swedish football player

Robin Patrick Olsen ( swedish pronunciation : [ ˈrɔ̌bːɪn ˈʊ̌lːsɛn ] ; born 8 January 1990 ) is a swedish professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship clubhouse Sheffield United, on lend from Roma. He besides represents the Sweden national team .

Club career [edit ]

early life and career [edit ]

Olsen ‘s parents are danish and he used to hold a danish passport, but grew up in Sweden. [ 3 ] He began his career play for Malmö youth teams before moving to the academy of BK Olympic. At the senesce of 16 he joined IF Limhamn Bunkeflo and made his debut in the swedish moment tier of a year late. [ 4 ]

Following a knee wound he went on to play for Bunkeflo FF and IFK Klagshamn. [ 4 ]

Malmö FF [edit ]

In 2011, Olsen re-joined Malmö FF. [ 4 ] He made his Allsvenskan debut on 1 October 2012 in an aside regular against Syrianska FC, when first choice goalkeeper Johan Dahlin was suspended, and kept a clean sheet as the catch ended 2–0 in Malmö ‘s favor. [ 5 ] In the match on 5 April 2013 against Åtvidabergs FF Dahlin had to be substituted at half time for an wound and Olsen once again took his target. Olsen then managed to hold a blank sheet in the remaining separate of the match a well as a far three matches before conceding a goal in stop time in his fourth match of the season in the away regular against IFK Göteborg. Olsen kept Dahlin out of the starting eleven for some further matches before he was given the place on the terrace once again. In sum Olsen played 10 matches for Malmö FF during the league title winning 2013 season, an strange feat for a second choice goalkeeper. anterior to the start of the 2014 season the club sold Johan Dahlin, making Olsen the first choice goalkeeper. In the 2014 season, Olsen made 29 out of 30 league appearances and was a vital nibble of the team that defended the clubs league entitle and qualified for the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League. For his performances in the league Olsen was awarded Allsvenskan goalkeeper of the class. [ 6 ] He was besides nominated for swedish goalkeeper of the year at Fotbollsgalan. [ 7 ]

PAOK [edit ]

Olsen signed a four-year compress with Greek team PAOK F.C. on 1 July 2015, [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] with a transportation fee of closely €650,000 being paid to Malmö. [ 11 ]

copenhagen [edit ]

On 26 January 2016, Olsen would join F.C. Copenhagen on loan for six months, [ 12 ] to cover for the hurt Stephan Andersen. [ 13 ] F.C. Copenhagen wanted to make the loan travel permanent, [ 14 ] and on 24 May 2016 Olsen signed a four-year contract with the baseball club for a transfer fee of about €600,000. [ 15 ]

rome [edit ]

In July 2018, Olsen signed a five-year condense with the italian baseball club A.S. Roma with a report fee of around €12,000,000, [ 16 ] replacing the outgoing Alisson. [ 16 ] He marked his debut for the team with a clean plane in a 1–0 away victory against Torino F.C. on 19 August 2018. [ 17 ]

loan to Cagliari [edit ]

In August 2019, Olsen joined Cagliari Calcio on a season-long lend. [ 18 ] On 25 November 2019, Olsen was sent off in an off game against U.S. Lecce for pushing Gianluca Lapadula, who in act had pushed Olsen for kicking the ball away. Both players were sent off, received a finely of €10,000, and Olsen was suspended for the following four Serie A matches. [ 19 ]

lend to Everton [edit ]

Olsen joined Premier League golf club Everton on a season-long lend on 5 October 2020. [ 20 ] He played his first game for Everton on 1 November, away from home in the league against Newcastle United, in space of Jordan Pickford who had played 120 straight league games prior to that fixture. Everton lost the bet on 2–1. [ 21 ] Olsen played his moment game for Everton on 16 December 2020, away from dwelling in the league against Leicester City. Everton won the plot 0–2 with Olsen keeping a clean sheet. [ 22 ]

loanword to Sheffield United

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On 31 August 2021, Olsen joined Championship side Sheffield United. [ 23 ]

International career [edit ]

Olsen was eligible for international dally for both Denmark and Sweden. [ 3 ] When he came to Malmö FF he said that he would prefer to play for Denmark but in 2014 he opted to play for Sweden according to Danish external passenger car Morten Olsen. [ 3 ] [ 24 ] On 15 January 2015, he made his debut for Sweden in a friendly repair against the Ivory Coast. [ 25 ] In May 2016, Olsen was called up for Sweden ‘s police squad for UEFA Euro 2016, as back-up keeper for Andreas Isaksson. After Sweden ‘s early exit from the tournament, Isaksson retired and Olsen became Sweden ‘s first-choice goalkeeper. In May 2018 he was named in Sweden ‘s 23-man team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. [ 26 ] At the 2018 World Cup, Olsen started in all five games for Sweden as they were eliminated by England in the quarter concluding. [ 27 ]

personal life [edit ]

In March 2021, Olsen and his family were threatened with a machete by a masked gang during a foray into on their home in Altrincham, Greater Manchester. The gang steal jewelry and a lavishness watch during the burglary. [ 28 ]

career statistics [edit ]

baseball club [edit ]

As of match played 6 November 2021[29]

International [edit ]

As of match played 14 November 2021[29]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2015 2 0
2016 6 0
2017 8 0
2018 11 0
2019 9 0
2020 6 0
2021 12 0
Total 54 0

Honours [edit ]

Bunkeflo FF
IFK Klagshamn
Malmö FF
Copenhagen
Individual

References [edit ]

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