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.[3]

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

Dani Olmo
in 2022 for RB Leipzig
Personal information
Full name Daniel Olmo Carvajal[1]
Date of birth (1998-05-07) 7 May 1998[2]
Place of birth Terrassa, Spain
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
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 61 (11)
National team‡
2014 Spain U16 3 (0)
2015 Spain U17 9 (1)
2016 Spain U18 3 (1)
2018–2019 Spain U21 14 (6)
2021 Spain U23 7 (1)
2019– Spain 20 (4)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
2020 TokyoTeam
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner2019 ItalyTeam
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:28, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:48, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Born in Terrassa, Barcelona, Catalonia, Olmo arrived in FC Barcelona's youth academy aged nine, from neighbours RCD Espanyol.[2][4]

Dinamo Zagreb

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

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.[8] On 17 December, Olmo was named the best player of Prva HNL for 2018.[9] In the same month, he finished 11th in Tuttosport's Golden Boy award, ahead of the likes of Kylian Mbappé and Josip Brekalo.[10] 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.[11] On 3 June, he was named the best player and best young player of the 2018–19 Prva HNL season.[12]

On 18 September 2019, he made his Champions League debut in a 4–0 home win over Atalanta.[13] He scored his first goal in the competition on 22 October in a 2–2 away draw with Shakhtar Donetsk.[14] 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.[15][16]

RB Leipzig

On 25 January 2020, Olmo moved to Bundesliga club RB Leipzig, signing a four-year contract.[17][18]

He made his debut on 1 February 2020, in a 2–2 draw with Borussia Mönchengladbach coming on for Tyler Adams in 69th minute.[19] 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.[20] 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.[21] On 12 June, he scored both goals in a 2–0 victory over 1899 Hoffenheim.[22] 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.[23][24]

International career

Youth teams

Olmo was part of the Spanish squad at the 2015 European Under-17 Championship in Bulgaria; he netted in the penalty shoot-out 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.[25] Towards the end of 2017, Dinamo Zagreb director Tomislav Svetina said that the club was doing all it could to get the teenager Croatian citizenship. Olmo himself showed a desire to switch to Croatia at the international level.[26] 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 caused him to be named Man of the Match.[27][28][29]

Senior team

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.[30] 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 victory over Malta.[31] Fellow debutant Pau Torres also scored, making it the first time that two Spaniards scored on their first cap in 30 years.[32]

On 24 May 2021, Olmo was included in Luis Enrique's 24-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2020.[33] 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.[34] 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.[35] 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.[36]

On 29 June 2021, he was included in Luis de la Fuente's 22-man squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[37] On Spain's road to Olympic silver, Olmo contributed an assist in the 1–1 draw with Argentina,[38] and a goal and an assist in the 5–2 victory over Ivory Coast.[39] He was named a starter in the final that Spain lost 2–1 to Brazil.[40]

Personal life

Olmo's father, Miquel, is a retired footballer. A forward, he played professionally for lower-league teams.[41] Dani's older brother Carlos is also a footballer and plays as a defender for Karlovac 1919. Olmo speaks Croatian fluently.[42]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 2 May 2022[43]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo Zagreb II 2015–16 Druga HNL 151——151
2016–17 Druga HNL 102——102
Total 253——253
Dinamo Zagreb 2014–15 Prva HNL 50——50
2015–16 Prva HNL 1011—21
2016–17 Prva HNL 14143—184
2017–18 Prva HNL 268512[lower-alpha 2]0339
2018–19 Prva HNL 2583116[lower-alpha 3]34412
2019–20 Prva HNL 932011[lower-alpha 4]5228
Total 802015629812434
RB Leipzig 2019–20 Bundesliga 123112[lower-alpha 4]1155
2020–21 Bundesliga 325618[lower-alpha 4]1467
2021–22 Bundesliga 173317[lower-alpha 5]0274
Total 61111031728816
Career total 16634259461023753
  1. Includes Croatian Cup, DFB-Pokal
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League

International
As of match played 29 March 2022[44]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Spain 201911
202070
2021102
202221
Total204
As of match played 29 March 2022
Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first[44]
List of international goals scored by Dani Olmo
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
115 November 2019Estadio Ramón de Carranza, Cádiz, Spain1 Malta5–07–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
228 March 2021Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia10 Georgia2–12–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
331 March 2021Estadio de La Cartuja, Seville, Spain11 Kosovo1–03–1
426 March 2022RCDE Stadium, Barcelona, Spain19 Albania2–12–1Friendly

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb[43]

Spain U21

Spain U23

Spain

Individual

  • UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2019[47]

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