Odin Thiago Holm

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Odin Thiago Holm
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Holm training with Celtic in 2024
Personal information
Birth name Odin Holm [1]
Date of birth (2003-01-18) 18 January 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth Trondheim, Norway
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [2]
Position Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
Celtic
Number 15
Youth career
–2017 Kattem
2016Trygg/Lade (loan)
2017 Heimdal
2018 Ranheim
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2023 Vålerenga 68 (6)
2019Tiller (loan) 7 (2)
2020–2022 Vålerenga II 14 (7)
2023– Celtic 12 (0)
2025Los Angeles FC (loan) 3 (0)
2025Los Angeles FC 2 (loan) 4 (0)
International career
2018 Norway U15 7 (0)
2019 Norway U16 6 (0)
2020 Norway U17 3 (0)
2021 Norway U18 3 (1)
2022 Norway U19 1 (0)
2023 Norway U20 2 (0)
2023– Norway U21 7 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 01:33, 4 January 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 June 2024

Odin Thiago Holm (born Odin Holm; 18 January 2003) [1] is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Celtic.

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Club career

Holm started his career with Vålerenga and scored his first goal for the club on 22 December 2020 in a 40 win against IK Start. [3] He was also included in The Guardian's "Next Generation 2020". [4]

In June 2023, he moved to Scottish Premiership club Celtic on a five-year deal, for a fee of £2.6 million. [5] [6] [7]

Holm joined Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC in January 2025 on a season-long loan. [8] Holm would only make scattered appearances with LAFC and their reserve side, Los Angeles FC 2, and would return to Celtic at the end of the loan. [9]

Personal life

In 2017, he was granted an application to the Norwegian resident registration to take Thiago as a middle name. The name change was based on the fact that he has the football player Thiago Alcântara as a role model. [10]

In October 2025, Holm revealed he was suffering from a condition which was causing his calf muscles to put pressure on his nerves and blood vessels when running continuously and described the feeling as being "half paralysed". Holm said that he had traveled to Wyoming to test a treatment where Botox was injected into his calf muscles to allow normal blood circulation, but that the problems eventually returned so different dosage amounts were being tested. [11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 24 August 2025 [12] [13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vålerenga 2019 Eliteserien 10000010
2020 Eliteserien1610000161
2021 Eliteserien1933000223
2022 Eliteserien2221000232
2023 Eliteserien1002000122
Total686600000746
Tiller (loan)20193. divisjon721 [a] 00082
Vålerenga II 2020 2. divisjon 810081
2021 2. divisjon550055
2022 2. divisjon110011
Total147147
Celtic 2023–24 Scottish Premiership 90112 [b] 01 [c] 0131
2024–25 Scottish Premiership3000000030
Total120112010161
Los Angeles FC (loan) 2025 Major League Soccer 30002 [d] 00050
Los Angeles FC 2 (loan) 2025 MLS Next Pro 400040
Career total1081581401012116
Notes
  1. Appearances in the NM Cupen
  2. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  3. Appearance in Scottish League Cup
  4. Appearances in CONCACAF Champions Cup

Honours

Celtic

References

  1. 1 2 "Odin Thiago Holm om sitt uvanlige navn: - Noe jeg har mast om i mange, mange år" [Odin Thiago Holm about his unusual name: - Something I have struggled with for many, many years] (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 12 June 2020. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  2. FC, Celtic. "Odin Thiago Holm". Celtic FC. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  3. "Vålerenga vs Start, live scores, H2H, lineups, live ticker and stats". FotMob. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  4. "Next Generation 2020: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  5. "Odin Thiago Holm: Celtic sign Norway youth midfielder from Valerenga". BBC Sport. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  6. "Odin Thiago Holm to Celtic is ON as medical set and key contract stipulation added for Valerenga playmaker". Daily Record. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  7. "Odin Thiago Holm seals Celtic transfer on 5 year deal". 22 June 2023.
  8. "LAFC Acquires Odin Thiago Holm On Loan From Celtic". LAFC.com. Los Angeles FC . Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  9. Robson, David (30 December 2025). "Forgotten Celtic star, 22, returns to Parkhead as he battles rare condition". The Sun . Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  10. Egil Sande (12 June 2020). "Odin Thiago Holm om sitt uvanlige navn: - Noe jeg har mast om i mange, mange år". Nettavisen. Archived from the original on 5 September 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020. Tidlig i 2017 fikk Vålerenga-unggutten en original idé: Han ville endre navn og spurte foreldrene om lov til å legge til «Thiago» som mellomnavn. Barcelona-supporter Odin Holm var nemlig inspirert av tidligere Barca-stjerne Thiago Alcantara, en spiller han kan identifisere seg med når det gjelder spillestil...Etter mye overtalelse gikk foreldrene til slutt med på sønnens ønske, søknaden ble sendt til folkeregisteret og hans offisielle navn er nå Odin Thiago Holm. Det er navnet som nå står i passet.
  11. Walker, Mark (26 October 2025). "Celtic outcast reveals rare condition putting career at risk". The National . Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  12. Odin Thiago Holm at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  13. Odin Thiago Holm at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  14. "Celtic crowned Scottish champions with game to spare". BBC Sport. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  15. "Celtic leave it late to beat Rangers and win Scottish Cup". Reuters. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.