Patrick Olsen

Patrick Haakon Olsen (born 23 April 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish Superliga club AGF.

A talent of the Brondby academy, Olsen joined Italian Serie A club Inter Milan at age 18. After several spells with clubs in Norway, France and Switzerland, he returned to Denmark to play for Helsingor. After successive relegations, he moved to AaB before joining rivals AGF in 2020 after a breakout season.

Olsen has gained 43 caps for several Danish national youth teams, including 23 appearances for the under-17 team.

Club Career

Brondby

Born in Tarnby, Olsen joined the youth academy of Brondby as an eight-year-old. He was promoted to the first-team squad in 2012, and made his professional debut in the Danish Superliga on 6 May 2012 against AaB. He made three appearances for the club.

Inter Milan

On 31 August 2012, Olsen signed with Serie A club Inter Milan on a three-year contract.

He played in Guinness Cup in 2013 with Inter and appeared in one Coppa Italia match, coming on as a substitute against Trapani. In February 2014, he was loaned out to Norwegian club Stromsgodset.

He spent 2014 on loan to Stromsgodset, but failed to break into the team, playing only 6 matches. He played instead mostly for the reserve team, where he received three red cards in total during the season. On 2 February 2015, Olsen was released from Inter.

Years abroad

On 24 April 2015, Olsen joined Norwegian side Haugesund. On 20 July 2015, after playing 11 of the 12 next league matches, Olsen left on a free transfer, despite that the club wanting to keep him.

On 27 August 2015, it was announced, that Olsen had signed a contract with Ligue 2 club RC Lens.

After a new coach arrived at Lens, Olsen played less during the 2016–17 season and in the winter break he moved to Swiss club Grasshoppers on 27 January 2017.

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