Martin Ødegaard ( yield 17 December 1998 ) is a norwegian professional football player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Arsenal and captains the Norway national team. Ødegaard began his aged cabaret career at old age 15 in 2014, playing for Strømsgodset ; he set the Tippeligaen commemorate for its youngest goalscorer, and in 2015, signed for Real Madrid in a transfer worth an initial €4 million ( Kr. 35 million ), [ 4 ] where he set the clubhouse record for its youngest musician. After enduring sporadic play time, Ødegaard joined Eredivise clubs Heerenveen and Vitesse, and La Liga cabaret Real Sociedad, on consecutive loans between 2017 and 2019 ; Ødegaard won the Copa del Rey with Real Sociedad in 2019. Following another loan, he signed for Arsenal in 2021 in a transfer worth an initial £29 million ( €35 million ).
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Ødegaard made his senior external debut for Norway in 2014, at age 15, and has set the record for the youngest aged Norway player, and the youngest player to play in a UEFA european Championship qualifying match .
early life [edit ]
Martin Ødegaard [ 5 ] was born on 17 December 1998, [ 6 ] in Drammen. [ 7 ]
Club career [edit ]
Ødegaard spent his first years in the local sports clubhouse Drammen Strong. His father, Hans Erik Ødegaard, a former football player, [ 8 ] co-founded a football section in the club, and became the coach of his son ‘s team. [ 3 ] [ 9 ] In 2005, when Ødegaard was six, his parents and others each invested 50,000 kroner so that the local cabaret could refit their gravel field, Kjappen, with artificial turf. This has been cited as crucial for his development, as Ødegaard exhausted countless hours on the airfield. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Drammen Strong was doubly selected by Ødegaard to receive a loot of 50,000 danish krone ( €5,800 ), when the young player was given the Statoil talent prize for April 2014 and for the 2014 season. [ 11 ] Later, in 2015, Drammen Strong received 250,000 kroner, equivalent to approximately €29,000, as a giving from Strømsgodset Toppfotball when Ødegaard was sold to Real Madrid. [ 10 ] In 2009, Ødegaard joined the young division of Strømsgodset. He trained and played with older boys. [ 10 ] The norwegian FA besides organizes young talents in local zone teams. Ødegaard played his first matches for the Buskerud team in January 2010, when he had fair turned 11. The other players on the team, and opponents, were 2–3 years older. [ 12 ] The bus noted : “ Handles things brilliantly. good choices. full touch, ache in position game ”. [ 12 ] Ødegaard trained with this team hebdomadally for the future three years. He largely played left back, as the coaches felt this would give him a convinced feel with many ball touches while still playing against physically a lot stronger players. [ 12 ] In attack, he was given absolve rein due to his ability to “ see solutions and spaces that we as coaches were not even close to thinking about. ” [ 12 ] In 2011, at old age 12, he impressed former football coach Lars Tjærnås during a nationally tournament for under-16s :
The best 15-year-olds in the country were gathered for a tournament between the peak clubs … It was decidedly not the first time he had astonished his opponents or the spectators. He was three or four years younger than the others. It was impossible not to realize that we were witnessing something out of the ordinary. [ 13 ]
Strømsgodset [edit ]
Ødegaard began training with the Strømsgodset first base team in 2012, aged 13. He made his inaugural team debut the lapp year, in a mid-season friendly against local rivals Mjøndalen IF. [ 14 ] He besides had short circuit educate visits to Bayern Munich and Manchester United. [ 15 ] In 2013, at senesce 14, Ødegaard played for both Strømsgodset ‘s junior team ( normally aged 17–19 ), and the club ‘s third team at the fifth grade of norwegian senior football. In January 2014, it was agreed that 15-year-old Ødegaard would be separate of Strømsgodset ‘s beginning team for the year, but no professional sign was signed. The contest rules state of matter that to play in Tippeligaen, players must have a professional contract to be eligible. [ 16 ] however, the club included Ødegaard on the “ B-list ” for amateur players, which made him eligible for up to three matches per season. [ 17 ] Ødegaard was ineffective to train with Strømsgodset in the day since he was still in compulsory department of education. frankincense, as function of the agreement, he trained two evenings a week with Mjøndalen IF, a semi-professional First Division team at the time, where his beget was one of the coaches. [ 18 ] He made his league debut