loan from Sassuolo)
Number 9
Youth career
Lyngby
2017–2018 Internazionale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Lyngby 18 (3)
2017–2018 Internazionale 0 (0)
2018– Sassuolo 1 (0)
2019– → Heerenveen (loan) 17 (7)
National team
2014–2015 Denmark U16 8 (3)
2015–2016 Denmark U17 17 (8)
2016–2017 Denmark U18 5 (3)
2017– 2019 Denmark U19 9 (8)
2019- Denmark U21 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 December 2019

Youth career

Odgaard is a youth exponent from Lyngby Boldklub.

Club career

Lyngby Boldklub

Odgaard got his debut for Lyngby BK on 15 March 2016 at the age of just 16. He started on the bench, but replaced Gustav Therkildsen in the 89th minute in a 1–0 victory against Aalborg in the Danish Cup.[2]

He played his first league game on 17 April 2016, where he came on the pitch in the 65th minute, replacing Jeppe Kjær, in a 2–0 victory against Næstved BK.[3]

Odgaard extended his contract with Lyngby in the summer 2016 until the summer 2018, and was moved up to the senior squad.[4] He was the youngest player ever for Lyngby Boldklub, to have played a match in the Danish Superliga, at the age of 17 years and 115 days.[5]

Internazionale

On 5 July 2017, F.C. Internazionale Milano announced the signing of Odgaard.[6] He plays for the youth team.

Sassuolo

On 30 June 2018, Odgaard was transferred to Serie A team Sassuolo, however Internazionale reserve the right to buy him back.[7]

Heerenveen (loan)

On 22 June 2019, Odgaard joined to Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen on loan until 30 June 2020.[8]

References
  1. Jens Odgaard at WorldFootball.net
  2. "LYNGBY VS. AAB 1 - 2". soccerway.com. 28 October 2015.
  3. "Næstved vs. Lyngby - 17 April 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  4. "Lyngby forlænger med Jens Odgaard - Soccerway". lyngby-boldklub.dk. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  5. Rekordholder Odgaard vil have mere Archived 22 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine‚ lyngby-boldklub.dk
  6. "Jens Odgaard completes Inter switch" (Press release). F.C. Internazionale Milano. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  7. "Odgaard sold to Sassuolo". inter.it. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  8. "UFFICIALE: Sassuolo, ceduto in prestito all'Heerenveen il giovane Odgaard" (in Italian). Retrieved 22 June 2019.
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