Kim Olsen (born 11 February 1979) is a retired Danish

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Career

Kim Olsen started his career in

Ikast FS Ikast FC is an association football club based in the town of Ikast, Denmark, that competes in the Jutland Series, the sixth tier of the Danish football league system and the first tier of the regional DBU Jutland. Founded in 2018 as a superst ...

before moving on to

Holstebro BK Holstebro Boldklub (; also simply called Holstebro or HB) is an association football club based in the town of Holstebro, West Jutland, Denmark, that competes in the 3rd Division, the fourth tier of the Danish football league system. Founded i ...

and then to

FC Midtjylland Football Club Midtjylland (, "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Superliga, which they ...

and played with them in the top Danish league, he then got the attention of English football club

Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an off ...

and he then joined the club in 2004, however his time in

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was far from successful, shortly after signing for the club, coach Chris Turner was fired and the new manager made it clear for Kim that he was not in the clubs plans for the future. In October Kim and the club came to a mutual agreement to let him leave before the end of his contract ended, he then returned to Denmark and signed for

Silkeborg IF Silkeborg Idrætsforening, (; commonly known as Silkeborg IF or SIF in short) is a professional football club based in Silkeborg, Denmark. The club was founded in 1917, reached the highest level of Danish football in 1987, and afterwards became ...

. His time in Silkeborg was interrupted several times by injuries, during the summer of 2008 he was loaned out to Swedish club

Örebro SK Örebro Sportklubb, more commonly known as Örebro SK, Örebro or (especially locally) ÖSK, is a Swedish professional football club based in Örebro. The club are affiliated to Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Behrn ...

. The loan became such a success for both club and Kim, that they decided to make it a permanent move. So in November 2008 Kim signed a 3-years contract with Örebro SK. Due to personal reasons Olsen sent in a transfer request to the club, saying he needed to move back to Denmark because of his family situation. On 13 June 2010, the club announced they had sold Olsen to the Danish side of

Vejle BK Vejle Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in Vejle in Jutland. Formed in 1891, the club is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football history, having won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six ...

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Örebro SK profile
1979 births Living people Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish Superliga players Allsvenskan players FC Midtjylland players Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players Silkeborg IF players Örebro SK players Vejle Boldklub players Vejle Boldklub Kolding players Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Ikast FC players Men's association football forwards Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Danish expatriate sportspeople in England English Football League players {{Denmark-footy-forward-stub