for Strømsgodset in a pit against Aalesunds FK at Marienlyst Stadion on 13 April 2014. Aged 15 years and 118 days, he became the youngest football player ever to play in Tippeligaen. [ 19 ] On 5 May, he signed a professional contract with Strømsgodset, lasting until the end of 2015. [ 20 ] This removed the restriction of three matches per temper. Eleven days later, he scored his first gear professional goal and became the youngest goalscorer in Tippeligaen when he scored the fourth goal for Strømsgodset in a 4–1 home victory against Sarpsborg 08 FF. [ 21 ] He made his european introduction on 16 July, replacing Lars-Christopher Vilsvik for the final five minutes of the club ‘s 1–0 home defeat to Steaua București in the UEFA Champions League second stipulate round off. [ 22 ] In late July, an away equal at Sandnes Ulf prompted dangerous discussion in national newspapers VG, [ 23 ] Dagbladet [ 24 ] and Aftenposten, [ 25 ] on his possible call-up to the norwegian national team. Ødegaard was involved in all three goals for his team, including a finish and an aid. He was besides fouled for a penalty which was missed by a teammate. [ 24 ] John Arne Riise, the most-capped player on the norwegian national team, was impressed, and “ demanded ” Ødegaard should be called up to play against the big nations of Europe. [ 23 ] Former director for Norway, Nils Johan Semb, said after the match that “ Martin is one of the best 15-year-olds in Europe, ” [ 24 ] but added that he should not be rushed into the national team. Ødegaard himself stated to the bid that if he would be asked to play for Norway, he would say yes. [ 26 ] In the away match against IK Start on 15 August the like year, Ødegaard was placed on the right fly, and made all three assists for Strømsgodset, who won 3–2. [ 27 ] He scored two goals in a match for the first clock in his career in the 2–1 succeed against Lillestrøm SK on 19 October. [ 28 ] Strømsgodset finished fourth in the league, qualifying for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League, with Ødegaard having scored 5 goals in 23 league games in addition to 7 assists. [ 29 ] In December 2014, during the norwegian near season, he trained with the first gear teams at Liverpool, [ 30 ] and Bayern Munich. [ 31 ] He besides visited Arsenal, to whom he would be loaned six years late. [ 32 ] In January 2015, he trained with Real Madrid. [ 33 ]
very Madrid [edit ]
On 21 January 2015, Real Madrid reached an agreement to sign Ødegaard from Strømsgodset, [ 34 ] for a fee reported by spanish media as around €3 million. [ 29 ] norwegian media reported, however, that the tip was 35 million danish krone ( approximately €4 million ), which could rise to 70–75 million danish krone ( approximately €8–8.5 million ) on sealed conditions. [ 35 ] In a iron conference after the sign, Real Madrid announced that Ødegaard would train with both the baseball club ‘s first team and the reserves, Real Madrid Castilla. He would play for the latter team, which was managed by Zinedine Zidane at the time. [ 4 ] [ 36 ] He made his unofficial debut for the reserves on 4 February, in a 3–3 friendly tie with Beijing Guoan. He was subsequently named in the first team ‘s UEFA Champions League squad. [ 37 ] Ødegaard was assigned the number 21. [ 38 ] His official debut for Castilla came on 8 February, coming on in the last 20 minutes as a stand-in in the 2–2 draw against Athletic Bilbao B in Segunda División B. [ 39 ] On 21 February, he scored his first finish for the club in a 4–0 gain over Barakaldo CF at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano, opening the score after seven minutes. [ 40 ] In April, Ødegaard was dropped from Castilla after a race of four defeats, with staff finding problems with him training with the first team while playing for the reserves, in addition to a lyric barrier. First team coach Carlo Ancelotti called for fans to be patient while Ødegaard settles in a newfangled state. [ 41 ] On 29 April, he was included in Real Madrid ‘s matchday police squad for the first time for a home La Liga regular against UD Almería, as Ancelotti was without Gareth Bale, Luka Modrić and Karim Benzema through injury. however, he did not feature in the 3–0 victory. [ 42 ] On 23 May, in the concluding fastness of the season, he made his debut for Real Madrid, coming-on as a 58th-minute substitute for hat-trick scorer and then-reigning FIFA Ballon d’Or achiever Cristiano Ronaldo in an eventual 7–3 dwelling winnings over Getafe CF. [ 43 ] He became the youngest debutant in the history of the club at 16 years and 157 days old. [ 44 ] Ødegaard was a even starter for Castilla during the 2015–16 season. On 17 April 2016, he was praised in Diario AS for his