Oliver Antman (born 15 August 2001) is a Finnish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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, and the Finland national team.

Club career

IF Gnistan

Antman joined

IF Gnistan IF Gnistan (''The Spark'' in English) is a Finnish football club from the city of Helsinki, founded in 1924. The club is currently playing in the Ykkönen, the second tier of the Finnish league system. IF Gnistan play their home matches at Must ...

from

Tikkurilan Palloseura Tikkurilan Palloseura (abbreviated TiPS) is a football club from Tikkurila in Vantaa, Finland. The club was established in 1958 and its main catchment areas comprise Tikkurila and Hakunila in Itä-Vantaa (East Vantaa). The women's team competes ...

in the winter 2018.. He played 7 games for the club and scored one goal before he left (on 20 June 2018 in a 1–1 draw against FC Vaajakoski).

FC Nordsjælland

On 27 September 2018

announced, that they had sold Antman to

for an undisclosed fee that could increase further.Oliver Antman siirtyy FC Nordsjællandiin
gnistan.fi, 27 September 2018 The deal was completed on the last day of the summer transfer market. Antman was the first player from Gnistan to be sold to a foreign club. Antman had earlier already been on a trial at the club and did actually also play an hour for the reserve team of Nordsjælland in May 2018, where he also scored a goal. The reserve team won the game 4-2 and won the reserve team league with that victory. Antman's first senior experience was on 16 February 2019, where he sat on the bench for the whole game against

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in the

. He got his official debut for

on 30 March 2019 in the first game of newly appointed manager Flemming Pedersen. Antman started on the bench and came on the pitch replacing

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with three minutes left, in a 0-0 draw against

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in the

. In February 2019, first team manager

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revealed, that many big clubs was chasing Antman before he chose to join

. On 20 August 2019, Antman extended his contract with Nordsjælland until June 2024. Two years later, on 6 September 2022, Antman once again signed a new deal, this time until June 2025.

FC Groningen (loan)

On transfer deadline day, 31 January 2023, Antman joined

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side

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until the end of the season with an option to buy (if not relegated). On 5 February 2023, Antman scored in his debut for Groningen, after coming off the bench in the 65th minute of a match against

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, replacing Joey Pelupessy. Antman scored Groningen's only goal, four minutes after coming on, in a match that ended 1-1. After Groningen got relegated to

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in the end of the season, Antman returned to

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Antman goal.''

International career

Antman has played matches in Finnish U18, U19 and U21 teams. On 26 September 2022, 21-year old Antman got his debut for the Finnish national team in a

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game against

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. Antman both scored the 1-0 goal and made the assist to the goal for 2–0.Debut, mål og assist af Antman i Finland-sejr i NL
bold.dk, 26 September 2022 In the

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, Antman has scored three goals in five games, including the winning goal in a 0-1 away victory against

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