Oliver Jürgens

Estonian footballer

Oliver Jürgens
Personal information
Date of birth	(2003-05-10) 10 May 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth	Tallinn, Estonia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	DAC Dunajská Streda
Number	14
Youth career
2008–2011	Ajax Lasnamäe
2011–2012	Levadia Tallinn
2012–2013	Kalev Tallinn
2013–2014	Harju JK
2014	Volga
2014–2015	Nõmme Kalju
2016–2019	Nõmme United
2019–2020	Hellas Verona
2020	→Roma (loan)
2020–2022	Inter Milan
2022–2023	Torino
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2019	Nõmme United	25	(35)
2023–2024	Újpest	6	(0)
2024–	DAC Dunajská Streda	5	(0)
International career^‡
2018	Estonia U16	1	(0)
2023–	Estonia	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:42, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Oliver Jürgens (born 10 May 2003) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Slovak club DAC Dunajská Streda and the Estonia national team.

Career

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 where he joined their youth teams.^[3] On 20 January 2020, he signed on a brief loan with Roma's youth side for the second half of the 2019–20 season.^[4] On 21 September 2021, he moved to the youth academy of Inter Milan.^[5] On 19 August 2022, he moved to the youth team of 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]

International career

Jürgens is a youth international for Estonia, having played once for the Estonia U16s in May 2018.^[10] He was first called up to the senior international Estonia in October 2023.^[11] 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.^[12]

Honours

Nõmme United FC

Esiliiga B: 2019

References

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^ "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.
^ "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!.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)