Oliver Kjærgaard
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-07-11) 11 July 1998
Place of birth Kokkedal, Denmark
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 HamKam
Number 8
Youth career
Lyngby
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Lyngby 8 (0)
2018–2019 Tromsø 4 (0)
2018 → Nest-Sotra (loan) 13 (1)
2020–2023 Helsingør 72 (11)
2023– HamKam 26 (2)
International career
2015–2016 Denmark U18 6 (2)
2016–2017 Denmark U19 7 (1)
2017 Denmark U20 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2023

Oliver Kjærgaard (born 11 July 1998) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eliteserien club HamKam.

Club career

Lyngby BK

Kjærgaard got his debut at the age of 17, on 8 December 2015 against AB in the Danish Cup, that Lyngby won 3-0.[2] He came on the pitch in the 61nd minute, where he replaced Oke Akpoveta. He did also play 2 games for the club in that season, in the Danish 1st Division.

On 24 September 2016 Lyngby BK confirmed, that they had extended Kjærgaard's until 2019.[2] But he continued playing for their U19 squad. He played his first match in the Danish Superliga on 31 March 2017 against FC Nordsjælland.[3]

Due to the economic situation of Lyngby in 2018, he terminated his contract on 9 February 2018.[4]

Tromsø IL

After leaving the club, he went on a trial at Tromsø IL.[5] He signed officially for the club on 22 February 2018.[6] He played his first game for the club in a 4-1 victory on 28 April 2018 against Sandefjord, where he entered the pitch in the 76th minute.[7]

After playing only two games for Tromsø, Kjærgaard was loaned out to Nest-Sotra on 2 August 2018. He idea was, that he should act as a replacement for Johnny Furdals.[8] The deal was for the rest of the year.[8]

The deal was terminated on 2 January 2020.[9]

FC Helsingør

Kjærgaard returned to Denmark and trained with FC Helsingør in about a month. On 5 March 2020 the club confirmed, that Kjærgaard had signed a contract until the end of the season.[10] Kjærgaard left Helsingør in February 2023 after a total of 84 games, 11 goals and 6 assist.

HamKam

On 7 February 2023 it was confirmed, that Kjærgaard had returned to Norway, signing a deal until the end of 2025 with Eliteserien club HamKam, which had Danish Jakob Michelsen as head coach.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 May 2019[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lyngby 2015–16 NordicBet Liga 2000-20
2016–17 Danish Superliga 3000-30
2017–18 3000-30
Total 8000--80
Tromsø 2018 Eliteserien 2021-41
2019 2023-43
Total 4044--84
Nest-Sotra (loan) 2018 OBOS-ligaen 12100-121
Total 12100--121
Career total 24144--285

References

  1. ↑ Oliver Kjærgaard at Soccerway
  2. 1 2 "Lyngby forlænger med Oliver Kjærgaard". lyngby-boldklub.dk. 24 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "NORDSJÆLLAND VS. LYNGBY 2 - 0". soccerway.com. 31 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Ung midtbanemand ophæver med Lyngby". bold.dk. 10 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Oliver Kjærgaard træner med i Tromsø". bold.dk. 13 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "SIGNERT FOR GUTAN". Tromsø IL. 22 February 2018.
  7. ↑ TROMSØ VS. SANDEFJORD 4 - 1, soccerway.com, 22 April 2018
  8. 1 2 Oliver Kjærgaard klar for Nest-Sotra, nestsotra.no, 2 August 2018
  9. ↑ Tidligere Lyngby-spiller ophæver i Norge, bold.dk, 2 January 2020
  10. ↑ FC HELSINGØR SKRIVER MED OLIVER KJÆRGAARD, fchelsingor.dk, 5 March 2020
  11. ↑ OLIVER KJÆRGAARD HAR SIGNERT FOR KAMMA, hamkam.no, 7 February 2023
  12. ↑ "Oliver Kjærgaard". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV2. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
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