Central Midfield · Midfielder

#10 Simon Olsson

Elfsborg Allsvenskan · Sweden

Date of birth / Age: 14 Sept 1997 (29)
Height · Weight: 1.85 m · 81 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Central Midfield
Citizenship: Sweden
Joined club: 29 Jan 2025
Contract until: 2029
International: Sweden · 3 caps

Date of birth / Age: 14 Sept 1997 (29)
Height · Weight: 1.85 m · 81 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Central Midfield
Citizenship: Sweden
Joined club: 29 Jan 2025
Contract until: 2029
International: Sweden · 3 caps

Season 2026

Appearances: 14
Starting eleven: 22
Goals: 0
Assists: 2
Yellow cards: 2
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 1,260

Starting eleven157%

22 of 14 appearances

Minutes played1,260

90 per appearance

Goal involvement2

0 goals · 2 assists

Positions played

264 matches · since 2016

RWLWCFDMAMCM

Position	Apps	G	A
Central Midfield	101	5	5
Attacking Midfield	75	9	11
Defensive Midfield	71	2	3
Centre-Forward	7	1	1
Other · LW, RW	10	0	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · central midfielders with 900+ minutes

World rank: #1703; central midfielder in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #588; among central midfielders aged 26–29
In his league: 47%; of Allsvenskan central midfielders rank below him
Finishing: −0.7; goals below expected · better than 36% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

2 Expected

2.7

42 shots. He scores about what the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

4 Expected

5.5

Teammates converted fewer of his chances than expected.

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026	Allsvenskan	Elfsborg	11	19	0	2	2	0	0	990
2025/26	Svenska Cupen	Elfsborg	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	270
2025	Allsvenskan	Elfsborg	20	19	0	2	4	0	0	1,706
2024/25	Eredivisie	Heerenveen	12	9	1	0	1	0	0	789
2024/25	Svenska Cupen	Elfsborg	4	4	0	–	1	–	0	390
2024/25	KNVB Beker	Heerenveen	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	54
2023/24	Eredivisie	Heerenveen	34	32	2	2	3	0	0	2,740
2023/24	KNVB Beker	Heerenveen	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2022/23	Eredivisie	Heerenveen	35	28	0	1	2	0	0	2,307
2022/23	KNVB Beker	Heerenveen	4	4	0	–	1	–	0	390
2022/23	UEFA Europa Conference League	Elfsborg	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2022	Allsvenskan	Elfsborg	15	15	4	2	3	0	0	1,320
2021/22	Svenska Cupen	Elfsborg	5	5	0	–	0	–	0	411
2021/22	UEFA Europa Conference League	Elfsborg	3	1	0	–	0	–	0	152
2021	Allsvenskan	Elfsborg	19	15	2	3	1	0	0	1,406
2020/21	Svenska Cupen	Elfsborg	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	172
2020	Allsvenskan	Elfsborg	29	29	4	5	4	0	0	2,300
2019/20	Svenska Cupen	Elfsborg	5	5	0	–	1	–	0	466
2019	Allsvenskan	Elfsborg	26	26	2	2	4	1	0	2,135
2018/19	Svenska Cupen	Elfsborg	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	252
2018	Allsvenskan	Elfsborg	22	17	0	0	4	0	0	1,532
2017/18	Svenska Cupen	Elfsborg	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	120
2017	Allsvenskan	Elfsborg	25	25	1	1	2	0	0	2,040
2016/17	Svenska Cupen	Elfsborg	5	4	0	–	1	–	0	390
2016/17	Svenska Cupen	Gamla Upsala	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	14
2016	Allsvenskan	Elfsborg	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	292
2015/16	UEFA Youth League	Elfsborg U19	5	5	0	–	0	–	0	450

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			298	280	16	20^*	35	1^*	0	23,448

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Allsvenskan	171	13	17
Eredivisie	81	3	3
Svenska Cupen	29	0	–
KNVB Beker	7	0	–
UEFA Europa Conference League	5	0	–
UEFA Youth League	5	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Jan 2025 Jan 2025 · Transfer Heerenveen Elfsborg Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Aug 2022 Aug 2022 · Transfer Elfsborg Heerenveen Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Sept 2016 Sept 2016 · Transfer IF Elfsborg Under 21 Elfsborg Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2016 Jan 2016 · Transfer IF Elfsborg Under 19 IF Elfsborg Under 21 Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2015 Jan 2015 · Transfer IF Elfsborg Under 17 IF Elfsborg Under 19 Transfer Fee in TSH subscription

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Honours

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