Oscar_Uddenäs
Oscar Uddenäs
Swedish footballer
Fredrik Oscar Olle Uddenäs (born 17 August 2002) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Dutch Eerste Divisie club Excelsior.
| 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) |
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*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) | |||
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]
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]
Värnamo
BK Häcken
- "Oscar Uddenäs har sikte på dubbla guld och EM-slutspel". 2 March 2019.
- "Officiellt: Oscar Uddenäs lämnar Malmö FF - klar för SPAL". fotbolltransfers.com.
- "Lämnade Italien – klar för Värnamo i sista sekunden: "Var rätt jobbigt"". www.expressen.se.
- "Konkurrenten förlorade – Värnamo till superettan". www.expressen.se.
- "Inside IFK Värnamo, del 5: "Han har kapacitet att spela i landslaget"". www.aftonbladet.se.
- "Officiellt: BK Häcken värvar Oscar Uddenäs". fotbolltransfers.com.
- "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.
- "Augustssons trupp till P17-EM". www.svenskfotboll.se.
- Oscar Uddenäs at Soccerway
- Oscar Uddenäs at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)