operation in a 3–0 home plate gain over SD Gernika Club, winning a punishment bang which Mariano scored. The result put the team clear of the postpone. [ 45 ] The team won the group ahead of Barakaldo CF on the last sidereal day, with Ødegaard scoring his first gear of the season in a 6–1 slam dance of La Roda CF. [ 46 ] Ødegaard made his first base start for Real Madrid on 30 November 2016, 679 days after signing for the club. He played the full 90 minutes against Cultural Leonesa in the Copa Del Rey round of 32 as Madrid won 6–1. [ 47 ] After been recalled from loan by Real Madrid in 2020, [ 48 ] Ødegaard started the clubhouse ‘s open bet on of the 2020–21 La Liga temper aside to Real Sociedad, in a 0–0 reap. [ 49 ] On 25 November, he made his Champions League debut for substantial Madrid in a 2–0 away win over Inter Milan. [ 50 ]
2017–2020 : Loans in Netherlands and Spain [edit ]
On 10 January 2017, Dutch club SC Heerenveen confirmed that Ødegaard had joined them on lend for 18 months. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] He had besides been close to agreeing a deal with Barcelona, according to his agent, but the Catalan ‘s club remove ban at the time proved a pivotal agent. [ 53 ] He made his Eredivisie debut four days late in a 2–0 home plate winnings over ADO Den Haag, replacing Arbër Zeneli in the final seconds. After the game, he spoke to Fox Sports about how he was pleased with his new surroundings. [ 54 ] His begin to his time at Heerenveen was poor, having merely one shot and one assist in his first seven games, [ 55 ] and he was late confined to the substitutes ‘ judiciary by director Jurgen Streppel. [ 56 ] He scored his first goal for the Frisians on 18 May in his 15th appearance, a 3–1 home loss to FC Utrecht in the first leg of a play-off semi-final ( 5–2 aggregate ). [ 57 ] In the 2017–18 temper, Ødegaard became a even starter. [ 58 ] He scored his first base regular-season finish for Heerenveen on 18 November 2017, in a 4–0 gain at FC Twente. [ 59 ] On 21 August 2018, Real Madrid announced that Ødegaard would be loaned again for the 2018–19 season, joining another Eredivisie club, SBV Vitesse. [ 60 ] [ 61 ] On 5 July 2019, he was loaned to Real Sociedad for one season, with real Madrid retaining the option to recall the musician or extend the loanword for an extra season after the first class. [ 62 ] [ 63 ] [ 64 ] On 25 August 2019, he scored his first La Liga goal in a 1–0 victory over Mallorca at the Son Moix. [ 64 ] On 14 September, he scored his second finish for the golf club in a 2–0 home victory over Atletico Madrid at the Anoeta Stadium, in what was regarded by pundits as a man-of-the-match performance. [ 65 ] He registered his first assist with a 20-yard line-breaking base on balls to Mikel Oyarzabal against mate Basques Deportivo Alavés, in a motion praised by fans and pundits alike for its proficiency. [ 66 ] In September 2019, Ødegaard was named La Liga Player of the Month. [ 67 ] In February 2020, he scored against Real Madrid to help his loan club eliminate his parent club from the 2019–20 Copa del Rey at the quarter-final degree. [ 68 ] Real Sociedad reached the final examination of the competition, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain ; they besides qualified for the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League after finishing sixth in La Liga and the temper was a successful one for Ødegaard on a personal level. [ 69 ] He missed the goal of the season having been diagnosed in June with tendinopathy, a problem that had besides occurred some months earlier. [ 70 ]
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arsenal [edit ]
On 27 January 2021, Ødegaard joined English club Arsenal on a loan deal until the end of the season. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] Three days later, he made his debut against rivals Manchester United in the Premier League, coming on as a alternate for Emile Smith Rowe in a 0–0 home draw. [ 73 ] On 14 February, he made his first league startle for Arsenal in a 4–2 home win over Leeds United. [ 74 ] On 18 February, Ødegaard started in his first gear Europa League match for Arsenal in a 1–1 away draw against Benfica in the first leg of the rung of 32 necktie. [ 75 ] On 11 March, Ødegaard scored his first gear finish for Arsenal with a 20-yard strike in a 3–1 away win over Olympiacos in the first leg of the Europa League attack of 16 tie. [ 76 ] That finish was late voted as the Goal of the Month in March on the Arsenal official web site. [ 77 ] On 14 March, Ødegaard scored in back to back games, picking up his first gear Premier League finish in a 2–1 home plate acquire over Tottenham Hotspur in the 203rd North London bowler hat. [ 78 ] ascribable to his leading performance in March 2021, he was late voted as the Player of the Month on Arsenal official web site. [ 79 ] On 20 August 2021, Arsenal announced the permanent sign of Ødegaard from veridical Madrid in a cover worth €35 million with likely add-ons rising to around €40 million. Ødegaard signed a four-year deal until 2025 with the club having an option to extend for a fifth year. [ 80 ] [ 81 ]
