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ratings updated 20 Aug 2026

Profile

PositionCentre-back
Nationality
Age24
Shirt number#4
ClubValerenga
Centre-back
16
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
1328
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Valerenga.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Eliteserien140011486.9

Scout report

★ Standout performer

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First senior season on record — and already on the pitch for 92% of Valerenga's available minutes, one of the top game-time debuts in the Eliteserien this season.

Project playerCentral defender

A. Olsen is a 24-year-old central defender at Valerenga, rated 43.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 60th of 199 on scout potential in the Eliteserien. An emerging talent, he has been an ever-present this season (92.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.91 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Olsen.

Judged on this season alone, Olsen graded 20 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 22nd of 36 of the 36 centre-backs in the Eliteserien, on 2 clean sheets and 2.914 defensive actions per 90.

We hold a single season for Olsen, so there's no year-on-year comparison to draw yet — the read above is this campaign only.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 43, top 20% of the 36 centre-backs in the Eliteserien. At 24 Olsen is in his prime years, and a market index of 7.8 reflects that trajectory.

43.1
Ratingi
7th of 36 centre-backs
20.2
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
92.2%
Minutes
near ever-present
2.91
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Valerenga finished 11th of 16 · a lower-table side

16
Apps
2.91
Def. / 90
17
Tackles
12
Interceptions
2
Clean sheets

2.91 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 16 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (11th of 16) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 92.2% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 43.1, Olsen carries the 7th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Eliteserien (top 20%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Valerenga finished 11th of 16) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.91 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Eliteserien with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0
Shots on target3
Shots4

Passing

Assists0
Chances created2
Passes912
Pass accuracy86%

Possession

Duels won49
Duels won %59%
Fouls won8

Defending

Tackles17
Interceptions12
Blocks14
Fouls committed11
Penalties conceded1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.