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

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who plays as a

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for Dutch club AZ.

Youth career

Odgaard is a youth exponent from

Lyngby Boldklub Lyngby Boldklub () is a Danish professional football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, a northern suburb of Copenhagen. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The clu ...

Club career

Lyngby Boldklub

Odgaard got his debut for Lyngby BK 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

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in the

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. 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

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, however

reserved the right to buy him back.

Heerenveen (loan)

On 22 June 2019, Odgaard joined to

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club

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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 (; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Abruzzese, Pescàrë; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Pescarese, Piscàrë) is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo Regions of Italy, region of Italy. It is the most populated ci ...

, 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 football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merg ...

in the Netherlands on a new loan.

AZ

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

References

External links

*
Jens Odgaard
at Lyngbys website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Odgaard, Jens Living people 1999 births Men's association football forwards Danish men's footballers 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 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 People from Hillerød Municipality Footballers from the Capital Region of Denmark