Jens Odgaard

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Jens Odgaard
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Odgaard (left) playing for AZ in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-03-31) 31 March 1999 (age 27)
Place of birth Hillerød, Denmark
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bologna
Number 21
Youth career
Lyngby
2017–2018 Inter Milan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Lyngby 18 (3)
2017–2018 Inter Milan 0 (0)
2018–2022 Sassuolo 1 (0)
2019–2020 → Heerenveen (loan) 24 (7)
2020 → Lugano (loan) 6 (0)
2021 → Pescara (loan) 19 (1)
2021–2022 → RKC Waalwijk (loan) 30 (8)
2022–2024 AZ 46 (10)
2024 → Bologna (loan) 10 (2)
2024– Bologna 41 (9)
International career‡
2014–2015 Denmark U16 8 (3)
2015–2016 Denmark U17 17 (8)
2016–2017 Denmark U18 5 (3)
2017–2019 Denmark U19 9 (8)
2019 Denmark U21 5 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:15, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 November 2019

Jens Odgaard (Danish pronunciation: [ˈʌðˌkɒˀ]; born 31 March 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Bologna.[2]

Youth career

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Odgaard is a youth exponent from Lyngby Boldklub.

Club career

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Lyngby Boldklub

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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 Aalborg in the Danish Cup.[3]

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.[4]

Odgaard extended his contract with Lyngby in the summer 2016 until the summer 2018, and was moved up to the senior squad.[5] He was the youngest player ever for Lyngby Boldklub, to have played a match in the Danish Superliga, at the age of 17 years and 115 days.[6]

Inter

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On 5 July 2017, Inter Milan announced the signing of Odgaard.[7] He played for the youth team.

Sassuolo

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On 30 June 2018, Odgaard was transferred to Serie A team Sassuolo, however Inter Milan reserved the right to buy him back.[8]

Heerenveen (loan)

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On 22 June 2019, Odgaard joined to Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen on loan until 30 June 2020.[9]

Lugano (loan)

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On 2 October 2020, Odgaard joined Swiss club Lugano on loan until 30 June 2021.[10]

Pescara (loan)

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On 22 January 2021, Odgaard joined Serie B club Pescara, on a loan until the end of the season.[11]

RKC Waalwijk (loan)

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On 24 July 2021, he moved to RKC Waalwijk in the Netherlands on a new loan.[12]

AZ

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On 24 June 2022, Odgaard moved to Dutch club AZ and signed a five-year contract.[13]

Bologna

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On 1 February 2024, Odgaard returned to Italy and joined Bologna on loan with an option to buy.[14] On 16 May 2024, Bologna exercised their option to make the transfer permanent.[15]

On 14 May 2025, he won Coppa Italia with Bologna, helping the club to their first major trophy in 51 years.[16]

Career statistics

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As of match played 11 December 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lyngby 2015–16 Danish 1st Division 2 0 1 0 — — 3 0
2016–17 Danish Superliga 16 3 1 1 — — 17 4
Total 18 3 2 1 — — 20 4
Sassuolo 2018–19 Serie A 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Heerenveen (loan) 2019–20 Eredivisie 24 7 3 0 — — 27 7
Lugano (loan) 2020–21 Swiss Super League 6 0 0 0 — — 6 0
Pescara (loan) 2020–21 Serie B 19 1 0 0 — — 19 1
RKC Waalwijk (loan) 2021–22 Eredivisie 30 8 3 3 — — 33 11
AZ 2022–23 Eredivisie 29 9 2 1 11[b] 2 0 0 42 12
2023–24 Eredivisie 17 1 2 1 7[b] 0 0 0 26 2
Total 46 10 4 2 18 2 0 0 68 14
Bologna (loan) 2023–24 Serie A 10 2 — — — 10 2
Bologna 2024–25 Serie A 29 6 3 0 5[c] 0 — 37 6
2025–26 Serie A 12 3 1 0 6[d] 2 0 0 19 5
Total 41 9 4 0 11 2 0 0 56 11
Career total 195 40 16 6 29 4 0 0 240 50
  1. ^ Includes Danish Cup, KNVB Cup, Coppa Italia
  2. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

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Bologna

Individual

References

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