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Dani Olmo
Dani Olmo
Personal information
Full name: Daniel Olmo Carvajal
Date of birth: 7 May 1998 (1998-05-07) (age 26)
Place of birth:    Terrassa, Flag of Catalonia Catalonia, Flag of Spain Spain
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position: Attacking midfielder / Winger
Club information
Current club Flag of Spain Barcelona
Number: 20
Youth clubs
2006–2007
2007–2014
2014–2015
Flag of Spain Espanyol
Flag of Spain Barcelona
Flag of Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
2015–2020
2015–2017
2020–2024
2024–
Flag of Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
Flag of Croatia Dinamo Zagreb II
Flag of Germany RB Leipzig
Flag of Spain Barcelona
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National team
2014
2015
2016
2018–2019
2019–
Flag of Spain Spain U16
Flag of Spain Spain U17
Flag of Spain Spain U18
Flag of Spain Spain U21
Flag of Spain Spain
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Daniel Olmo Carvajal (born 7 May 1998) is a Spanish footballer who plays for La Liga club Barcelona and the Spain national team. He can play as either an attacking midfielder or winger.

Dinamo Zagreb[]

Olmo, 16 at the time, joined Dinamo Zagreb in a surprise transfer on July 31, 2014. On February 7, 2015, he made his first team debut against Lokomotiva Zagreb. Olmo signed a new four-year contract with Dinamo Zagreb on August 22, 2016.

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. On 17 December, Olmo was named the best player of Prva HNL for 2018. In the same month, he finished 11th in Tuttosport's Golden Boy award, ahead of the likes of Kylian Mbappé and Josip Brekalo. 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. On 3 June, he was named the best player and best young player of the 2018–19 Prva HNL season.

On 18 September 2019, he made his Champions League debut in a 4–0 home win over Atalanta. He scored his first goal in the competition on 22 October in a 2–2 away draw with Shakhtar Donetsk. 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.

RB Leipzig[]

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

He made his debut on 1 February 2020, in a 2–2 draw with Borussia Mönchengladbach coming on for Tyler Adams in 69th minute. 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. 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. On 12 June, he scored both goals in a 2–0 victory over 1899 Hoffenheim. 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.

Spanish National Team[]

After Spain had already qualified for the Euros, Olmo received his first senior squad call-up in November 2019 for Euro 2020 qualifiers against Malta and Romania. He made his debut on November 15th as a 66th-minute sub for lvaro Morata and scored three minutes later in a 7–0 victory over Malta. Fellow debutant Pau Torres also scored, making it the first time that two Spaniards scored on their first cap in 30 years.

On 24 May 2021, Olmo was included in Luis Enrique's 24-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2020. On 28 June, in the extra time of the round of 16 fixture against Croatia, he provided Morata and Mikel Oyarzabal with assists to set the score at 4–3 and 5–3 respectively. On 2 July, after the quarter-final 1–1 draw with Switzerland went to a penalty shoot-out, Olmo successfully converted his as Spain won 3–1. On 6 July, in the semi-final fixture against Italy, he provided Morata with an assist for an equalizer; however, another 1–1 draw went to another shoot-out with Olmo missing his penalty and Italy winning 4–2.

On 29 June 2021, he was included in Luis de la Fuente's 22-man squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Honours[]

Club[]

Dinamo Zagreb

RB Leipzig

Barcelona

International[]

Spain U21

Individual[]

International

National and regional

  • Prva HNL Player of the Year (Tportal): 2018
  • Football Oscar – Best Prva HNL player: 2019
  • Football Oscar – Best Prva HNL U-21 player: 2019
  • Football Oscar – Prva HNL Team of the Year: 2019
  • Young Catalan Player of the Year Runner-up: 2019
  • SIMPOSAR Balkans International Sports Symposium – Discovery of the Year: 2019
  • GNK Dinamo Zagreb Player of the Year: 2019

External links[]

FCB
FC Barcelona squad - 2024–25

Ter Stegen · Cubarsí · Balde · Araújo · Martínez · Gavi · Ferran · Pedri · Lewandowski · 10 Fati · 11 Raphinha · 13 Peña · 14 Torre · 15 Christensen · 16 Fermín · 17 Casadó · 18 Víctor · 19 Yamal · 20 Olmo · 21 De Jong · 23 Koundé · 24 García · 25 Szczęsny ·

Manager:  Flag of Germany Hansi Flick
FCB
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Spain – UEFA Euro 2020 – Semi-finals

1. De Gea 2. Azpilicueta 3. D. Llorente 4. P. Torres 5. Busquets (c) 6. M. Llorente 7. Morata 8. Koke 9. Gerard 10. Thiago 11. F. Torres 12. García 13. Sánchez 14. Gayà 16. Rodri 17. Fabián 18. Alba 19. Olmo 20. Traoré 21. Oyarzabal 22. Sarabia 23. Simón 24. Laporte 26. Pedri Manager:  Flag of Spain Luis Enrique

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Spain men's football – 2020 Summer Olympics – Silver medalists

1. Simón 2. Mingueza 3. Cucurella 4. Torres 5. Vallejo 6. Zubimendi 7. Asensio 8. Merino 9. Mir 10. Ceballos (c) 11. Oyarzabal 12. García 13. Fernández 14. Soler 15. Moncayola 16. Pedri 17. Puado 18. Ó. Gil 19. Olmo 20. Miranda 21. B. Gil 22. Villar
Manager:  Flag of Spain Luis de la Fuente

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Spain – 2022 FIFA World Cup - Round of 16

1. Sánchez 2. Azpilicueta 3. García 4. P. Torres 5. Busquets (c) 6. Llorente 7. Morata 8. Koke 9. Gavi 10. Asensio 11. F. Torres 12. Williams 13. Raya 14. Balde 15. Guillamón 16. Rodri 17. Pino 18. Alba 19. Soler 20. Carvajal 21. Olmo 22. Sarabia 23. Simón 24. Laporte 25. Fati 26. Pedri Manager:  Flag of Spain Luis Enrique

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Spain – UEFA Euro 2024 – Winners (4th title)

1. Raya 2. Carvajal 3. Le Normand 4. Nacho 5. Vivian 6. Merino 7. Morata (c) 8. Fabián 9. Joselu 10. Olmo 11. Torres 12. Grimaldo 13. Remiro 14. Laporte 15. Baena 16. Rodri 17. Williams 18. Zubimendi 19. Yamal 20. Pedri 21. Oyarzabal 22. Navas 23. Simón 24. Cucurella 25. Fermín 26. Ayoze
Manager:  Flag of Spain Luis de la Fuente

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