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.jpg) Odgaard (left) playing for AZ in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 31 March 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Hillerød, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bologna | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | Lyngby | ||
| 2017–2018 | Inter Milan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Lyngby | 18 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | Inter Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2022 | Sassuolo | 1 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Heerenveen (loan) | 24 | (7) |
| 2020 | → Lugano (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Pescara (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | → RKC Waalwijk (loan) | 30 | (8) |
| 2022–2024 | AZ | 46 | (10) |
| 2024 | → Bologna (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| 2024– | Bologna | 55 | (11) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 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 | 5 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:34, 23 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 November 2019 | |||
Jens Odgaard (Danish pronunciation: [ˈʌðˌkɒˀ]; born 31 March 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Bologna.[2]
Youth career
[edit]Odgaard is a youth exponent from Lyngby Boldklub.
Club career
[edit]Lyngby Boldklub
[edit]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.[3]
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.[4]
Odgaard extended his contract with Lyngby in the summer 2016 until the summer 2018, and was moved up to the senior squad.[5] 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.[6]
Inter
[edit]On 5 July 2017, Inter Milan announced the signing of Odgaard.[7] He played for the youth team.
Sassuolo
[edit]On 30 June 2018, Odgaard was transferred to Serie A team Sassuolo, however Inter Milan reserved the right to buy him back.[8]
Heerenveen (loan)
[edit]On 22 June 2019, Odgaard joined to Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen on loan until 30 June 2020.[9]
Lugano (loan)
[edit]On 2 October 2020, Odgaard joined Swiss club Lugano on loan until 30 June 2021.[10]
Pescara (loan)
[edit]On 22 January 2021, Odgaard joined Serie B club Pescara, on a loan until the end of the season.[11]
RKC Waalwijk (loan)
[edit]On 24 July 2021, he moved to RKC Waalwijk in the Netherlands on a new loan.[12]
AZ
[edit]On 24 June 2022, Odgaard moved to Dutch club AZ and signed a five-year contract.[13]
Bologna
[edit]On 1 February 2024, Odgaard returned to Italy and joined Bologna on loan with an option to buy.[14] On 16 May 2024, Bologna exercised their option to make the transfer permanent.[15]
On 14 May 2025, he won Coppa Italia with Bologna, helping the club to their first major trophy in 51 years.[16]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 23 May 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lyngby | 2015–16 | Danish 1st Division | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Danish Superliga | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 17 | 4 | |||
| Total | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 20 | 4 | ||||
| Sassuolo | 2018–19 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Heerenveen (loan) | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 7 | ||
| Lugano (loan) | 2020–21 | Swiss Super League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pescara (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie B | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||
| RKC Waalwijk (loan) | 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 30 | 8 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 33 | 11 | ||
| AZ | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 11[b] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 12 |
| 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | |
| Total | 46 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 14 | ||
| Bologna (loan) | 2023–24 | Serie A | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | 10 | 2 | |||
| Bologna | 2024–25 | Serie A | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5[c] | 0 | — | 37 | 6 | |
| 2025–26 | Serie A | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11[d] | 2 | 2[e] | 0 | 41 | 7 | |
| Total | 55 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 13 | ||
| Career total | 209 | 42 | 17 | 6 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 262 | 52 | ||
- ↑ Includes Danish Cup, KNVB Cup, Coppa Italia
- 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearances in Supercoppa Italiana
Honours
[edit]Bologna
Individual
- Eredivisie Team of the Month: December 2021,[18] September 2022[19]
References
[edit]- ↑ https://www.bolognafc.it/player/jens-odgaard
- ↑ Jens Odgaard at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ "LYNGBY VS. AAB 1 – 2". soccerway.com. 28 October 2015.
- ↑ "Næstved vs. Lyngby – 17 April 2016 – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ↑ "Lyngby forlænger med Jens Odgaard – Soccerway". lyngby-boldklub.dk. Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ Rekordholder Odgaard vil have mere Archived 22 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine‚ lyngby-boldklub.dk
- ↑ "Jens Odgaard completes Inter switch" (Press release). Inter Milan. 5 July 2017. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ↑ "Odgaard sold to Sassuolo". inter.it. 30 June 2018. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ↑ "UFFICIALE: Sassuolo, ceduto in prestito all'Heerenveen il giovane Odgaard" (in Italian). Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ↑ "UFFICIALE: Scamacca è del Genoa. Il Sassuolo ha ceduto in prestito anche Odgaard: va al Lugano".
- ↑ Guarino, Giuseppe (22 January 2021). "UFFICIALE: Jens Odgaard passa in prestito al Pescara" [OFFICIAL: Jens Odgaard goes on loan to Pescara]. Canale Sassuolo (in Italian). Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ↑ "RKC Waalwijk verwelkomt spits Jens Odgaard op huurbasis" (in Dutch). RKC Waalwijk. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ↑ "Odgaard naar AZ" (in Dutch). AZ. 24 June 2022. Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ↑ "Jens Odgaard joins Bologna". Bologna. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ↑ "ODGAARD SIGNS ON A PERMANENT DEAL". Bologna FC 1909. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ↑ "Bologna tager første titel i 51 år" (in Danish). Tv2. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ↑ "AC Milan 0–1 Bologna: Bologna win Coppa Italia to end 51-year trophy drought". BBC Sport. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ↑ "Ajax still provides most players for team of the month". eredivisie.eu. 14 January 2022.
- ↑ "Cody Gakpo named as Eredivisie Player Of The Month for September". Eredivisie. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
External links
[edit]
- Profile at the Bologna FC 1909 website
- Jens Odgaard national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
- Jens Odgaard – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Living people
- 1999 births
- Sportspeople from Hillerød Municipality
- Danish men's footballers
- Footballers from the Capital Region of Denmark
- Men's association football forwards
- Denmark men's under-21 international footballers
- Denmark men's youth international footballers
- Danish Superliga players
- Serie A players
- Eredivisie players
- Serie B players
- Lyngby Boldklub players
- US Sassuolo Calcio players
- SC Heerenveen players
- FC Lugano players
- Delfino Pescara 1936 players
- RKC Waalwijk players
- AZ Alkmaar players
- Bologna FC 1909 players
- Danish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- 21st-century Danish sportsmen
- Inter Milan players