Oliver Hintsa

Hintsa started playing for Halmstads BK around age 9, rose in the ranks and signed a contract with the first team in 2019. Having not made his league debut yet, he was loaned out to Tvååkers IF in August 2020. He scored several goals there. In 2021, his prospects to gain more playing time in Halmstad were not good, and he chose to move on to Falkenbergs FF. He scored his first Superettan goal in September 2021. In January 2024 he was announced as a new player for Sogndal IL in the Norwegian First Division. His goalscoring picked up in his second season, stopping on 14 league goals. A transfer bid from KFUM was reportedly rejected in January 2026. Sogndal reportedly also "put Hintsa in the freezer", declined to let him play if he did not sign an extended contract. In 2026 he was called up to play for Eritrea, alongside other members of the diaspora. He made his international debut in March in a two-legged face-off agaist Eswatini, where Eritrea won both legs.

Club

As of match played 1 November 2026

International

As of match played 31 March 2026.

Legendary player Freddie Ljungberg is Hintsa's godfather.