Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Daniel Olmo Carvajal[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [2] | 7 May 1998||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Terrassa, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, winger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Espanyol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2014 | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2017 | Dinamo Zagreb II | 25 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2020 | Dinamo Zagreb | 80 | (20) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2024 | RB Leipzig | 107 | (17) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | Barcelona | 12 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Spain U16 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Spain U17 | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Spain U18 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Spain U21 | 14 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Spain U23 | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019– | Spain | 41 | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:28, 18 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:14, 15 November 2024 (UTC) |
Daniel Olmo Carvajal (born 7 May 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left winger for La Liga club Barcelona and the Spain national team.[4]
After a period at La Masia, Olmo made his professional debut for Dinamo Zagreb in Croatia in 2015. He made 124 total appearances for the club, scoring 34 goals and winning the league five times and the cup three times. In 2020, he joined RB Leipzig, where he won two DFB-Pokals in 2022 and 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 Championship with the Spain under-21 team, and a silver medal at the 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 2023 UEFA Nations League. He was a member of the Spain team that won Euro 2024, finishing as the tournament's joint-top scorer.