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| name = Dani Olmo

| image = Dani Olmo 2022.jpg

| caption = Olmo withplaying for [[RB Leipzig]] in 2022

| full_name = Daniel Olmo Carvajal<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce4/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Spain (ESP) |publisher=FIFA |page=16 |date=22 July 2021 |access-date=29 August 2021 |archive-date=27 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827224441/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce4/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|5|7|df=y}}<ref name="Profile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.gnkdinamo.hr/hr/Players/Single?Permalink=dani-olmo |title=Dani Olmo {{!}} Dinamo Zagreb – GNK Dinamo |access-date=3 April 2019 |archive-date=30 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130013346/https://www.gnkdinamo.hr/hr/Players/Single?Permalink=dani-olmo |url-status=live }}</ref>

| birth_place = [[Terrassa]], Spain

| height = 1.76 m<ref>{{Citecite web |last=UEFA.com |title=Dani Olmo {{!}} Spain {{!}} UEFA EURO 2024 |url=https://www.uefafcbarcelona.com/euro2024en/teamsfootball/first-team/players/250081720--16677/dani-olmo/ |access-datetitle=2024-06-16Dani Olmo |websitepublisher=UEFA.comFC |language=enBarcelona |archiveaccess-date=1619 JuneSeptember 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024061611461220240909152137/https://www.uefafcbarcelona.com/euro2024en/teamsfootball/first-team/players/250081720--16677/dani-olmo/ |archive-date=9 September 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref>

| position = [[Attacking midfielder]], [[left winger]]

| currentclub = [[RBFC LeipzigBarcelona|Barcelona]]

| clubnumber = 720

| youthyears1 = 2006–2007

| youthclubs1 = [[RCD Espanyol cantera|Espanyol]]

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| caps2 = 80

| goals2 = 20

| years3 = 2020–2020–2024

| clubs3 = [[RB Leipzig]]

| caps3 = 107

| goals3 = 17

| years4 = 2024–

| clubs4 = [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]

| caps4 = 3

| goals4 = 3

| nationalyears1 = 2014

| nationalteam1 = [[Spain national under-16 football team|Spain U16]]

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| nationalyears6 = 2019–

| nationalteam6 = [[Spain national football team|Spain]]

| nationalcaps6 = 3940

| nationalgoals6 = 11

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| club-update = 2317:2127, 317 MaySeptember 2024 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 23:5314, 145 JulySeptember 2024 (UTC)

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'''Daniel Olmo Carvajal''' (born 7 May 1998) is a Spanish professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as an [[attacking midfielder]] or [[Winger (association football)|left winger]] for [[BundesligaLa Liga]] club [[RBFC LeipzigBarcelona|Barcelona]] and the [[Spain national football team|Spain national team]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last=Onyekwe|first=Samuel|title=Five Spain stars to keep an eye on as European Under-21 Championship continues|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/five-spain-stars-euro-under-16611149|access-date=2 July 2019|work=Daily Mirror|date=22 June 2019|archive-date=23 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623135533/https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/five-spain-stars-euro-under-16611149|url-status=live}}</ref>

After a period at [[La Masia]], Olmo made his professional debut for [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]] in Croatia in 2015. He made 124 total appearances for the club, scoring 34 goals and winning the [[Croatian Football League|league]] five times and the [[Croatian Football Cup|cup]] three times. In 2020, he joined [[RB Leipzig]], where he won two [[DFB-Pokal]]s in [[2022 DFB-Pokal final|2022]] and [[2023 DFB-Pokal final|2023]] as well as the [[2023 DFL-Supercup]], where he scored a hat-trick, before rejoining boyhood club Barcelona in 2024.

Olmo won the [[2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2019 UEFA European Championship]] with the [[Spain national under-21 football team|Spain under-21 team]], and a silver medal at the [[Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2020 Olympic tournament]]. He made his senior international debut in 2019, and was part of the teams that reached semi-finals of [[UEFA Euro 2020]], and won the [[2022–23 UEFA Nations League|2023 UEFA Nations League]]. He was a member of the Spain team that won [[UEFA Euro 2024|Euro 2024]], finishing as the tournament's joint-top scorer.

