Allan Arenfeldt Olesen (born 20 May 1982) is a Danish professional

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player in the defender position. He has played for a number of Danish clubs and won the 2002

Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga (, ) is a professional association football league in Denmark and the highest level of the Danish football league system. The league is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams relegated. It is the current ...

championship with

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a Danish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Brøndbyvester. Brøndby IF denotes the professional football section of Brøndbyernes ...

. Olesen has played 42 games and scored three goals for various Danish national youth selections, including 15 games and one goal for the

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. He was named 2000 Danish ''under-19 Talent of the Year'', and represented Denmark at the 2001 European Under-19 Championship.

Biography

Olesen started his senior career with multiple Danish champions

. He made his

debut for Brøndby in September 2000, and went on to play 47 league games for the club until May 2004.Allan Arenfeldt Olesen
at Danskfodbold.com He played four of 33 games as Brøndby won the 2001–02 Superliga championship, and helped Brøndby win the 2003

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trophy.Allan Olesen
at

While at Brøndby, Olesen made his international debut with the Danish under-19 national team in September 1999, and went on to play 22 games and score two goals for the team. He was named 2000 Danish ''under-19 Talent of the Year'', and represented Denmark at the 2001 European Under-19 Championship, playing three games at the tournament.Allan Arenfeldt Olesen – Alle hold (Alle kampe)
at

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He made his Danish under-21 national team debut in April 2002, and went on to play 15 games and score one goal for the under-21 selection until November 2003. In July 2004,Tidligere spillere
at

FC Nordsjælland Football Club Nordsjælland, commonly known as FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland () or FCN, is a professional Danish association football, football team from the North Zealand town of Farum. Founded as ''Farum Boldklub'' from the merger of the to ...

Olesen joined Superliga club

. He played 109 league games and scored one goal for the club, before leaving Nordsjælland in June 2008. He joined league rivals

Randers FC Randers FC () is a professional association football, football club based in Randers, East Jutland metropolitan area, East Jutland, that plays in the Danish Superliga, the top flight of the Danish football league system. Founded on 1 January 200 ...

, and played 20 league games in his first season at the club. In his second season with Randers, Olesen was deemed surplus to requirements and did not play any league games for the club in the first half of the 2009–10 Superliga season. In February 2010, Olesen signed a one-year contract with

Norwegian Premier League Eliteserien () is a professional association football league in Norway and the highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Norwegian First Division ...

club Haugesund FK.Allan Olesen klar for FKH
, Haugesund FK, 21 February 2010

Honours

*2000 Danish ''under-19 Talent of the Year'' *

2001–02 Danish Superliga The 2001–02 Danish Superliga season was the 12th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. It took place from the first match on July 21, 2001, to final match on May 16, 2002. The Danish ch ...

*2003

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Olesen, Allan Arenfeldt 1982 births Living people Danish men's footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Denmark men's youth international footballers Brøndby IF players FC Nordsjælland players Randers FC players Danish Superliga players IFK Mariehamn players Veikkausliiga players Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Danish expatriate men's footballers Åtvidabergs FF players Allsvenskan players Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Eliteserien players FK Haugesund players Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Men's association football defenders Footballers from Copenhagen Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Danish expatriate sportspeople in Finland 21st-century Danish sportsmen