Oliver Antman

Oliver Antman (born 15 August 2001) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish Superliga club FC Nordsjælland, and the Finland national team.

Oliver Antman
Antman with Finland in 2022
Personal information
Full name Oliver Antman
Date of birth (2001-08-15) 15 August 2001
Place of birth Vantaa, Finland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Nordsjælland
Number 22
Youth career
0000–2010 KOPSE
2011–2013 HJK
2014 CF Damm
2015–2016 Legirus Inter
2017 TiPS
2018 Gnistan
2018–2019 Nordsjælland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Gnistan 7 (1)
2019– Nordsjælland 78 (10)
2023 → Groningen (loan) 11 (2)
International career‡
2018 Finland U17
2019 Finland U18 2 (1)
2019 Finland U19 5 (0)
2021–2022 Finland U21 11 (2)
2022– Finland 8 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2023

Club career

IF Gnistan

Antman joined IF Gnistan from Tikkurilan Palloseura in the winter 2018.[1] Antman was the first player from Gnistan to be sold to a foreign club. 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[2]).

FC Nordsjælland

On 27 September 2018 IF Gnistan announced, that they had sold Antman to FC Nordsjælland for an undisclosed fee that could increase further.[1] The deal was completed on the last day of the summer transfer market. 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.[3] 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 Hobro IK in the Danish Superliga. He got his official debut for FC Nordsjælland 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 Mohammed Kudus with three minutes left, in a 0-0 draw against FC Midtjylland in the Danish Superliga.[4]

In February 2019, first team manager Kasper Hjulmand revealed, that many big clubs was chasing Antman before he chose to join FC Nordsjælland.[5] On 20 August 2019, Antman extended his contract with Nordsjælland until June 2024.[6] Two years later, on 6 September 2022, Antman once again signed a new deal, this time until June 2025.[7]

FC Groningen (loan)

On transfer deadline day, 31 January 2023, Antman joined Eredivisie side FC Groningen until the end of the season with an option to buy (if not relegated).[8] On 5 February 2023, Antman scored in his debut for Groningen, after coming off the bench in the 65th minute of a match against FC Twente, replacing Joey Pelupessy. Antman scored Groningen's only goal, four minutes after coming on, in a match that ended 1-1.[9][10]

Career statistics
As of 3 September 2023

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gnistan 2018 Kakkonen 7100——71
Nordsjælland 2018–19 Superliga 5000——50
2019–20 Superliga 5110——61
2020–21 Superliga 19121——212
2021–22 Superliga 26521——286
2022–23 Superliga 16231——193
2023–24 Superliga 71004[lower-alpha 2]0—111
Total 78108340009013
Groningen (loan) 2022–23 Eredivisie 11200——112
Career total 961383400010816
  1. Appearances in the Danish Cup
  2. Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League

International
As of match played 10 September 2023
National team Year Competitive Friendly Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Finland 202211 2 1 3 2
202353 0 0 5 3
Total 6 4 2 1 8 5
As of match played 7 September 2023
Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Antman goal.
List of international goals scored by Oliver Amtman
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 27 September 2022Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro1  Montenegro1–02–02022–23 UEFA Nations League B
2 17 November 2022Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia2  North Macedonia1–01–1Friendly
3 23 March 2023Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark4  Denmark1–11–3UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
4 16 June 2023Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland5  Slovenia2–02–0UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
5 7 September 2023Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan7  Kazakhstan1–01–0UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

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 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B game against Montenegro. Antman both scored the 1-0 goal and made the assist to the goal for 2–0.[11]

In the Euro 2024 Qualifiers, Antman has scored three goals in five games, including the winning goal in a 0-1 away victory against Kazakhstan.

References
  1. Oliver Antman siirtyy FC Nordsjællandiin, gnistan.fi, 27 September 2018
  2. "Otteluraportti: Gnistan jäi tasapeliin Vaajakoskea vastaan". gnistan.fi (in Finnish). IF Gnistan. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  3. FCN ER VINDER AF RESERVEHOLDSTURNERINGEN, fcn.dk, 14 May 2018
  4. "MIDTJYLLAND VS. NORDSJÆLLAND 0 - 0". soccerway.com. 30 March 2019.
  5. "Hjulmand: Store klubber ville have ung finne". bold.dk. 23 February 2019.
  6. "18-årige finne forlænger i FC Nordsjælland". bold.dk. 20 August 2019.
  7. KIAN HANSEN OG OLIVER ANTMAN FORLÆNGER, fcn.dk, 6 September 2022
  8. FC GRONINGEN HUURT AANVALLER ANTMAN MET KOOPOPTIE, fcgroningen.nl, 31 January 2023
  9. FC GRONINGEN STRIJDT VOOR IEDERE METER EN SPEELT GELIJK TEGEN FC TWENTE, fcgroningen.nl, 5 February 2023
  10. GRONINGEN VS. TWENTE 1 - 1, soccerway.com, 5 February 2023
  11. Debut, mål og assist af Antman i Finland-sejr i NL, bold.dk, 26 September 2022
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