Their 2026 World Cup
Two assists, against Saudi Arabia and in the semi-final against France, across 495 minutes split between starts and appearances off the bench. He featured in all eight of the champions' matches.
Match by match
Dani Olmo played 8 matches for Spain: 6 as a starter and 2 off the bench.
| Round | Match | His game |
|---|---|---|
| Group H | vs Cape Verde 0-0 | Came on in the 81′ |
| Group H | vs Saudi Arabia 4-0 | Started, off on 61′ · 1 assist |
| Group H | vs Uruguay 1-0 | Came on in the 60′ |
| Round of 32 | vs Austria 3-0 | Started, off on 71′ |
| Round of 16 | vs Portugal 1-0 | Started, off on 85′ |
| Quarter-finals | vs Belgium 2-1 | Started, off on 86′ |
| Semi-finals | vs France 2-0 | Started, off on 78′ · 1 assist |
| Final | vs Argentina 1-0 | Started, played the full match |
Who he is
- Born
- 7 May 1998 · aged 28 at the World Cup
- Birthplace
- Terrassa
- Club
- FC Barcelona
- Height
- 1.76 m
Data: Wikidata (CC0).
Biography
Daniel Olmo Carvajal (Spanish pronunciation: [dˈani ˈolmo]; born 7 May 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left winger for La Liga club Barcelona and the Spain national team. After a period at La Masia, Olmo made his professional debut for Dinamo Zagreb in Croatia in 2015. He made 124 total appearances for the club, scoring 34 goals and winning the league five times and the cup three times. In 2020, he joined RB Leipzig, where he won two DFB-Pokals in 2022 and 2023 as well as the 2023 DFL-Supercup, where he scored a hat-trick, before rejoining boyhood club Barcelona in 2024. Olmo won the 2019 UEFA European Championship with the Spain under-21 team, and a silver medal at the 2020 Olympic tournament. He made his senior international debut in 2019, and was part of the teams that reached the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2020, and won the 2023 UEFA Nations League. He was a key member of the Spain teams that won Euro 2024 (finishing as the tournament's joint-top scorer) and the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · opening summary of the article.
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