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 plays either an attacking midfielder or left winger.[3]

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

Dani Olmo
Olmo with RB Leipzig in 2022
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, left winger
Team information
Current team
 RB Leipzig
Number 7
Youth career
2006–2007 Espanyol
2007–2014 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Dinamo Zagreb II 25 (3)
2015–2020 Dinamo Zagreb 80 (20)
2020– RB Leipzig 90 (15)
International career‡
2014 Spain U16 3 (0)
2015 Spain U17 9 (1)
2016 Spain U18 3 (1)
2018–2019 Spain U21 14 (6)
2021 Spain Olympic 7 (1)
2019– Spain 32 (7)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Spain
UEFA Nations League
Winner2023 Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoTeam
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner2019 Italy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:44, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1:11, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

After a period at La Masia, Olmo made his professional debut for Dinamo Zagreb in Croatia in 2015. He made 124 total appearances for the club, scoring 34 goals and winning the league five times and the cup three times. In 2020, he joined RB Leipzig, where he won two DFB-Pokals in 2022 and 2023 as well as the 2023 DFL-Supercup, where he scored a hat-trick.

Olmo won the 2019 UEFA European Championship with the Spain under-21 team, and a silver medal at the 2020 Olympic tournament. He made his senior international debut in 2019, and was part of the teams that reached semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2020, and won the 2023 UEFA Nations League.

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, as a 76th-minute substitute for Paulo Machado in a 2–1 home win.[6] On 22 September, he scored his first goal in a 7–1 win at Oštrc Zlatar in the first round of the cup.[7]

On 22 August 2016, Olmo signed a new four-year contract.[8] He scored three goals in four games as the team came runners-up in the cup, including one in the 3–1 loss to Rijeka in the final on 31 May;[9] four days earlier he scored his first league goal in a 5–2 home win over the same team – already champions – on the final day.[10]

Olmo provided Izet Hajrović with an assist for the third goal and scored the fourth in the Europa League 4–1 victory over Fenerbahçe on 20 September 2018.[11] On 17 December, Olmo was named the best player of Prva HNL for 2018.[12] In the same month, he finished 11th in Tuttosport's Golden Boy award, ahead of the likes of Kylian Mbappé and Josip Brekalo.[13] 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.[14] On 3 June, he was named the best player and best young player of the 2018–19 Prva HNL season.[15]

On 18 September 2019, he made his Champions League debut in a 4–0 home win over Atalanta.[16] He scored his first goal in the competition on 22 October in a 2–2 away draw with Shakhtar Donetsk.[17] 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.[18][19]

RB Leipzig
Olmo (right) and Bayern Munich's Serge Gnabry in the 2022 DFL-Supercup

On 25 January 2020, Olmo moved to Bundesliga club RB Leipzig, signing a four-year contract.[20][21] He made his debut a week later, in a 2–2 draw with Borussia Mönchengladbach coming on for Tyler Adams in 69th minute.[22] On 4 February he scored the only goal in a 3–1 DFB-Pokal defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt, having come on for Amadou Haidara at half time.[23]

Olmo made his first start for Leipzig on 9 February 2020, in a game against Bayern Munich that ended as a goalless draw, coming off for Patrik Schick in the 69th minute.[24] On 12 June, he scored both goals in a 2–0 victory over 1899 Hoffenheim.[25] 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.[26][27]

Olmo played four games in RB Leipzig's victory in the DFB-Pokal in 2021–22, scoring to conclude a 2–0 home win over Hansa Rostock in the last 16 on 19 January.[28] He was a 69th-minute substitute for Kevin Kampl in the final on 21 May, and scored in the penalty shootout win after a 1–1 draw with SC Freiburg; with two minutes of extra time remaining, he was tackled in the penalty area by Nicolas Höfler and Kampl was sent off from the substitutes' bench for demanding a penalty kick.[29] On 30 July, again on for Kampl, he scored a consolation goal in a 5–3 loss to Bayern Munich in the 2022 DFL-Supercup.[30]

On 12 August 2023, Olmo scored a hat-trick in the DFL-Supercup against Bayern Munich, providing the only goals scored in the match.[31]

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.[32] 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.[33] However, in October 2018, he made his debut for the Spain U21 side.

Olmo was part of Spain's squad that won the 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.[34][35][36]

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.[37] 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.[38] Fellow debutant Pau Torres also scored, making it the first time that two Spaniards scored on their first cap in 30 years.[39]

On 24 May 2021, Olmo was included in Luis Enrique's 24-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2020.[40] 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.[41] 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.[42] 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.[43]

Olmo was included in Luis de la Fuente's 22-man squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics, on 29 June 2021.[44] On Spain's road to Olympic silver, Olmo contributed an assist in the 1–1 draw with Argentina,[45] and a goal and an assist in the 5–2 victory over Ivory Coast.[46] He was named a starter in the final that Spain lost 2–1 to Brazil.[47]

On 11 November 2022, Olmo was named in Luis Enrique's 26-man squad squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[48] In their opening group stage match against Costa Rica, Olmo scored the first goal and assisted the seventh as they won 7–0, becoming Spain's biggest win at a World Cup.[49] He also played in the 1–1 draw against Germany[50] and the 2–1 defeat to Japan.[51] He also started in Spain's round of 16 match against Morocco, which Spain went on to lose 3–0 on penalties following a 0–0 draw after extra time.[52]

Personal life

Olmo's father, Miquel, is a retired footballer. As a forward, he played professionally for lower-league teams.[53] Dani's older brother Carlos is also a footballer and plays as a defender; he spent several years in Croatia, for Dinamo's reserves and also for Lokomotiva Zagreb.[54] Olmo speaks Croatian fluently.[55]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 25 October 2023[56]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
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]0—339
2018–19 Prva HNL 2583116[lower-alpha 3]3—4412
2019–20 Prva HNL 932011[lower-alpha 4]5—228
Total 8020156298—12434
RB Leipzig 2019–20 Bundesliga 123112[lower-alpha 4]1—155
2020–21 Bundesliga 325618[lower-alpha 4]1—467
2021–22 Bundesliga 193418[lower-alpha 5]0—314
2022–23 Bundesliga 232423[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 6]1315
2023–24 Bundesliga 42001[lower-alpha 4]11[lower-alpha 6]366
Total 90151552232412927
Career total 19538301151112427864
  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, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International
As of match played 8 September 2023[57]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Spain 201911
202070
2021102
2022112
202332
Total327
As of match played 8 September 2023
Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first.[57]
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, Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain19 Albania2–12–1Friendly
523 November 2022Al Thumama Stadium, Doha, Qatar26 Costa Rica1–07–02022 FIFA World Cup
625 March 2023La Rosaleda, Málaga, Spain30 Norway1–03–0UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
78 September 2023Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia32 Georgia3–07–1

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb[56]

RB Leipzig

Spain U21

Spain U23

Spain

Individual

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