Oliver Jürgens
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 May 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Tallinn, Estonia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ponferradina | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2011 | Ajax Lasnamäe | ||
| 2011–2012 | Levadia Tallinn | ||
| 2012–2013 | Kalev Tallinn | ||
| 2013–2014 | Harju | ||
| 2014 | Volga Nizhny Novgorod | ||
| 2014–2015 | Nõmme Kalju | ||
| 2016–2019 | Nõmme United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Nõmme United | 25 | (35) |
| 2019–2020 | Hellas Verona | 0 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Roma (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Inter Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Torino | 0 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Újpest | 6 | (0) |
| 2024 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 6 | (0) |
| 2024– | Ponferradina | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Estonia U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2023– | Estonia | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:40, 29 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
Oliver Jürgens (born 10 May 2003) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primera Federación – Group 1 club Ponferradina and the Estonia national team.
Career
[edit]Jürgens began playing football at the age of 5 with his local club Ajax Lasnamäe, and went through the youth academies of Estonian clubs Levadia Tallinn, Kalev Tallinn, Harju JK, before moving to Russia briefly with Volga in 2014.[1] He returned to Estonia with Nõmme Kalju in 2014, and in 2015 started gaining worldwide attention from scouts after scoring 29 goals in 7 games in a youth tournament. In 2016 he joined other football club located in Nõmme region, Nõmme United. In 2018, he was promoted to Nõmme United's first team in the Estonian third division scoring 7 goals in 8 games in debut season. In 2019 he only played first half of the season, scoring 28 goals in just 17 games.[2]
On 20 August 2019, he signed a professional contract with the Italian club Hellas Verona.[3] On 20 January 2020, he signed on a brief loan with Roma for the second half of the 2019–20 season.[4] On 21 September 2021, he moved to Inter Milan.[5] On 19 August 2022, he moved to Torino.[6]
On 5 September 2023, Jürgens moved to the Hungarian club Újpest.[7] He made his professional debut with Újpest as a substitute in a 2–0 Nemzeti Bajnokság I loss to MTK on 23 September 2023.[8]
On 30 January 2024, Jürgens signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with DAC Dunajská Streda in Slovakia.[9]
On 20 August 2024, Jürgens signed for Spanish Primera Federación – Group 1 club Ponferradina.[10]
International career
[edit]Jürgens is a youth international for Estonia, having played once for the Estonia U16s in May 2018.[11] He was first called up to the senior international Estonia in October 2023.[12] He made his senior international debut for the senior Estonia in a 2–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying loss to Austria on 16 November 2023.[13]
Honours
[edit]- Nõmme United FC
References
[edit]- ^ "Mängija". jalgpall.ee.
- ^ "OLIVER JÜRGENS ON NOOR EESTI JALKATALENT". ttrk.tln.edu.ee.
- ^ "TUULT TIIBADESSE! Eesti ründetalent siirdub Itaalia kõrgliigaklubi ridadesse". www.ohtuleht.ee. 21 August 2019.
- ^ "AMETLIK! Jürgens siirdus Itaalia suurklubisse!". www.ohtuleht.ee.
- ^ "KAS UUE SUPERSTAARI SÜND? Noor Eesti ründeäss sõlmis Milano Interiga profilepingu". www.ohtuleht.ee. 21 September 2020.
- ^ "Inter Agree To Sell Youngster Oliver Jurgens To Torino, Gianluca Di Marzio Reports". SempreInter.com. 19 August 2022.
- ^ "PÕNEV! Eesti jalgpallitalent Jürgens liitus Märten Kuuse koduklubiga". www.ohtuleht.ee.
- ^ "Uude klubisse siirdunud Oliver Jürgens tegi kohe esimeses mängus meesteklassi debüüdi". Jalgpall. 17 September 2023.
- ^ "OLIVER JÜRGENS HRÁČOM DAC-U" [OLIVER JÜRGENS IS A DAC PLAYER] (in Slovak). DAC Dunajská Streda. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Oliver Jürgens se incorpora a la SD Ponferradina" [Oliver Jürgens joins SD Ponferradina]. www.sdponferradina.com (in Spanish). 20 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ "Itaalias mängiva Eesti jalgpalluri isa: meie koondisse pääsevad vaid teatud agentuuri mängijad". Delfi Sport.
- ^ "Häberli kutsus Oliver Jürgensi esimest korda koondisse. Ründetalent vastas eitavalt". Delfi Sport.
- ^ Arena, Kasper Elissaar, A. Le Coq (16 November 2023). "Eesti särgis debüteerinud Jürgens: päris põnev, jalad läksid kohe kinni". Soccernet.ee - Jalgpall luubi all!.
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External links
[edit]- Oliver Jürgens at the Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
- Oliver Jürgens national team profile at the Estonian Football Association (archive) (in Estonian)
- Oliver Jürgens at Soccerway
- Oliver Jürgens at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Tallinn
- Estonian men's footballers
- Estonia men's international footballers
- Estonia men's youth international footballers
- Estonia men's under-21 international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- FC Nõmme United players
- Újpest FC players
- FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players
- SD Ponferradina players
- Esiliiga B players
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
- Slovak First Football League players
- Estonian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary
- Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
- Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
- Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- 21st-century Estonian sportsmen