International career [edit ]
youth [edit ]
Martin Ødegaard featured in the starting line-ups for the two dwelling matches of the Norway home under-15 football team versus Sweden on 17 and 19 September 2013. Both matches were won by Norway, 2–1 and 2–0. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] Ødegaard played for the Norway national under-16 football team in a tournament with Scotland, the United States and France in Turkey in January 2014. [ 84 ] [ 85 ] He played the full 90 minutes in all three matches, which resulted in a win versus Scotland and two losses. [ 86 ] [ 87 ] [ 88 ] He was promoted to the Norway national under-17 football team for the aside meet against Iceland on 28 February 2014. Ødegaard came on as a alternate in the 62nd moment, and helped secure a 2–1 winnings for his state. [ 89 ] subsequently, he was in the starting line-up for the adjacent three away matches ; in the 3–0 gain against Iceland on 2 March, [ 90 ] in the 2–3 loss against Turkey on 25 March [ 91 ] and last in the 0–3 personnel casualty against Greece on 30 March 2014. [ 92 ] In September 2014, he was selected for the Norway national under-21 football team for the final match of the 2015 UEFA european Under-21 Championship qualification. [ 93 ] He played the full match against Portugal, as a forth, but was unable to prevent the opponents from winning 2–1, despite being named Man of the Match. [ 94 ] [ 95 ] An fresh substitute for the senior team on 6 September 2015 against Croatia, he joined the under-21 team again the follow day in the 2017 UEFA european Under-21 Championship qualifying pit against England. He played the full 90 minutes in the match, which Norway lost 0–1 at home after a penalty goal by James Ward-Prowse. [ 96 ]
senior [edit ]
Ødegaard on his competitive introduction for Norway in 2014 On 19 August 2014, Ødegaard was called up for a senior international against the United Arab Emirates in Stavanger [ 97 ] and played the entire scoreless draw on 27 August, becoming the youngest player to play for Norway at senior floor, at 15 years and 253 days. [ 98 ] The read was previously held by Tormod Kjellsen, who was 15 years and 351 days on his debut in 1910. [ 97 ] On 30 September 2014, he was called up to Norway ‘s UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying matches against Malta and Bulgaria. [ 99 ] He made his competitive introduction in the latter, replacing Mats Møller Dæhli in the 64th hour of a 2–1 home succeed. At the age of 15 years and 300 days, this made him the youngest player to ever play in a european Championship modifier, breaking a record held since 1983 by Icelander Sigurður Jónsson. [ 100 ] [ 101 ] On 29 March 2015, Ødegaard became the youngest musician to start a european Championship qualifier at the age of 16 years and 101 days in a 5–1 loss to Croatia. [ 102 ] On 8 June, he was man of the catch in Norway ‘s 0–0 friendly string with scandinavian rivals Sweden in Oslo. [ 103 ] After Norway came third gear in their qualification group, Ødegaard was named in their squad for a play-off against Hungary. [ 104 ] Unused in the foremost leg, he was substituted at half time in the irregular on 15 November, as Norway lost 2–1 on the night and 3–1 on sum. [ 105 ] After 18 months without a ceiling, Ødegaard ‘s form for Heerenveen earned him a recall into Lars Lagerbäck ‘s Norway team and he earned his tenth cap against Macedonia in November 2017. [ 58 ] On 7 June 2019, Ødegaard scored his beginning international goal against Romania in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match, which ended with a 2–2 draw. [ 106 ] In March 2021, Ødegaard was appointed as the captain for the national men ‘s team by the modern director Stale Solbakken. [ 107 ]
style of play [edit ]
