FC Barcelona sign RB Leipzig's Dani Olmo: Decoding his stats
FC Barcelona have completed the signing of Dani Olmo from Bundesliga club RB Leipzig. Olmo had a superb campaign with winners Spain at the 2024 European Championship. As per Fabrizio Romano, Barcelona have spent €55m guaranteed package plus €7m in add-ons. Olmo has agreed on a six-year deal valid until June 2030. He was keen to make this move happen. We decode his stats.
Why does this story matter?
The 26-year-old Spaniard graduated from La Masia in 2014 but never got an opportunity to play for the club's first team. He made a move to Dinamo Zagreb before signing for RB Leipzig in 2020. Olmo endured an injury-prone campaign in 2023-24 but a magnificent show at the Euros saw Barcelona go in for the versatile attacker. Olmo is a sound addition for Barca.
Olmo scored 34 goals for Dinamo Zagreb
Olmo started his senior career at Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb in 2014-15. He went on to play 124 matches for the club, scoring 34 goals. His best season was in 2018-19 when he scored 12 goals from 44 matches. Olmo left the club in January 2020. In 2019-20, he scored 8 goals for the club in 22 matches.
Olmo's stats at RB Leipzig
Olmo clocked five goals from 15 matches in his debut campaign. In 2020-21, Olmo made 32 Bundesliga appearances, managing five goals and nine assists. Overall, he scored 7 times in 46 appearances (11 assists). In 2021-22, Olmo scored four times in 31 appearances (5 assists). In 2022-23, he scored five goals in 31 matches (9 assists). In 2023-24, he scored 8 goals (5 assists).
His stats in the Bundesliga
Olmo played 107 matches in the Bundesliga for Leipzig. He went on to score a total of 17 goals in addition to making 23 assists. He was involved in 40 goals.
Breaking down his Euro 2024 campaign in stats
Olmo played six matches at Euro 2024. He scored three goals and made two assists. As per Squawka comparison matrix (data by Opta), he created 11 chances and owned a passing accuracy of 83.24%. He completed 8 lay-offs and 14 take-ons. 116 of his passes were completed in the opposition half. He also had 23 touches in the opposition box.
11 goals in 39 matches for Spain
Olmo started his senior career with Spain in 2019. Since then, he has gone on to make 39 appearances, scoring on 11 occasions. In 2024, he has four goals from 7 outings.
Olmo has won several trophies in his career
Olmo won the top Croatian professional league on five occasions with Zagreb. He also won three Croatian Cups and one Croatian Super Cup. With Leipzig, he won two DFB-Pokals and one DFL-Supercup. With Spain, Olmo has lifted the Euro 2024 title and the 2022-23 UEFA Nations League. He was a silver medalist at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and UEFA European Under-21 Championship in 2019.
