olmberg began to play football at age eight under the tutelage of jules coblijn (sv robinhood) and saften (sv voorwaarts). he played for the froweinschool in the mulo competition, before moving to the george streepy stadion playing in the youth ranks of s.v. robinhood. in 1966 he was selected to play for the suriname national youth team to compete in the kingdom games leaving an impression on then dutch national team head coach george kessler.