Oliver Valaker Edvardsen

Oliver Valaker Edvardsen
Edvardsen with Go Ahead Eagles in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-03-19) 19 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Bærum, Norway
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Ajax
Youth career
–2014 Drøbak-Frogn
2016 Strømsgodset
2017–2018 Vålerenga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Drøbak-Frogn 17 (7)
2017–2018 Vålerenga 2 38 (7)
2019 Grorud 16 (10)
2019–2022 Stabæk 77 (19)
2022–2025 Go Ahead Eagles 75 (22)
2025– Ajax 0 (0)
International career
2015 Norway U16 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 January 2025

Oliver Valaker Edvardsen (born 19 March 1999) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Eredivisie club Ajax.

Club career

Growing up in the club Drøbak-Frogn, Edvardsen made his senior debut in 2014. After being capped for Norway U16 he joined the youth teams of Strømsgodset and Vålerenga, but as a senior player he moved to Grorud. In the first half of 2019 he scored 12 times in 19 league and cup games and was picked up by Stabæk.

On 15 July 2022, Edvardsen signed a three-year contract with Go Ahead Eagles in the Netherlands.

On 31 January 2025, Edvardsen signed a three-and-a-half year contract with Ajax, with a club option to extend for one more year.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Drøbak-Frogn 2014 Oddsen-liga 2 0 0 0 – 2 0
2015 3. divisjon 15 7 1 1 – 16 8
Total 17 7 1 1 0 0 18 8
Strømsgodset 2 2016 2. divisjon 6 0 0 0 – 6 0
Vålerenga 2 2017 2. divisjon 22 2 0 0 – 22 2
2018 16 5 0 0 – 16 5
Total 38 7 0 0 0 0 38 7
Grorud 2019 2. divisjon 16 10 3 2 – 19 12
Stabæk 2019 Eliteserien 8 2 0 0 – 8 2
2020 29 6 0 0 – 29 6
2021 25 7 1 0 – 26 7
2022 OBOS-ligaen 15 4 1 0 – 16 4
Total 77 19 2 0 0 0 79 19
Go Ahead Eagles 2022–23 Eredivisie 28 7 2 0 – 30 7
2023–24 33 7 2 3 – 35 10
2024–25 14 8 2 1 – 16 9
Total 75 22 6 4 0 0 81 26
Career total 229 65 12 7 0 0 241 72

References

  1. ^ a b Oliver Valaker Edvardsen at Soccerway
  2. ^ Oliver Valaker Edvardsen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  3. ^ "OLIVER EDVARDSEN: 'TOTAALPLAATJE GO AHEAD EAGLES TREKT ME ENORM AAN'" (in Dutch). Go Ahead Eagles. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Ajax signs Oliver Edvardsen". AFC Ajax. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  5. ^ "Oliver Edvardsen". altomfotball.no. tv2. Retrieved 25 October 2020.


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