Oliver Kjærgaard

Oliver Kjærgaard (born 2 May 1998) is a Danish footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Danish 2nd Division club FC Helsingør.

Oliver Kjærgaard
Personal information
Full name Oliver Kjærgaard
Date of birth (1998-07-11) 11 July 1998
Place of birth Kokkedal, Denmark
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Helsingør
Youth career
Lyngby BK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Lyngby BK 8 (0)
2018–2019 Tromsø 4 (0)
2018 → Nest-Sotra (loan) 13 (1)
2020– FC Helsingør 0 (0)
National team
2015–2016 Denmark U-18 6 (2)
2016–2017 Denmark U-19 7 (1)
2017 Denmark U-20 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 August 2019

Club career

Lyngby BK

Kjærgaard got his debut at the age of 17, on 8 December 2015 against AB in the Danish Cup, that Lyngby won 3-0.[1] He came on the pitch in the 61nd minute, where he replaced Oke Akpoveta. He did also play 2 games for the club in that season, in the Danish 1st Division.

On 24 September 2016 Lyngby BK confirmed, that they had extended Kjærgaard's until 2019.[1] But he continued playing for their U19 squad. He played his first match in the Danish Superliga on 31 March 2017 against FC Nordsjælland.[2]

Due to the economic situation of Lyngby in 2018, he terminated his contract on 9 February 2018.[3]

Tromsø IL

After leaving the club, he went on a trial at Tromsø IL.[4] He signed officially for the club on 22 February 2018.[5] He played his first game for the club in a 4-1 victory on 28 April 2018 against Sandefjord, where he entered the pitch in the 76th minute.[6]

After playing only two games for Tromsø, Kjærgaard was loaned out to Nest-Sotra on 2 August 2018. He idea was, that he should act as a replacement for Johnny Furdals.[7] The deal was for the rest of the year.[7]

The deal was terminated on 2 January 2020.[8]

FC Helsingør

Kjærgaard returned to Denmark and trained with FC Helsingør in about a month. On 5 March 2020 the club confirmed, that Kjærgaard had signed a contract until the end of the season.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 16 May 2019[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lyngby 2015–16 NordicBet Liga 2000-20
2016–17 Danish Superliga 3000-30
2017–18 3000-30
Total 8000--80
Tromsø 2018 Eliteserien 2021-41
2019 2023-43
Total 4044--84
Nest-Sotra (loan) 2018 OBOS-ligaen 12100-121
Total 12100--121
Career total 24144--285

References
  1. "Lyngby forlænger med Oliver Kjærgaard". lyngby-boldklub.dk. 24 September 2016.
  2. "NORDSJÆLLAND VS. LYNGBY 2 - 0". soccerway.com. 31 March 2017.
  3. "Ung midtbanemand ophæver med Lyngby". bold.dk. 10 February 2018.
  4. "Oliver Kjærgaard træner med i Tromsø". bold.dk. 13 February 2018.
  5. "SIGNERT FOR GUTAN". Tromsø IL. 22 February 2018.
  6. TROMSØ VS. SANDEFJORD 4 - 1, soccerway.com, 22 April 2018
  7. Oliver Kjærgaard klar for Nest-Sotra, nestsotra.no, 2 August 2018
  8. Tidligere Lyngby-spiller ophæver i Norge, bold.dk, 2 January 2020
  9. FC HELSINGØR SKRIVER MED OLIVER KJÆRGAARD, fchelsingor.dk, 5 March 2020
  10. "Oliver Kjærgaard". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV2. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
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