Jens Odgaard (; born 31 March 1999) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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Youth career

Odgaard is a youth exponent from

Lyngby Boldklub Lyngby Boldklub () is a professional Football (soccer), football club based in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby, Denmark, founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion. The club play in the Danish Superliga. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby ...

Club career

Lyngby Boldklub

Odgaard got his debut for

Lyngby BK Lyngby Boldklub () is a professional football club based in Lyngby, Denmark, founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion. The club play in the Danish Superliga. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The club has won the Danish c ...

on 15 March 2016 at the age of just 16. He started on the bench, but replaced Gustav Therkildsen in the 89th minute in a 1–0 victory against

Aalborg Aalborg or Ålborg ( , , ) is Denmark's List of cities and towns in Denmark, fourth largest urban settlement (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an Urban area, urban populati ...

in the

Danish Cup The Danish Cup (; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "single-elimination tournament, knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will ...

. He played his first league game on 17 April 2016, where he came on the pitch in the 65th minute, replacing Jeppe Kjær, in a 2–0 victory against

Næstved BK Næstved () is a town in the municipality of the same name, located in the southern part of the island of Zealand in Denmark. Næstved has several adult education centers, five elementary schools - and has at least one of each type of the four ...

. Odgaard extended his contract with Lyngby in the summer 2016 until the summer 2018, and was moved up to the senior squad. He was the youngest player ever for Lyngby Boldklub, to have played a match in the

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, at the age of 17 years and 115 days.

Inter

On 5 July 2017,

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announced the signing of Odgaard. He played for the youth team.

Sassuolo

On 30 June 2018, Odgaard was transferred to

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team

Sassuolo Sassuolo (; ) is an Italian town, ''comune'', and industrial centre of the Province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna. Standing on the right bank of the river Secchia some southwest of Modena, the town is best known for being the centre of the Ita ...

, however

reserved the right to buy him back.

Heerenveen (loan)

On 22 June 2019, Odgaard joined to

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club

SC Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian language, West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch professional association football, football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherla ...

on loan until 30 June 2020.

Lugano (loan)

On 2 October 2020, Odgaard joined Swiss club

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on loan until 30 June 2021.

Pescara (loan)

On 22 January 2021, Odgaard joined

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club

Pescara Pescara (; ; ) is the capital city of the province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo Regions of Italy, region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 118,657 (January 1, 2023) residents (and approximately 350,000 including the surround ...

, on a loan until the end of the season.

RKC Waalwijk (loan)

On 24 July 2021, he moved to

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Waalwijk. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie i ...

in the Netherlands on a new loan.

AZ

On 24 June 2022, Odgaard moved to Dutch club AZ and signed a five-year contract.

Bologna

On 1 February 2024, Odgaard returned to Italy and joined

on loan with an option to buy. On 16 May 2024, Bologna exercised their option to make the transfer permanent. On 14 May 2025, he won

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with Bologna, helping the club to their first major trophy in 51 years.

Career statistics

Honours

Bologna *

: 2024–25 Individual *

Team of the Month: December 2021, September 2022

References

External links

Profile
at the Bologna FC 1909 website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Odgaard, Jens Living people 1999 births Sportspeople from Hillerød Municipality Danish men's footballers Footballers from the Capital Region of Denmark Men's association football forwards Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Denmark men's youth international footballers Danish Superliga players Serie A players Eredivisie players Serie B players Lyngby Boldklub players US Sassuolo Calcio players SC Heerenveen players FC Lugano players Delfino Pescara 1936 players RKC Waalwijk players AZ Alkmaar players Bologna FC 1909 players Danish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Danish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Danish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland 21st-century Danish sportsmen