Oliver Abildgaard
Oliver Abildgaard Nielsen (born 10 June 1996) is a Danish footballer, who plays as a defensive midfielder for Russian club FC Rubin Kazan.
 Abildgaard with Rubin Kazan in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oliver Abildgaard Nielsen | ||
| Date of birth | 10 June 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Hasseris‚ Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Rubin Kazan | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Aalborg Freja | |||
| AaB | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2020 | AaB | 79 | (3) |
| 2020 | → Rubin Kazan (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2020– | Rubin Kazan | 52 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015 | Denmark U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2019 | Denmark U21 | 8 | (1) |
| 2020– | Denmark | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 April 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2020 | |||
Club career
AaB
Abildgaard was promoted to the first team squad in the summer of 2015 along with Jannik Pohl from the AaB U19 squad.[1]
On 20 July 2015, Abildgaard got his first team-debut against Esbjerg at the age of 19.[2] Abildgaard was in the starting lineup and was responsible for a penalty that gave Esbjerg the lead, but he also scored the equalizing goal. The match ended 1–1.[3] On 9 September 2015 Abildgaard got his Danish Cup-debut when he was in the line-up against the local rivals from Vendsyssel FF.
Rubin Kazan
On 3 February 2020 it was confirmed that Abildgaard had joined Russian club FC Rubin Kazan on a loan until 30 June 2020 with an option to buy.[4] On 20 June 2020, AaB confirmed that Rubin activated the purchase option and Abildgaard joined Rubin on a permanent basis until 30 June 2024.[5]
Career statistics
- As of 11 December 2021
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Aalborg BK | 2015–16 | Danish Superliga | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 16 | 1 | |
| 2016–17 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 27 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 12 | 2 | |||
| Total | 79 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 4 | ||
| Rubin Kazan | 2019–20 | RPL | 11 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
| Total | 54 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 133 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 144 | 5 | ||
- Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
References
- "Tre talenter får chancen i Superligatruppen". AaB. 13 June 2015.
- "AAB VS. ESBJERG 1 - 1". scoresway.com. 20 July 2015.
- "Ung AaB'er om vild debut: En stor oplevelse". AaB. 20 July 2015.
- AaB udlejer indtil 30. juni 2020 Oliver Abildgaard til den russiske klub FC Rubin Kazan på en aftale med købsoption, aabsport.dk, 3 February 2020
- "Abildgaard skifter permanent til FC Rubin Kazan" (in Danish). AaB. 20 June 2020.
External links
- Oliver Abildgaard on AaB website
- Oliver Abildgaard at Soccerway
- Oliver Abildgaard on DBU