Patrick Olsen


Patrick Haakon Olsen is a Danish footballer, who plays for Danish Superliga club AaB.

Career

Olsen played in the U-19 squad at Brøndby. He debuted on the 1. team of Brøndby in the Danish Superliga on 6 May 2012 against AaB. In August 2012, he signed with the Serie A giants F.C. Internazionale.
He played in Guinness Cup in 2013 with Inter and appeared in one Coppa Italia match, coming on as a substitute against Trapani. In February 2014, he was loaned out to Norwegian club Strømsgodset.
He has played 43 official matches for the Danish national youth teams. In 2011, he was part of the Denmark national under-17 football team, which participated in the 2011 UEFA European U-17 Football Championship. He was later praised as one out of 11 talents to watch by UEFA. He also played in the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
He spent 2014 on loan to Strømsgodset, but failed to break into the team, playing only 6 matches. He played instead mostly for the reserve team, where he received three red cards in total during the season.
On 2 February 2015, Olsen was released from Inter.
On 24 April 2015, Olsen joined Norwegian side Haugesund. On 20 July 2015, after playing 11 of the 12 next league matches, Olsen left on a free transfer, despite that the club wanting to keep him.
On 27 August 2015 it was announced, that Olsen had signed a contract with Ligue 2-club RC Lens.
After a new coach at Lens, Patrick Olsen did not get very much playing time in the 2016-2017-season and in the winter break he moved to Grasshopper Club Zürich on the 27st of January.
On 26 June 2019, Olsen joined AaB on a contract until June 2022.

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