Spanish footballer (born 1998)
In this
Spanish name
, the first or paternal
surname
is
Olmo
and the second or maternal family name is
Carvajal
.
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]
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
[
edit
]
Early career
[
edit
]
Born in
Terrassa
,
Barcelona
,
Catalonia
, Olmo arrived in
FC Barcelona
's youth academy aged nine, from neighbours
RCD Espanyol
.
[2]
[4]
Dinamo Zagreb
[
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]
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 O?trc 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 Hajrovi?
with an assist for the third goal and scored the fourth in the
Europa League
4?1 victory over
Fenerbahce
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 Mbappe
and
Josip Brekalo
.
[13]
On 14 February 2019, he scored the only goal in a
Europa League round of 32
game against
Viktoria Plze?
, 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
[
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]
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 Monchengladbach
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
Atletico Madrid
at
Estadio Jose 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 Hofler
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
[
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]
Youth teams
[
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]
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
.
[
citation needed
]
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
[
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]
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
Alvaro 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
[
edit
]
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
[
edit
]
Club
[
edit
]
- As of match played 3 May 2024
[56]
International
[
edit
]
- As of match played 26 March 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
|
Year
|
Apps
|
Goals
|
Spain
|
2019
|
1
|
1
|
2020
|
7
|
0
|
2021
|
10
|
2
|
2022
|
11
|
2
|
2023
|
3
|
2
|
2024
|
1
|
1
|
Total
|
33
|
8
|
- As of match played 26 March 2024
- Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first.
List of international goals scored by Dani Olmo
No.
|
Date
|
Venue
|
Cap
|
Opponent
|
Score
|
Result
|
Competition
|
1
|
15 November 2019
|
Estadio Ramon de Carranza
,
Cadiz
, Spain
|
1
|
Malta
|
5?0
|
7?0
|
UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
|
2
|
28 March 2021
|
Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena
,
Tbilisi
, Georgia
|
10
|
Georgia
|
2?1
|
2?1
|
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
3
|
31 March 2021
|
Estadio de La Cartuja
,
Seville
, Spain
|
11
|
Kosovo
|
1?0
|
3?1
|
4
|
26 March 2022
|
RCDE Stadium
,
Cornella de Llobregat
, Spain
|
19
|
Albania
|
2?1
|
2?1
|
Friendly
|
5
|
23 November 2022
|
Al Thumama Stadium
,
Doha
, Qatar
|
26
|
Costa Rica
|
1?0
|
7?0
|
2022 FIFA World Cup
|
6
|
25 March 2023
|
La Rosaleda
,
Malaga
, Spain
|
30
|
Norway
|
1?0
|
3?0
|
UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
|
7
|
8 September 2023
|
Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena
,
Tbilisi
, Georgia
|
32
|
Georgia
|
3?0
|
7?1
|
8
|
26 March 2024
|
Santiago Bernabeu
,
Madrid
, Spain
|
33
|
Brazil
|
2?0
|
3?3
|
Friendly
|
Honours
[
edit
]
Dinamo Zagreb
[56]
RB Leipzig
Spain U21
Spain U23
Spain
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