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On 12 August 2023, Olmo scored a [[hat-trick]] in the [[2023 DFL-Supercup|DFL-Supercup]] against Bayern Munich, providing the only goals scored in the match.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-08-12 |title=German Super Cup: Kane brought off bench but Bayern beaten by Leipzig |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/football/66489164 |access-date=2023-08-12 |archive-date=18 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818201925/https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/football/66489164 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Return to Barcelona===

On 9 August 2024, Olmo returned to his youth career club Barcelona, signing a six-year contract in a deal reportedly worth in the region of €60 million.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 August 2024 |title=FC Barcelona sign Dani Olmo |work=FC Barcelona |url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/news/4078339/fc-barcelona-sign-dani-olmo |access-date=9 August 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=9 August 2024 |title=Barcelona agree deal in principle to sign Dani Olmo from RB Leipzig |language=en-GB |work=The Athletic |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5620891/2024/08/06/barcelona-dani-olmo-transfer/ |access-date=9 August 2024 }}</ref>

On 27 August 2024, after missing the games against [[Valencia CF|Valencia]] and [[Athletic Bilbao]] due to being unable to be registered due to salary cap issues, Olmo made his debut, coming off the bench to replace [[Ferran Torres]] against [[Rayo Vallecano]] in the second half and scoring the winning goal in the 82nd minute, giving his club a 1–2 away win.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-27 |title=Olmo seals Barca win with goal in 'dream debut' |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/41018984/dani-olmo-barcelona-win-goal-dream-return |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

== International career ==

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Olmo was included in [[Luis de la Fuente (footballer, born 1961)|Luis de la Fuente]]'s [[Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads#Spain|22-man squad]] for the [[Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2020 Summer Olympics]], on 29 June 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/spain-names-men-s-football-squad-for-tokyo-2020-olympic-games|title=Spain names men's football squad for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games|publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]]|date=29 June 2021|access-date=22 July 2021|archive-date=22 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722094130/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/spain-names-men-s-football-squad-for-tokyo-2020-olympic-games|url-status=dead}}</ref> On [[Spain national under-23 football team|Spain]]'s road to Olympic silver, Olmo contributed an assist in the 1–1 draw with [[Argentina national under-23 football team|Argentina]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=28 July 2021|title=Spain U23 vs. Argentina U23 - Football Match Commentary|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/commentary/_/gameId/601596|url-status=live|access-date=7 August 2021|website=ESPN|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807143109/https://www.espn.com/soccer/commentary/_/gameId/601596 |archive-date=7 August 2021 }}</ref> and a goal and an assist in the 5–2 victory over [[Ivory Coast national under-23 football team|Ivory Coast]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=31 July 2021|title=Spain U23 vs. Ivory Coast U23 - Football Match Commentary|url=https://www.espn.in/football/commentary/_/gameId/601593|url-status=live|access-date=7 August 2021|website=ESPN|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807143110/https://www.espn.in/football/commentary/_/gameId/601593 |archive-date=7 August 2021 }}</ref> He was named a starter in the [[Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Final|final]] that Spain lost 2–1 to [[Brazil national under-23 football team|Brazil]].<ref name=olympic>{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Michael|date=7 August 2021|title=Brazil vs Spain LIVE: Tokyo 2020 men's football final result and score today|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/mens-football-final-brazil-spain-live-b1898712.html|url-status=live|access-date=7 August 2021|website=The Independent|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807101428/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/mens-football-final-brazil-spain-live-b1898712.html |archive-date=7 August 2021 }}</ref>

