Oliver Kjærgaard

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

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 36 (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 17:17, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

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 17 May 2024[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lyngby 2015–16 Bet25 Liga 200020
2016–17 Danish Superliga 300030
2017–18 300030
Total 800080
Tromsø 2018 Eliteserien 202141
2019 202343
Total 404484
Nest-Sotra (loan) 2018 OBOS-ligaen 13100131
Total 13100131
Helsingør 2020–21 NordicBet Liga 29700297
2021-22 26130291
2022-23 17330203
Total 7211607811
HamKam 2023 Eliteserien 26251313
2024 7031101
Total 33282414
Career total 1301418614820

References
  1. Oliver Kjærgaard at Soccerway
  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. 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 at Soccerway
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