Dani Olmo

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Dani Olmo
Personnel
Surname Daniel Olmo Carvajal
birthday May 7, 1998
place of birth Terrassa ,  Spain
size 179 cm
position Attacking midfield
Juniors
Years station
0000-2007 Espanyol Barcelona
2007-2014 FC Barcelona
2014-2017 Dinamo Zagreb
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2015-2020 Dinamo Zagreb 80 (20)
2015-2017 Dinamo Zagreb II 25 0(3)
2020– RB Leipzig 9 0(3)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2014 Spain U16 3 0(0)
2015 Spain U17 8 0(0)
2018-2019 Spain U21 14 0(6)
2019– Spain 1 0(1)
1 Only league games are given.
As of June 12, 2020

2 As of November 18, 2019

Daniel "Dani" Olmo Carvajal (born May 7, 1998 in Terrassa ) is a Spanish football player . The offensive midfielder is under contract with Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and is a national team player .

Career

societies

Olmo played for Espanyol Barcelona in his youth and in 2007 moved to the youth academy of city rivals FC Barcelona . As a B-youth , he joined the Croatian first division club Dinamo Zagreb in 2014 to fill the position of Alen Halilović, who had migrated to FC Barcelona, in the attacking midfield. In February 2015, the Spaniard moved up to the first team, but continued to play for the A youth team . He made his men's debut on February 7, 2015 (20th match day) at the age of 16 years and nine months in a 2-1 home win against NK Lokomotiva Zagreb after a substitution for Paulo Machado in the 76th minute. With the A youth team, Olmo played for the first time in the UEFA Youth League on September 16 of the same year when they lost 2-0 at home to Arsenal .

In the 2015/16 season , the midfielder was primarily used in the 2nd HNL at Dinamo Zagreb's second team. For the first team, he came to a league appearance on May 14, 2016 (36th match day) and thus contributed to the double at the end of the season. After playing in 14 league games in the 2016/17 season , the Spaniard developed into a regular player in the following season. Two more national championships followed, as well as a cup victory and winning the Croatian Supercup with Dinamo.

At the end of January 2020, Olmo moved to Germany for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig , with whom he signed a contract that ran until June 30, 2024.

National team

In 2014, Olmo completed three international matches for the U16 team of the Spanish Football Association . After playing for the U17 national team three times in the European Championship qualification in March 2015, he played with her in May 2015 at the U17 European Championship in Bulgaria . There he was used in all five matches of his team, with whom he finished sixth after a defeat in the quarter-finals against the German U17s .

On October 11, 2018, he made his debut in the U21 national team , which defeated the national team of Albania 1-0 in the European Championship qualification . With her he took part in the U-21 European Football Championship , which was held in Italy and San Marino from June 16 to 30, 2019 . He was used in two Group A games , the 2-1 victory over Belgium and the 5-0 victory over Poland ; in his first group game, he scored the goal to 1-0 in the seventh minute. Furthermore, he was used in the semifinals , in the 4-1 victory over France , and in the final , in the 2-1 victory over Germany , where he scored another goal.

The midfielder played for the Spanish senior national team for the first time as part of the qualification for Euro 2020 . The team qualified for the finals without defeat.

successes

Dinamo Zagreb

National team

Personal

He is the son of former soccer player and soccer coach Miquel Olmo . His older brother Carlos (* 1996) plays in the second team at Dinamo Zagreb.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nick Aitken: Europe's child prodigies: Dani Olmo. In: uefa.com . May 16, 2015, accessed August 13, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Dani Olmo strengthens RB Leipzig! In: dierotenbullen.com. January 25, 2020, accessed August 13, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Javier Cáceres: RB Leipzig - Olmo and his courageous plan. In: sueddeutsche.de . February 1, 2020, accessed June 16, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Albert Fibla: "És un any força complicat". In: L'Esportiu de Catalunya. April 24, 2020, accessed June 16, 2020 (Catalan).
personal data
SURNAME Olmo, Dani
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Olmo Carvajal, Daniel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION spanish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1998
PLACE OF BIRTH Terrassa , Spain