Oliver Abildgaard Nielsen (born 10 June 1996) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Scottish club Celtic on loan from the Russian club Rubin Kazan.
![]() Abildgaard with Rubin Kazan in 2020 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Oliver Abildgaard Nielsen | ||
Date of birth | (1996-06-10) 10 June 1996 (age 26) | ||
Place of birth | Hasseris‚ Denmark | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Celtic (on loan from Rubin Kazan) | ||
Number | 28 | ||
Youth career | |||
Aalborg Freja | |||
AaB | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2020 | AaB | 79 | (3) |
2020 | → Rubin Kazan (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2020– | Rubin Kazan | 55 | (1) |
2022– | → Celtic (loan) | 6 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2015 | Denmark U20 | 1 | (0) |
2016–2019 | Denmark U21 | 11 | (2) |
2020 | Denmark | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2020 |
Abildgaard was promoted to AaB's first team squad in the summer of 2015 along with Jannik Pohl from the AaB U19 squad.[1]
On 20 July 2015, he made his first team-debut against Esbjerg at the age of 19.[2] He was in the starting lineup and was responsible for a penalty that gave Esbjerg the lead, but he also scored the equalizing goal. The match ended 1–1.[3] On 9 September 2015, he made his Danish Cup debut when he was in the line-up against the local rivals from Vendsyssel FF.[citation needed]
On 3 February 2020, it was confirmed that Abildgaard had joined Russian club FC Rubin Kazan on a loan until 30 June 2020 with an option to buy.[4] On 20 June 2020, AaB confirmed that Rubin activated the purchase option and Abildgaard joined Rubin on a permanent basis until 30 June 2024.[5]
On 1 September 2022, Abildgaard moved on loan to Celtic in Scotland for the 2022–23 season.[6][7]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Aalborg BK | 2015–16 | Danish Superliga | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 16 | 1 | |
2016–17 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | |||
2017–18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | |||
2018–19 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 27 | 1 | |||
2019–20 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 12 | 2 | |||
Total | 79 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 4 | ||
Rubin Kazan | 2019–20 | Russian Premier League | 11 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 29 | 0 | |||
2021–22 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
Total | 59 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 1 | ||
Career total | 138 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 149 | 5 |
Celtic F.C. – current squad | |
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