Oliver Drost
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oliver Vugrin Flindt Drost | ||
| Date of birth | 4 November 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Helsingør, Denmark[1] | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bengaluru | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Snekkersten | |||
| Helsingør | |||
| 2009–2010 | B.93 | ||
| 2010–2013 | Helsingør | ||
| 2013–2014 | Søllerød-Vedbæk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2016 | B.93 | 67 | (25) |
| 2016–2017 | Vejle | 10 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Horsens (loan) | 4 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Horsens | 35 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | Kolding IF | 3 | (0) |
| 2020 | Horsens | 6 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Kolding | 28 | (10) |
| 2021–2024 | Helsingør | 75 | (9) |
| 2024– | Bengaluru | 9 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2014 | Denmark U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2016 | Denmark U20 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:06, 12 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Oliver Vugrin Flindt Drost (born 4 November 1995) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Indian Super League club Bengaluru.[2]
Career[edit]
B.93[edit]
In the spring 2014, Drost returned to his former youth club, B.93, where he joined the senior squad at the age of 18, signing a two-year contract and immediately debuted in the Danish 2nd Division against Næstved BK.[3]
In the spring of 2014, Drost played 14 games, eight of them starting from the bench. In the following season, he played 26 games, scoring 8 goals.[4] He left the club in the summer 2016, joining Vejle Boldklub.[5]
AC Horsens[edit]
On 31 August 2017 AC Horsens announced, that they had loaned Drost from Vejle for the rest of the year.[6] Horsens bought him free at the end of the loan spell.[7]
Kolding IF[edit]
On 23 October 2019, Drost joined Kolding IF on a free agent on a contract for the rest of the year.[8] The club announced on 4 January 2020, that he wouldn't get his contract extended.[9]
AC Horsens[edit]
After a few weeks on trial, Drost returned to AC Horsens and signed a contract for the rest of the season.[10] The club confirmed on 21 July 2020, that Drost would leave at the end of his contract.[11]
Return to Kolding[edit]
On 8 September 2020, Drost returned to Kolding IF as a free agent, signing a one-year contract.[12]
Return to Helsingør[edit]
On 11 January 2021, Drost signed a pre-contract, in effect from 1 July 2021, with his former youth club FC Helsingør.[13][1]
Bengaluru FC[edit]
On 22 January 2024, Indian Super League club Bengaluru FC announced the signing of Drost until the end of the 2023–24 season.[14]
Personal life[edit]
Drost's father is from Croatia, while his mother is Danish.[15] He is also the cousin of Emil Berggreen, who also is a footballer. Drost actually went on a trial at his cousins former club, Mainz 05, where Berggreen was playing for at the time.[16] Oliver's sister, Olivia, is also a footballer and has also played for the Danish youth national teams.[17]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Mayerhofer, Andreas (11 January 2021). "FC Helsingør snupper rivalers topscorer". Helsingør Dagblad (in Danish). Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ a b Oliver Drost at Soccerway
- ^ Morten Hauglund tilbage Archived 2021-12-04 at the Wayback Machine, b93prof.dk, 3 October 2014
- ^ X. Oliver Drost Archived 2021-11-29 at the Wayback Machine, b93prof.dk
- ^ Vejle hapser varm B93-topscorer Archived 2017-09-10 at the Wayback Machine, bold.dk, 5 July 2016
- ^ AC Horsens lejer Oliver Drost i Vejle Boldklub Archived 2018-10-27 at the Wayback Machine, achorsens.dk, 31 August 2017
- ^ AC Horsens køber Oliver Drost i Vejle Archived 2020-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, bold.dk, 9 January 2017
- ^ Kolding snupper fri Oliver Drost Archived 2019-10-22 at the Wayback Machine, bold.dk, 22 October 2019
- ^ Drost og Gemmer tager afsked med KIF Archived 2020-08-05 at the Wayback Machine, kif-fodbold.dk, 4 January 2020
- ^ Oliver Drost vender tilbage til AC Horsens Archived 2020-02-02 at the Wayback Machine, achorsens.dk, 31 January 2020
- ^ AC Horsens vinker farvel til trio Archived 2020-07-21 at the Wayback Machine, bold.dk, 21 July 2020
- ^ Tolstrup Christensen, Mark (8 September 2020). "Kolding IF henter tidligere Superliga-angriber". Kolding IF (in Danish). Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ FC HELSINGØR HENTER OLIVER DROST – TIL SOMMER Archived 2021-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, fchelsingor.dk, 11 January 2021
- ^ "Bengaluru FC signs striker Oliver Drost - Sportstar". Sportstar. The Hindu. 22 January 2024. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ Oliver Drost - den finurlige halvkroat med det gode spark Archived 2021-02-21 at the Wayback Machine, tipsbladet.dk, 22 February 2018
- ^ Oliver Drost træner i Tyskland Archived 2024-02-05 at the Wayback Machine, hsfo.dk, 12 June 2018
- ^ Olivia Drost profile on DBU Archived 2020-08-03 at the Wayback Machine, dbu.dk
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Danish men's footballers
- Danish expatriate men's footballers
- Sportspeople from Helsingør
- Men's association football forwards
- Denmark men's youth international footballers
- Footballers from the Capital Region of Denmark
- Boldklubben af 1893 players
- Vejle Boldklub players
- AC Horsens players
- Kolding IF players
- FC Rudersdal players
- FC Helsingør players
- Bengaluru FC players
- Danish Superliga players
- Danish 1st Division players
- Danish 2nd Division players
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in India
- Expatriate men's footballers in India