Ødegaard was coached by his founder to keep the ball close to his feet, to maximise control. Touted as a “ advanced ” playmaker known for his deft touch, proficiency, dribbling ability, vision and range of spend, vitamin a well as his ability to provide accurate, bending deliveries from dead balls and set pieces, [ 108 ] [ 109 ] the left-footed Ødegaard is frequently compared to attacking midfielders Mesut Özil and Guti due to his creativity on the lurch and direct, acute bowel movement of the ball to create chances for his teammates. [ 110 ] In addition, Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta besides noted his exceptional footballing intelligence to find spaces on the flip american samoa well as his work-rate, stating that “ he ‘s got a substantial stamina and he ‘s so talented, but his work-rate is incredible. ” [ 111 ] [ 112 ] A hardworking musician, Ødegaard is an energetic, effective presser of the ball, frequently covering boastfully distances in order to help his team win back possession. In both loanword spells with Real Sociedad and Arsenal, Ødegaard was statistically one of the most productive pressers on his team. [ 113 ] Considered a footballing omen and one of the best approaching talents of his generation in his youth, [ 114 ] [ 115 ] a 2014 article in the Liverpool Echo described Ødegaard as “ an attack-minded midfielder very a lot in the modern cast. Diminutive, quick-footed, with natural balance, pace and, possibly surprisingly for one then young, excellent shooting ability ”. [ 116 ] David Nielsen, his director at Strømsgodset, likened him to David Silva and Lionel Messi. In September 2014, international teammate and Rosenborg winger Morten Gamst Pedersen dubbed Ødegaard the most talented player he had ever seen, saying “ For his senesce he is incredible – his cognition of the game is improbable and his technical foul skills are fantastic ”. Pedersen besides stated that Ødegaard needed time to improve at the physical aspects of the frolic. [ 93 ] When describing his son, Hans Erik Ødegaard said, “ It ‘s the tempo of the game that makes the difference in adjusting to different levels. We ‘ve used so many hours in working with his beginning and second touch to take off the pressure. We have worked a bunch on bringing the ball closely to his feet, so he can change direction promptly, indeed even if he ‘s physically weaker than the others he does n’t get catch because he ‘s able to get away. ” [ 117 ] After Ødegaard signed for Real Madrid at the old age of 16, norwegian former football scout Tor-Kristian Karlsen praised his mentality, stating that he had “ overwhelm every challenge in front of him ”. Karlsen called him “ so healthy and ripe ” and noted his intelligence and operation at school, while besides saying that this could be a disadvantage as “ The best footballers tend to have a bit of needle, a bit of fire ”. [ 118 ] While erstwhile Norway external Jan Åge Fjørtoft was supportive of the transplant to Real Madrid due to the opportunity to learn from Zinedine Zidane, he warned that Ødegaard needed clock time to develop due to his young age despite his newfound fame : “ Comparing Ødegaard to Messi is folderal from the media. Messi is a player who can make the difference and Martin can do the lapp, but any comparisons should not be taken seriously ”. [ 119 ] Ødegaard reacted to the attention on him by saying “ If you get carried aside now, you wo n’t get far in 10 years. I ‘m supposed to be at my best then, not now. ” [ 120 ]
personal animation [edit ]
Ødegaard is the son of former football player Hans Erik Ødegaard, who played as a midfielder for Strømsgodset and Sandefjord Fotball and was assistant coach of Mjøndalen IF from 2009 to 2015. [ 121 ] He was still attending a local lower secondary school when he made his professional debut, but has since completed his compulsory education in Norway. He is a athletic supporter of English team Liverpool, whom he has described as his “ dream cabaret ”. [ 30 ] [ 122 ] [ 123 ] As a boy, Ødegaard looked up to Barcelona ‘s Lionel Messi. [ 121 ] [ 124 ] Due to his age, Ødegaard was absent from the calculator game Football Manager 2015 until his forefather gave permission to use his son ‘s likeness. [ 125 ] Ødegaard has grown up in a christian family and has expressed that religious faith is an important part of his life. [ 126 ] He was named in Time ‘s 30 most influential teenagers of 2015. [ 120 ]
career statistics [edit ]
golf club [edit ]
- As of 2 December 2021[127][128][129]
International [edit ]
- As of match played 16 November 2021[130]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Norway
2014
3
0
2015
5
0
2016
1
0
2017
1
0
2018
4
0
2019
8
1
2020
3
0
2021
12
0
Total
37
1
- Scores and results list Norway’s goal tally first.[130]
List of international goals scored by Martin Ødegaard
No.
Date
Venue
Opponent
Score
Result
Competition
1
7 June 2019
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway
Romania
2–0
2–2
UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
Honours [edit ]
Real Madrid
Real Sociedad
Individual
References [edit ]
- Profile at the Arsenal F.C. website
- Profile at the Premier League website
- Martin Ødegaard at Soccerway
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