Oliver Hintsa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oliver Abner Endrias Hintsa | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Halmstad, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dinamo București | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2009 | Snöstorp Nyhem | ||
| 2010–2020 | Halmstad | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Halmstad | 0 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Tvååker (loan) | 20 | (8) |
| 2021–2023 | Falkenberg | 83 | (21) |
| 2024–2026 | Sogndal | 69 | (22) |
| 2026– | Dinamo București | 4 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Sweden U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2026– | Eritrea | 2 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 August 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 March 2026 | |||
Oliver Abner Endrias Hintsa (Tigrinya: ኦሊቨር ኣብነር እንድርያስ ሕንጻ; born 1 January 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga I club Dinamo București. Born in Sweden, he represents Eritrea internationally.
Career
[edit]Hintsa started playing for Halmstads BK around age 9, rose in the ranks and signed a contract with the first team in 2019.[2] Having not made his league debut yet, he was loaned out to Tvååkers IF in August 2020.[3] He scored several goals there.[4]
In 2021, his prospects to gain more playing time in Halmstad were not good, and he chose to move on to Falkenbergs FF.[5] He scored his first Superettan goal in September 2021.[6]
In January 2024 he was announced as a new player for Sogndal IL in the Norwegian First Division.[7] His goalscoring picked up in his second season, stopping on 14 league goals.[8][9] A transfer bid from KFUM was reportedly rejected in January 2026.[10] Sogndal reportedly also "put Hintsa in the freezer", declined to let him play if he did not sign an extended contract.[11]
In 2026 he was called up to play for Eritrea,[12] alongside other members of the diaspora. He made his international debut in March in a two-legged face-off agaist Eswatini, where Eritrea won both legs.[1]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 8 August 2026[13]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Halmstad | 2019 | Superettan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tvååker (loan) | 2020 | Ettan | 20 | 8 | — | — | — | 20 | 8 | |||
| Falkenberg | 2021 | Superettan | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 3 | ||
| 2022 | Ettan | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 32 | 8 | ||
| 2023 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 1 | — | 2[b] | 1 | 32 | 12 | |||
| Total | 83 | 21 | 7 | 2 | — | 4 | 1 | 94 | 24 | |||
| Sogndal | 2024 | 1. divisjon | 30 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 32 | 5 | ||
| 2025 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 30 | 17 | ||||
| 2026 | 13 | 4 | — | — | — | 13 | 4 | |||||
| Total | 69 | 22 | 6 | 4 | — | — | 75 | 26 | ||||
| Dinamo București | 2026–27 | Liga I | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 176 | 52 | 13 | 6 | — | 4 | 1 | 193 | 59 | |||
- ↑ Includes Svenska Cupen, Norwegian Cup
- 1 2 Appearances in Superettan promotion/relegation play-offs
International
[edit]- As of match played 31 March 2026.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eritrea | |||
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
Personal life
[edit]Legendary player Freddie Ljungberg is Hintsa's godfather.[14]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Oliver Hintsa at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ "Talangen Oliver Hintsa skriver kontrakt med HBK" (in Swedish). Halmstads BK. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ "Oliver Hintsa lånas ut resten av säsongen". Halmstadsport (in Swedish). 4 August 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ "Hintsas sköna avslutning". Hallands Nyheter (in Swedish). 22 August 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ "Oliver Hintsa klar för Falkenbergs FF". Hallands Nyheter (in Swedish). 4 January 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ "Hintsa efter segern inför storpublik: "Otroligt häftigt"". Sveriges Radio. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ "Officiellt: Hintsa klar för Sogndal". Fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). 23 January 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ Oliver Hintsa at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ↑ "Proffskollen: Hintsa gör storsuccé i Norge – matchvinnare igen". Sogn Avis (in Norwegian Nynorsk). 5 May 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ "Uppgifter: Bud har nobbats på succésvensken". Fotbolldirekt (in Swedish). 4 January 2026. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ "Ex-HBK:aren ville inte förlänga – hamnade i frysboxen". Hallands Nyheter (in Swedish). 15 August 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ "Mangla eit lass med spelarar – og det var han veldig glad for". Sogn Avis (in Norwegian Nynorsk). 31 March 2026. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ Oliver Hintsa at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ↑ ""Får tips av honom – vi skriver efter varje match"". Expressen (in Swedish). 28 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Halmstad
- Swedish people of Eritrean descent
- Swedish men's footballers
- Eritrean men's footballers
- Sweden men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Halmstads BK players
- Tvååkers IF players
- Falkenbergs FF players
- Sogndal Fotball players
- FC Dinamo București players
- Superettan players
- Ettan Fotboll players
- Norwegian First Division players
- Liga I players
- Swedish expatriate men's footballers
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Eritrean expatriate men's footballers
- Eritrean expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Eritrea men's international footballers
- 21st-century Swedish sportsmen