Ricki Olsen (born 21 October 1988) is a Danish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

. He is the son of the former Denmark national team player

Lars Olsen Lars Christian Olsen (born 2 February 1961) is a Danish former footballer and current manager, who was most recently the manager of Esbjerg fB in the Danish Superliga. He started his coaching career with Randers in 2003, guiding them to promot ...

Career

Olsen started his career 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 ...

, but did not play any senior games for the team. Randers FC signed Olsen from Brøndby IF in the summer of 2008. Olsen got his first match on 26 October against

Aalborg BK Aalborg Boldspilklub is a Danish sports club based in the city of Aalborg. The club is also known as AaB for short (cf. logo) or Aalborg BK. Through time the club has had branches in cricket, tennis, ice hockey, handball, and basketball, but curr ...

. Olsen played 75 minutes before being replaced by teammate Alain Behi. Olsen got his first goal for the club on 1 March against AGF when he scored the winning goal from about 30 yards out. The game ended 2–1. In January 2012, he signed a contract with Næstved BK in the 1st Division. He then played for

Nordvest FC Nordvest FC was a Danish association football club. They played their home matches at Holbæk Stadion in Holbæk, which has a capacity of 10,000 (1,100 seats). Nordvest FC was the professional structure comprising the first team of the mother clu ...

and

FC Helsingør FC Helsingør is a Danish association football, football club from Helsingør. The club plays in the Danish 2nd Division, having been relegated after finishing 12th in the Danish 1st Division in the 2023–24 season. The club has finished their ...

. In the summer of 2018 he left FC Helsingør following the club's relegation from the

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. He then signed a contract with

HB Køge HB Køge () is a professional Danish football club based primarily in the town of Herfølge, and secondly in the town of Køge, both in the Køge Municipality, part of 'Region of Zealand', in the eastern part of Zealand, south of Copenhagen. It ...

in the

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. He returned to FC Helsingør for the 2019–20 season. On 29 July 2020, it was confirmed, that Olsen had joined Ishøj IF in the

Denmark Series The Denmark Series () is the fifth tier in the Danish football league system. Teams are divided into four groups of ten. The top team in each following promotion group is promoted to the Danish 3rd Division. The bottom three teams in each group ...

. He left the club at the end of 2022. In February 2023, Olsen joined Slagelse B&I as an playing assistant manager. In August 2023, Olsen moved to VB 1968.Profileret seriehold henter Ricki Olsen
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* 1988 births Living people Danish men's footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Brøndby IF players Randers FC players Viborg FF players Næstved Boldklub players FC Helsingør players HB Køge players Ishøj IF players Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Danish 2nd Division players Denmark Series players Men's association football midfielders Holbæk B&I players VB 1968 players 21st-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-footy-midfielder-stub