Oliver Abildgaard

Oliver Abildgaard Nielsen (born 10 June 1996) is a Danish footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Russian club FC Rubin Kazan.

Oliver Abildgaard
Abildgaard with Rubin Kazan in 2020
Personal information
Full name Oliver Abildgaard Nielsen
Date of birth (1996-06-10) 10 June 1996
Place of birth Hasseris‚ Denmark
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 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 (4)
2020 → Rubin Kazan (loan) 4 (0)
2020– Rubin Kazan 25 (0)
National team‡
2015 Denmark U20 1 (0)
2016–2019 Denmark U21 8 (1)
2020– Denmark 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 December 2020
‡ 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 alongside 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 September 9, 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]

References
  1. "Tre talenter får chancen i Superligatruppen". AaB. 13 June 2015.
  2. "AAB VS. ESBJERG 1 - 1". scoresway.com. 20 July 2015.
  3. "Ung AaB'er om vild debut: En stor oplevelse". AaB. 20 July 2015.
  4. 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
  5. "Abildgaard skifter permanent til FC Rubin Kazan" (in Danish). AaB. 20 June 2020.
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