Ødegaard
Squad number in club colours

Alexander Ødegaard

Player
88Current ability
129Potential ability
£21,458Value (calc)
3,750Reputation (calc)

Personal

Full name
—
First name
Alexander
Last name
Ødegaard
Common name
—
Date of birth
12 Sep 1980 age 32 at game start
Place of birth
Voss
Nationality
Norway
Height
—
Weight
—
Preferred foot
Right
Languages
English (10/10), Swedish (7/10), Danish (7/10), German (4/10), French (4/10)

Contract

Job
—
Contract type
—
Joined club
—
Contract starts
—
Contract expires
—
Weekly wage
£0
Needs work permit
—
Retired
1 Aug 2012 (Professional player retirement)

Player profile

Positions
AM (RLC)
Best position (calc)
Attacking Midfielder (Centre)
Best rated position (calc)
Attacking Midfielder (Left) · 65
Best role (calc)
—
Best role at potential (calc)
—
Default role
—
Perceived potential (calc)
88
Current reputation
5,400
Home reputation
5,400
World reputation
3,750
Reputation scope (calc)
National
Sale value (calc)
Not for sale
Caps / goals
4 / —
Favourite number
—
Injury risk
Below Average
Peak age
—
Development peak age
—
Physical peak age
—
Longevity (1–4)
—

Attributes

Technical

  • Corners·11
  • Crossing·11
  • Dribbling·12
  • Finishing·8
  • First touch·12
  • Free kicks·11
  • Heading·8
  • Long shots·12
  • Long throws·6
  • Marking·3
  • Passing·11
  • Penalty taking·11
  • Tackling·3
  • Technique·12

Mental

  • Aggression·8
  • Anticipation·10
  • Bravery·9
  • Composure·12
  • Concentration·10
  • Decisions·11
  • Determination·10
  • Flair·13
  • Leadership·8
  • Off the ball·11
  • Positioning·6
  • Teamwork·9
  • Vision·12
  • Work rate·10

Physical

  • Acceleration·9
  • Agility·11
  • Balance·11
  • Jumping reach·10
  • Natural fitness·11
  • Pace·12
  • Stamina·8
  • Strength·10

Goalkeeping

  • Aerial reach—
  • Command of area—
  • Communication—
  • Eccentricity—
  • Handling—
  • Kicking—
  • One on ones—
  • Punching (tendency)—
  • Reflexes—
  • Rushing out (tendency)—
  • Throwing—

Hidden

  • Consistency·11
  • Dirtiness·8
  • Important matches·14
  • Injury proneness·5
  • Versatility·10
  • Left foot·12
  • Right foot·20

Personality

  • Adaptability5
  • Ambition13
  • Controversy8
  • Loyalty12
  • Pressure9
  • Professionalism11
  • Sportsmanship14
  • Temperament14
Personality (calc)
Balanced
Media handling (calc)
Level-headed

A dash is an attribute this database does not store for this player; the game generates those at the start of a new game. Arrows compare with FM14 14.0.0, the previous build of this game: + newly stored, − no longer stored.

Key attributes in context

Key attributes against players with the same best position Key attributes against players with the same best position: 12 of 12 values recorded, plotted on a 0 to 100 scale. Key attributes against players with the same best position: 12 of 12 values recorded, plotted on a 0 to 100 scale.
12 of 12 recorded
Key attributes against players with the same best position — every value plotted above, plus the ones that are not recorded.
AttributeValue
Finishing 27.6 pct
Dribbling 59.9 pct
First touch 64.0 pct
Technique 48.3 pct
Passing 44.5 pct
Crossing 62.1 pct
Off the ball 48.4 pct
Composure 81.6 pct
Flair 64.7 pct
Acceleration 13.4 pct
Pace 59.7 pct
Agility 39.3 pct

The site’s own figure: the percentile of each stored attribute among 16,805 players with the same calculated best position. A spoke is left out where the attribute is not stored.

Positions

  • GK1
  • SW1
  • D (L)—
  • D (C)—
  • D (R)—
  • DM—
  • M (L)12
  • M (C)14
  • M (R)12
  • AM (L)18
  • AM (C)20
  • AM (R)16
  • ST (C)12
  • WB (L)—
  • WB (R)—
Familiarity 1–20. Natural 18+, accomplished 15+, competent 12+, unconvincing 9+, awkward 5+.

