Jens Odgaard, a Danish forward born on the 31st of March 1999, takes the field as a striker for Bologna. He stands at 6ft 2in (1.88m) and weighs around 12st 8lb (80kg). For Bologna, he dons the number 21 jersey. Based on Transfermarkt's assessment, his market value amounts to around £13.5m.
Odgaard's journey in football began with Lyngby in Denmark's 1st division back in July 2016. He recorded seven senior team appearances in his debut 2016 - 2017 season, netting a single goal. The following July, Lyngby transferred him to Inter Milan in Serie A, Italy, for about £1.3m.
Moving on to 2018, after another transfer priced around £4.5m, Odgaard joined Sassuolo, playing in Serie A. He marked one senior team appearance for Sassuolo in the 2018 - 2019 season.
July 2019 saw another move; Odgaard was loaned to Heerenveen in the Eredivisie, Netherlands. During his season there, he featured in 24 games and scored seven league goals. In October 2020, he was on the move again, this time to Lugano, playing in the Swiss Super League on loan from Sassuolo. He had six first-team appearances during the 2020 - 2021 season.
January 2021 confirmed his next short-term move, this time a loan to Pescara in Italy's Serie B. He ended up making 19 appearances and managed to score once. July of the same year marked his transition to RKC Waalwijk in the Dutch Eerste Divisie, on another loan. He ended up making 30 first team appearances and scoring eight league goals over the 2021 - 2022 season.
Odgaard next moved to AZ in the Dutch Eredivisie in July 2022, executed for roughly £3.7m. He played 29 and 17 games in the 2022 - 2023 and 2023 - 2024 seasons respectively, scoring nine and one goals per season. In February 2024, he transferred to Bologna in the Italian Serie A, initially on loan.
In the seasons of 2023 - 2024 and 2024 - 2025 at Bologna, Odgaard made ten and 29 first-team appearances respectively, bagging two goals in the first season and six in the second. As of the 2025 - 2026 season, he has made 16 first team appearances, netting four times. In July 2024, Odgaard made a permanent move to Bologna for approximately £3.4m. He was also part of Bologna's Coppa Italia 2025 - 2026 campaign, making one appearance as a substitute. He also featured twice in the Supercoppa 2025 - 2026 and had seven Europa League 2025 - 2026 appearances, scoring twice.