On 11 November 2022, Olmo was named in Luis Enrique's [[2022 FIFA World Cup squads#Spain|26-man squad]] squad for the [[2022 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rfef.es/en/news/list-called-players-fifa-world-cup-qatar-2022 |title=List of called-up players for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 |publisher=[[Royal Spanish Football Federation]] |date=11 November 2022 |access-date=11 November 2022 |archive-date=14 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114171331/https://rfef.es/en/news/list-called-players-fifa-world-cup-qatar-2022 |url-status=live }}</ref> In their opening [[2022 FIFA World Cup Group E|group stage]] match against [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]], Olmo scored the first goal and assisted the seventh as they won 7–0, becoming Spain's biggest win at a World Cup.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Teenager Gavi scores superb volley in emphatic win |website=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63644789 |access-date=1 December 2022 |archive-date=3 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103080855/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63644789 |url-status=live }}</ref> He also played in the 1–1 draw against [[Germany national football team|Germany]],<ref>{{Cite news |title=Niclas Fullkrug equaliser after Alvaro Morata opener |website=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63692161 |access-date=1 December 2022 |archive-date=30 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130134739/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63692161 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the 2–1 defeat to [[Japan national football team|Japan]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Japan and Spain both through on dramatic night |website=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63739246 |access-date=1 December 2022 |archive-date=3 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103080920/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63739246 |url-status=live }}</ref> He also started in Spain's [[2022 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Round of 16|round of 16]] match against [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]], which Spain went on to lose 3–0 on [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalties]] following a 0–0 draw [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|after extra time]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Achraf Hakimi chips winning penalty to reach quarters |website=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63789751 |access-date=6 December 2022 |archive-date=15 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215200647/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63789751 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 7 June 2024, he was selected in the 26-man squad for the [[UEFA Euro 2024]].<ref>{{cite news |date=7 June 2024 |title=OFFICIAL {{!}} Final Spain squad for the Euro 2024 finals |url=https://rfef.es/en/noticias/final-spain-squad-for-the-euro-2024-finals |publisher=Royal Spanish Football Federation |access-date=7 June 2024 }}</ref> He scored his first goal in the European competition in a 4–1 victory over [[Georgia national football team|Georgia]] in the round of 16.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240630-spain-georgia-euro-2024-quarter-finals |title=Spain defeats Georgia 4-1, advances to Euro 2024 quarterfinals |publisher=France 24 |date=30 June 2024 |access-date=30 June 2024 |archive-date=30 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630225333/https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240630-spain-georgia-euro-2024-quarter-finals |url-status=live }}</ref> In the quarter-final match against Germany, he was awarded player of the match, scoring a goal and providing an assist in a 2–1 victory after extra time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/match/2036205--w39-vs-germany/ |title=Spain 2–1 Germany |publisher=UEFA |date=5 July 2024 }}</ref> He scored his third goal of the tournament in a 2–1 victory over [[France national football team|France]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/028f-1b544afc4a71-e17794a15449-1000--spain-2-1-france-la-roja-fight-back-to-reach-final/ |title=Spain 2-1 France: La Roja fight back to reach final |publisher=UEFA |date=9 July 2024 }}</ref> In the [[UEFA Euro 2024 final|final]] against [[England national football team|England]], he played a crucial role in the 2–1 victory with a goal-line clearance in the 90th minute.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.in/espn/story/_/id/40564533/euro-2024-moment-day-dani-olmo-last-gasp-goalline-clearance-seals-spain-trophy |title=Euro 2024 Moment of the Day: Dani 'Olmost', the last-gasp clearance that won Spain the title |publisher=ESPN |date=15 July 2024 }}</ref> With 3 goals in the tournament, Olmo was awarded the [[UEFA European Championship awards#Golden Boot|Golden Boot]] in a 6-way tie.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/football/story/_/id/40558317/euro-2024-golden-boot-harry-kane-dani-olmo-6-winners |title=Euro 2024 Golden Boot: Harry Kane, Dani Olmo among 6 winners |website=ESPN|date=14 July 2024|access-date=15 July 2024}}</ref>

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==Career statistics==

===Club===

{{updated|match played 3115 JulySeptember 2024}}<ref name="soccerway">{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/daniel-olmo/395366/|title=Dani Olmo|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=19 June 2021|archive-date=24 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324194845/https://int.soccerway.com/players/daniel-olmo/395366/|url-status=live}}</ref>

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|[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]

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|[[La Liga]]

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===International===

{{updated|match played 145 JulySeptember 2024}}<ref name="EUFoot">{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=30837|title=Daniel Olmo|website=EU-Football.info|access-date=8 June 2021|archive-date=6 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606014949/https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=30837|url-status=live}}</ref>

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==External links==

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