Oliver Antman

Finnish footballer (born 2001)
Oliver Antman
Antman with Finland in 2022
Personal information
Full name Oliver Antman
Date of birth (2001-08-15) 15 August 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Vantaa, Finland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Nordsjælland
Number 22
Youth career
0000–2010 KOPSE
2011–2013 HJK
2014 CF Damm
2015–2016 Legirus Inter
2017 TiPS
2018 Gnistan
2018–2019 Nordsjælland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 TiPS[1] 5 (0)
2018 Gnistan 7 (1)
2019– Nordsjælland 87 (11)
2023 → Groningen (loan) 11 (2)
International career‡
2018 Finland U17
2019 Finland U18 2 (1)
2019 Finland U19 5 (0)
2021–2022 Finland U21 11 (2)
2022– Finland 10 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024

Oliver Antman (born 15 August 2001) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish Superliga club FC Nordsjælland, and the Finland national team.

Club career

IF Gnistan

Antman joined IF Gnistan from Tikkurilan Palloseura in the winter 2018.[2] He played 7 games for the club in third-tier Kakkonen and scored one goal on 20 June 2018, in a 1–1 draw against FC Vaajakoski.[3]

FC Nordsjælland

On 27 September 2018 IF Gnistan announced, that they had sold Antman to FC Nordsjælland for an undisclosed fee that could increase further.[2] The deal was completed on the last day of the summer transfer market. Antman was the first player from Gnistan to be sold to a foreign club. Antman had earlier already been on a trial at the club and did actually also play an hour for the reserve team of Nordsjælland in May 2018, where he also scored a goal.[4] The reserve team won the game 4-2 and won the reserve team league with that victory.

Antman's first senior experience was on 16 February 2019, where he sat on the bench for the whole game against Hobro IK in the Danish Superliga. He got his official debut for FC Nordsjælland on 30 March 2019 in the first game of newly appointed manager Flemming Pedersen. Antman started on the bench and came on the pitch replacing Mohammed Kudus with three minutes left, in a 0-0 draw against FC Midtjylland in the Danish Superliga.[5]

In February 2019, first team manager Kasper Hjulmand revealed, that many big clubs was chasing Antman before he chose to join FC Nordsjælland.[6] On 20 August 2019, Antman extended his contract with Nordsjælland until June 2024.[7] Two years later, on 6 September 2022, Antman once again signed a new deal, this time until June 2025.[8]

2023; FC Groningen (loan)

On transfer deadline day, 31 January 2023, Antman joined Eredivisie side FC Groningen until the end of the season with an option to buy (if not relegated).[9] On 5 February 2023, Antman scored in his debut for Groningen, after coming off the bench in the 65th minute of a match against FC Twente, replacing Joey Pelupessy. Antman scored Groningen's only goal, four minutes after coming on, in a match that ended 1-1.[10][11] After Groningen got relegated to Eerste Divisie in the end of the season, Antman returned to Denmark.

Return to Nordsjælland

After returning to Nordsjælland, Antman was a regular part of the Danish squad and played a number of minutes at the start of the 2023–24 season. Antman was injured in an international match between Finland and Denmark in early September 2023 and was ruled out indefinitely.[12] In mid-February 2024, Nordsjælland announced that Antman was back in training after 5 months out with an injury.[13] He returned to the line-up after the winter break on 18 February 2024, making his first appearance in Superliga since the start of September 2023, as a late substitute in a 3–2 win over Lyngby.[14]

International career

Antman has played matches in Finnish U18, U19 and U21 teams. On 26 September 2022, 21-year old Antman got his debut for the Finnish national team in a 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B game against Montenegro. Antman both scored the 1-0 goal and made the assist to the goal for 2–0.[15]