Position ratings

PositionNowPotential
Sweeper4445
Defender (Left)4445
Defender (Centre)3940
Defender (Right)4445
Wing-Back (Left)4445
Wing-Back (Right)4445
Defensive Midfielder4445
Midfielder (Left)6364
Midfielder (Centre)5859
Midfielder (Right)6364
Attacking Midfielder (Left)6566
Attacking Midfielder (Centre)6364
Attacking Midfielder (Right)6465
Striker6263

Calculated by fm-reader from the stored attributes (0–100, Genie Scout style). Blank where the database stores too few attributes to rate.

Player traits

  • Shoots With Power
  • Tries Tricks

Playing career

16
SeasonTeamDivisionAppsGoalsFee
2011 FC Metz Ligue 2 80 £0
2010 FC Metz Ligue 2 51 Unknown fee
2010 Viking FK Norwegian Premier Division 252 Unknown fee
2009 Viking FK Norwegian Premier Division 251 Unknown fee
2008 Viking FK Norwegian Premier Division 235 Unknown fee
2007 Viking FK Norwegian Premier Division 215 Unknown fee
2006 Viking FK Norwegian Premier Division 233 Unknown fee
2005 Rosenborg Ballklub Norwegian Premier Division 205 £426,866
2004 Sogndal Fotball Norwegian Premier Division 2515 £648,423
2003 Sogndal Fotball Norwegian Premier Division 257 Unknown fee
2002 Sogndal Fotball Norwegian Premier Division 213 Unknown fee
2001 Sogndal Fotball Norwegian Premier Division 2710 Unknown fee
2000 Sogndal Fotball Norwegian First Division 2410 Unknown fee
1999 Sogndal Fotball Norwegian First Division 64 Unknown fee
1998 Førde IL Fotball Norwegian Second Division Group 5 —— Unknown fee
1997 Førde IL Fotball Norwegian Second Division Group 5 00 Unknown fee
Total (site's sum of the stored rows, 1 with unknown appearances left out)27871

Honours

Third PlaceNorwegian Premier Division1×2007
Playoff WinnerNorwegian First Division1×2000

Grouped by the site from the stored career highlights (winners, runners-up, third place, play-off winners).

Awards

2

Career highlights

4
18 May 2012Reached PlayoffsFC MetzLigue 2
3 Nov 2007Third PlaceViking FKNorwegian Premier Division
30 Oct 2004Reached PlayoffsSogndal FotballNorwegian Premier Division
30 Oct 2000Playoff WinnerSogndal FotballNorwegian First Division

Favourite clubs

Førde IL Fotball Player100
Sogndal Fotball Player95

Disliked people

Disliked clubs

Favourite people

Thorstein Helstad Friend75
Tommy Øren Teammate/Former Teammate75
Rune Bolseth Teammate/Former Teammate75

Homegrown status

Stranraer3 Years Between 15 and 21
Norway3 Years Between 15 and 21

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The site’s own comparison: players with the same calculated best position and current ability within ±15 (at most 300 candidates, so not a whole-database search), ranked by the mean difference over the attributes both players have stored.

Across versions

VersionClubAgeCAPAValue calc
FM17 17.3.0Førde IL Fotball3588129£2,257
FM17 17.0.0Førde IL Fotball3588129£2,257
FM16 16.3.0Førde IL Fotball3488129£2,011
FM16 16.0.1Førde IL Fotball3488129£1,939
FM16 16.0.0Førde IL Fotball3488129£1,939
FM15 15.3.0Førde IL Fotball3388129£5,822
FM15 15.0.0Førde IL Fotball3388129£5,822
FM14 14.3.0Førde IL Fotball3288129£21,458
FM14 14.0.0Førde IL Fotball3288129£21,458
FM13 13.3.0Førde IL Fotball3188129£32,240
FM13 13.0.0Førde IL Fotball3188131£35,007
FM12 12.2.0FC Metz30108131£63,945
FM12 12.0.0FC Metz30109131£67,711
FM10 10.0.0Viking FK28120130£67,052

The same FM id in each loaded database build. Values are each build's own; potential is shown as stored, value is calculated per build.