Oliver Valaker Edvardsen

Oliver Valaker Edvardsen

Edvardsen with Go Ahead Eagles in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-03-19) 19 March 1999 (age 25)
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
0000–2014	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	2	(1)
International career
2015	Norway U16	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 February 2025

Oliver Valaker Edvardsen (born 19 March 1999) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Eredivisie club Ajax.

Club career

Growing up in the club Drøbak-Frogn, Edvardsen made his senior debut in 2014. After being capped for Norway U16 he joined the youth teams of Strømsgodset and Vålerenga, but as a senior player he moved to Grorud. In the first half of 2019 he scored 12 times in 19 league and cup games and was picked up by Stabæk. ^[2]

On 15 July 2022, Edvardsen signed a three-year contract with Go Ahead Eagles in the Netherlands. ^[3]

On 31 January 2025, Edvardsen signed a three-and-a-half year contract with Ajax, with a club option to extend for one more year. ^[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 February 2025 ^[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		Europe		Total
		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	2	1	—		1 [b]	0	3	1
Career total			231	66	12	7	1	0	244	73

1. Includes Norwegian Football Cup, KNVB Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

References

1. Oliver Valaker Edvardsen at Soccerway
2. Oliver Valaker Edvardsen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
3. "OLIVER EDVARDSEN: 'TOTAALPLAATJE GO AHEAD EAGLES TREKT ME ENORM AAN'" (in Dutch). Go Ahead Eagles. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
4. "Ajax signs Oliver Edvardsen". AFC Ajax. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
5. "Oliver Edvardsen". altomfotball.no. tv2. Retrieved 25 October 2020.