![]() Edvardsen with Go Ahead Eagles in 2023 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Oliver Valaker Edvardsen | ||
Date of birth | 19 March 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Bærum, Norway [1] | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ajax | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2014 | Drøbak-Frogn | ||
2016 | Strømsgodset | ||
2017–2018 | Vålerenga | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2015 | Drøbak-Frogn | 17 | (7) |
2017–2018 | Vålerenga 2 | 38 | (7) |
2019 | Grorud | 16 | (10) |
2019–2022 | Stabæk | 77 | (19) |
2022–2025 | Go Ahead Eagles | 75 | (22) |
2025– | Ajax | 6 | (3) |
International career | |||
2015 | Norway U16 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 March 2025 |
Oliver Valaker Edvardsen (born 19 March 1999) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Eredivisie club Ajax.
Growing up playing for Drøbak-Frogn, Edvardsen made his senior debut for the club in the 2. divisjon in 2014 as a 15-year-old. He scored 8 goals in 18 appearances across two seasons for the senior team. [1] After being capped for Norway U16, he spent brief periods in the youth setups of Strømsgodset (playing for their second team in 2016) and Vålerenga (playing for Vålerenga 2 in 2017 and 2018). [1] He moved to Grorud in the 2. divisjon for the 2019 season. Edvardsen enjoyed a prolific spell, scoring 12 times in 19 league and cup games during the first half of the season, which attracted attention from higher-level clubs. [2] [1]
In August 2019, Edvardsen signed for Eliteserien club Stabæk. [2] He made his top-flight debut shortly after and scored twice in eight appearances during the remainder of the 2019 season. [1] He became a regular player for Stabæk over the next two Eliteserien seasons, scoring 6 goals in 2020 and 7 goals in 2021, although the club suffered relegation in the latter campaign. [1] Edvardsen remained with Stabæk for the first half of the 2022 season in the second tier, scoring 4 goals in 15 league appearances before moving abroad. [1] In total, he scored 19 goals in 79 appearances for Stabæk across all competitions.
On 15 July 2022, Edvardsen moved to the Netherlands, signing a three-year contract with Eredivisie club Go Ahead Eagles. [3] He quickly became a key player for the Deventer side, scoring 7 goals in 28 league appearances in his debut 2022–23 season. [1] He continued his good form into the 2023–24 season, again netting 7 league goals and scoring 3 times in the KNVB Cup. [1] Edvardsen had a particularly strong start to the 2024–25 season, scoring 9 goals in 16 appearances across league and cup competitions by the winter break, [1] performances which led to interest from Ajax. [4] Across two and a half seasons, he scored 26 goals in 81 appearances for Go Ahead Eagles. [1]
On 31 January 2025, Edvardsen signed a contract with Ajax until June 2028, with the club holding an option for an additional year. [5] He made his debut for the club on 9 February 2025, coming on as a substitute in a 2–0 away win against Fortuna Sittard. [6] He made an immediate impact, scoring 3 goals in his first 6 Eredivisie appearances for Ajax, including a goal against AZ Alkmaar on 16 March. [1] [7] He also registered an assist on his first start in the UEFA Europa League against Union Saint-Gilloise. [6]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Drøbak-Frogn | 2014 | 2. divisjon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
2015 | 3. divisjon | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | – | 16 | 8 | ||
Total | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | – | 18 | 8 | |||
Strømsgodset 2 | 2016 | 2. divisjon | 6 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||
Vålerenga 2 | 2017 | 2. divisjon | 22 | 2 | – | – | 22 | 2 | ||
2018 | 16 | 5 | – | – | 16 | 5 | ||||
Total | 38 | 7 | – | – | 38 | 7 | ||||
Grorud | 2019 | 2. divisjon | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | – | 19 | 12 | |
Stabæk | 2019 | Eliteserien | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | |
2020 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | 29 | 6 | |||
2021 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | 26 | 7 | |||
2022 | Norwegian First Division | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 16 | 4 | ||
Total | 77 | 19 | 2 | 0 | – | 79 | 19 | |||
Go Ahead Eagles | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | 30 | 7 | |
2023–24 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 3 | – | 35 | 10 | |||
2024–25 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | ||
Total | 75 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 26 | ||
Ajax | 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 6 | 3 | — | 4 [b] | 0 | 10 | 3 | |
Career total | 235 | 68 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 251 | 75 |