Oliver Abildgaard Nielsen (born 10 June 1996) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for Italian

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club

Hellas Verona Hellas Verona Football Club, commonly referred to as Hellas Verona or simply Verona, is a professional Italian football club based in Verona, Italy, that currently plays in Serie A. The team won the Serie A Championship in 1984–85. His ...

, on loan from the Russian club

Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the second-tier ...

Club career

AaB

Abildgaard was promoted to AaB's first team squad in the summer of 2015 along with

Jannik Pohl Jannik Pohl (born 6 April 1996) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Icelandic club Fram Reykjavík. Club career AaB Pohl started his youth career in Hundelev and Vendsyssel FF (formerly FC Hjørring), and joined th ...

from the AaB U19 squad. On 20 July 2015, he made his first team-debut against

Esbjerg Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport town and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban population of 71,698 (1 January 2022)

at the age of 19. He was in the starting lineup and was responsible for a penalty that gave Esbjerg the lead, but he also scored the equalizing goal. The match ended 1–1. On 9 September 2015, he made his

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debut when he was in the line-up against the local rivals from

Vendsyssel FF Vendsyssel Forenede Fodboldklubber is a professional football club based in Hjørring, Denmark. The team competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of Danish football. The club plays home matches at Nord Energi Arena, which has a capaci ...

Rubin Kazan

On 3 February 2020, it was confirmed that Abildgaard had joined Russian club

FC Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar language, Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in the city o ...

on a loan until 30 June 2020 with an option to buy. On 20 June 2020, AaB confirmed that Rubin activated the purchase option and Abildgaard joined Rubin on a permanent basis until 30 June 2024. On 1 September 2022, Abildgaard moved on loan to

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in Scotland for the 2022–23 season. Due to lack of playing time, Abildgaard's loan spell at Celtic was terminated and on transfer deadline day, 31 January 2023, he joined Italian

club

on a loan-deal for the remainder of the season.Innesto danese a centrocampo: Oliver Abildgaard Nielsen è gialloblù
hellasverona.it, 31 January 2023

Career statistics

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Oliver Abildgaard
on AaB website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Abildgaard, Mikkel 1996 births Living people Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Association football midfielders Denmark international footballers Denmark under-21 international footballers Denmark youth international footballers Danish Superliga players Russian Premier League players AaB Fodbold players FC Rubin Kazan players Celtic F.C. players Hellas Verona F.C. players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Russia Danish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Danish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Scotland Expatriate footballers in Italy