Oscar Uddenäs

Swedish footballer

Oscar Uddenäs
Personal information
Full name Fredrik Oscar Olle Uddenäs
Date of birth (2002-08-17) 17 August 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Lomma, Sweden
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Excelsior
Number 11
Youth career
–2010 GIF Nike
2010–2019 Malmö FF
2019–2020 S.P.A.L.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Värnamo 27 (7)
2022–2023 Häcken 38 (8)
2023– Excelsior 11 (3)
International career‡
2018–2019 Sweden U17 19 (1)
2019–2021 Sweden U19 4 (0)
2022– Sweden U21 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:41, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Fredrik Oscar Olle Uddenäs (born 17 August 2002) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Dutch Eredivisie club Excelsior.

Career

Uddenäs is a product of the youth academy of GIF Nike, and moved to Malmö FF from the age of 8 to the U19s.[1] In the summer of 2019, he moved to the youth side of the Italian club S.P.A.L.[2]

After a year as a youth professional in Italy, Uddenäs returned to Sweden signing with Värnamo.[3] He helped Värnamo win the 2020 Ettan, earning promotion into the Superettan.[4] In his sophomore year, Uddenäs worked his way into a starting spot in the squad and had a breakthrough season scoring 6 goals and helping the team win the 2021 Superettan and again earning promotion.[5] He was named the "Superettan's Best Young Player" to finish the season.[6]

On 6 December 2021, Uddenäs transferred to Häcken in the Allsvenskan, signing a 4-year contract.[7]

On 29 July 2023, Eredivisie side Excelsior announced the signing of Uddenäs on a three-year contract, with an option for a further year, for an undisclosed fee.[8]

International career

Uddenäs is a youth international, having represented the U17s and U19s. He was part of Sweden U17s squad at the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[9]

Honours

Värnamo

BK Häcken

References

  1. ^ "Oscar Uddenäs har sikte på dubbla guld och EM-slutspel". 2 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Officiellt: Oscar Uddenäs lämnar Malmö FF - klar för SPAL". fotbolltransfers.com.
  3. ^ "Lämnade Italien – klar för Värnamo i sista sekunden: "Var rätt jobbigt"". www.expressen.se.
  4. ^ "Konkurrenten förlorade – Värnamo till superettan". www.expressen.se.
  5. ^ "Inside IFK Värnamo, del 5: "Han har kapacitet att spela i landslaget"". www.aftonbladet.se.
  6. ^ "Örgytes Ajdin Zeljkovic mest värdefull i Superettan 2021 – storslam till IFK Värnamo". www.superettan.se.
  7. ^ "Officiellt: BK Häcken värvar Oscar Uddenäs". fotbolltransfers.com.
  8. ^ "Excelsior legt aanvaller Oscar Uddenäs voor drie jaar vast" [Excelsior captures attacker Oscar Uddenäs for three years]. Excelsior Rotterdam (in Dutch). 29 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Augustssons trupp till P17-EM". www.svenskfotboll.se.

External links

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Excelsior Rotterdam – current squad