In the Euro 2024 Qualifiers, Antman scored three goals in five games, including the winning goal in a 0–1 away victory against Kazakhstan. He missed the four last qualifying games due to an injury, which was operated by surgeon Lasse Lempainen in Turku, Finland.[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
TiPS 2017 Kolmonen 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
Gnistan 2018 Kakkonen 7 1 0 0 — — 7 1
Nordsjælland 2018–19 Danish Superliga 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
2019–20 Danish Superliga 5 1 1 0 — — 6 1
2020–21 Danish Superliga 19 1 2 1 — — 21 2
2021–22 Danish Superliga 26 5 2 1 — — 28 6
2022–23 Danish Superliga 16 2 3 1 — — 19 3
2023–24 Danish Superliga 16 2 2 0 4[b] 0 — 22 2
Total 87 11 10 3 4 0 0 0 101 14
Groningen (loan) 2022–23 Eredivisie 11 2 0 0 — — 11 2
Career total 110 14 10 3 4 0 0 0 124 17
  1. ^ Appearances in the Danish Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 26 March 2024
National team Year Competitive Friendly Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Finland 2022 1[a] 1 2 1 3 2
2023 5[b] 3 0 0 5 3
2024 1[b] 0 1 0 2 0
Total 7 4 3 1 10 5
  1. ^ Appearances in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League
  2. ^ a b Appearances in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualification
As of match played 7 September 2023
Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Antman goal.
List of international goals scored by Oliver Amtman
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 27 September 2022 Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro 1  Montenegro 1–0 2–0 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B
2 17 November 2022 Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia 2  North Macedonia 1–0 1–1 Friendly
3 23 March 2023 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark 4  Denmark 1–1 1–3 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
4 16 June 2023 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland 5  Slovenia 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
5 7 September 2023 Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan 7  Kazakhstan 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours

References

  1. ^ Tulospalvelu Palloliitto, Oliver Antman, Finnish FA
  2. ^ a b Oliver Antman siirtyy FC Nordsjællandiin, gnistan.fi, 27 September 2018
  3. ^ "Otteluraportti: Gnistan jäi tasapeliin Vaajakoskea vastaan". gnistan.fi (in Finnish). IF Gnistan. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  4. ^ FCN ER VINDER AF RESERVEHOLDSTURNERINGEN, fcn.dk, 14 May 2018
  5. ^ "MIDTJYLLAND VS. NORDSJÆLLAND 0 - 0". soccerway.com. 30 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Hjulmand: Store klubber ville have ung finne". bold.dk. 23 February 2019.
  7. ^ "18-årige finne forlænger i FC Nordsjælland". bold.dk. 20 August 2019.
  8. ^ KIAN HANSEN OG OLIVER ANTMAN FORLÆNGER, fcn.dk, 6 September 2022
  9. ^ FC GRONINGEN HUURT AANVALLER ANTMAN MET KOOPOPTIE, fcgroningen.nl, 31 January 2023
  10. ^ FC GRONINGEN STRIJDT VOOR IEDERE METER EN SPEELT GELIJK TEGEN FC TWENTE, fcgroningen.nl, 5 February 2023
  11. ^ GRONINGEN VS. TWENTE 1 - 1, soccerway.com, 5 February 2023
  12. ^ Skidt FCN-nyt: Finsk kantspiller er ude på ubestemt tid, bold.dk, 12 September 2023
  13. ^ FCN-es er tilbage efter grim skade, bold.dk, 16 February 2024
  14. ^ NORDSJÆLLAND VS. LYNGBY 3 - 2, int.soccerway.com
  15. ^ Debut, mål og assist af Antman i Finland-sejr i NL, bold.dk, 26 September 2022
  16. ^ Portugalin maajoukkuefutaaja Nuno Mendes operoitiin Turussa – PSG:n puolustajalla edessään kuukausien toipumisjakso, Turun Sanomat, Joonas Jussila, 2 October 2023
  17. ^ Tim Sparv palkittiin Palloliiton Captain's Ball -palkinnolla – Lukas Hradecky ja Natalia Kuikka vuoden pelaajat, Etelä-Suomen Sanomat, 2 December 2021

External links

  • Oliver Antman at Soccerway
  • Oliver Antman at Flashscore.com
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