Dani Olmo

Daniel Olmo Carvajal (born 7 May 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Spain national team. He can play as either an attacking midfielder or a winger.[2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Olmo and the second or maternal family name is Carvajal.

Dani Olmo
Personal information
Full name Daniel Olmo Carvajal
Date of birth (1998-05-07) 7 May 1998[1]
Place of birth Terrassa, Spain
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 RB Leipzig
Number 25
Youth career
2006–2007 Espanyol
2007–2014 Barcelona
2014–2015 Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Dinamo Zagreb II 25 (3)
2015–2020 Dinamo Zagreb 80 (20)
2020– RB Leipzig 32 (5)
National team‡
2014 Spain U16 3 (0)
2015 Spain U17 9 (1)
2016 Spain U18 3 (1)
2018– Spain U21 14 (6)
2019– Spain 8 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2020

Club career

Early career

Born in Terrassa, Barcelona, Catalonia,Spain Olmo arrived in FC Barcelona's youth academy aged nine, from neighbours RCD Espanyol.[1][3]

Dinamo Zagreb

In a surprise move, Olmo joined Dinamo Zagreb on 31 July 2014, aged 16.[4] He made his first team debut against NK Lokomotiva on 7 February 2015.[5] On 22 August 2016, Olmo signed a new four-year contract with Dinamo Zagreb.[6]

On 20 September 2018, he provided Izet Hajrović with an assist for the third goal and scored the fourth in the Europa League 4–1 victory over Fenerbahçe.[7] On 17 December, Olmo was named the best player of Prva HNL for 2018.[8] In the same month, he finished 11th in Tuttosport's Golden Boy award, ahead of the likes of Kylian Mbappé and Josip Brekalo.[9] On 14 February 2019, he scored the only goal in a Europa League round of 32 game against Viktoria Plzeň, that ended in a 2–1 loss.[10] On 3 June, he was named the best player and best young player of the 2018–19 Prva HNL season.[11]

On 18 September 2019, he made his Champions League debut in a 4–0 home win over Atalanta.[12] He scored his first goal in the competition on 22 October in a 2–2 away draw with Shakhtar Donetsk.[13] He scored the only Dinamo's goal in a 1–4 home defeat to Manchester City on 11 December, as Dinamo finished at the bottom of the group.[14][15]

RB Leipzig

On 25 January 2020, Olmo moved to Bundesliga club RB Leipzig, signing a four-year contract.[16][17]

He made his debut on 1 February 2020, in a 2–2 draw with Borussia Mönchengladbach coming on for Tyler Adams in 69th minute.[18] Three days later he scored the only goal in a 3–1 DFB-Pokal defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt, having come on for Amadou Haidara in 46th minute.[19] He earned his first start for the club on 9 February, in a game against Bayern Munich that ended as a goalless draw, coming off for Patrik Schick in 69th minute.[20] On 12 June, he scored both goals in a 2–0 victory over 1899 Hoffenheim.[21] On 13 August, he scored the opening goal in a 2–1 victory over Atlético Madrid at Estádio José Alvalade, as Leipzig progressed to the Champions League semi-final for the first time in the history of the club.[22][23]

International career

Olmo was part of the Spanish squad at the 2015 European Under-17 Championship in Bulgaria; he netted in the penalty shootout as they were eliminated by Germany in the quarter-finals, but then had his attempt saved by Will Huffer as Spain lost to England by the same means in a play-off for that year's World Cup for the category.[24] Towards the end of 2017, Dinamo Zagreb director Tomislav Svetina said that the club was doing all it could to get the teenager citizenship. Olmo himself showed a desire to switch to Croatia at the international level.[25] However, in October 2018, he made his debut for the Spanish under-21 side.

Olmo was part of the Spanish squad that won 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Italy and San Marino, playing four matches, assisting one goal and scoring three including one in the final which made him be named Man of the Match.[26][27][28]

Olmo earned his first senior team call-up in November 2019, for Euro 2020 qualifiers against Malta and Romania, after Spain had already qualified for the tournament.[29] He debuted on 15 November as a substitute for Álvaro Morata in the 66th minute and scored three minutes later in the 7–0 home win against Malta.[30] Fellow debutant Pau Torres also scored, making it the first time that two Spaniards scored on their first cap in 30 years.[31]

Personal life

Olmo's father, Miquel, was also a footballer. A forward, he played professionally for lower-league teams.[32] Dani's older brother Carlos is also footballer and plays as a defender in Dinamo Zagreb II. Olmo speaks Croatian fluently.[33]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 6 February 2021[34]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo Zagreb II 2015–16 Druga HNL 151——151
2016–17 102——102
Total 253——253
Dinamo Zagreb 2014–15 Prva HNL 50——50
2015–16 1011—21
2016–17 14143—184
2017–18 268512[lower-alpha 2]0339
2018–19 2583116[lower-alpha 3]34412
2019–20 932011[lower-alpha 4]5228
Total 802015629812434
RB Leipzig 2019–20 Bundesliga 123112[lower-alpha 4]1155
2020–21 202306[lower-alpha 4]1293
Total 3254182448
Career total 13728197371019345
  1. Includes appearances in Croatian Cup and DFB-Pokal.
  2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

International
As of match played 17 November 2020
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Spain 201911
202070
Total81

International goals
Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1 15 November 2019Estadio Ramón de Carranza, Cádiz, Spain1 Malta5–07–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

Honours

Club

Dinamo Zagreb[34]

International

Spain U21

Individual

International

National and regional

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