Klæmint Olsen

Klæmint Andrasson Olsen (born 17 July 1990) is a Faroese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Besta deild karla club Breiðablik on loan from Faroe Islands Premier League side NSÍ Runavík and the Faroe Islands national team. Olsen spent his entire football career with his hometown club NSÍ before joining Breiðablik on loan in 2022. As of 2022, he is the all-time top scorer in the Faroe Islands Premier League with 230 goals.[6] He has been the topscorer of the Faroe Islands Premier League six times as of November 2020.

Klæmint Olsen
Olsen celebrating a goal in the 2013 Effodeildin season
Personal information
Full name Klæmint Andrasson Olsen[1]
Date of birth (1990-07-17) 17 July 1990[2]
Place of birth Runavík, Faroe Islands
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Breiðablik (on loan from NSÍ Runavík)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007– NSÍ Runavík[4] 373 (230)
2023– → Breiðablik (loan) 16 (5)
International career‡
2005–2006 Faroe Islands U17 14 (2)
2007–2008 Faroe Islands U19 4 (1)
2011–2012 Faroe Islands U21 7 (0)
2012– Faroe Islands 57 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2023[5]

Club career

In the 2011 season, Olsen was the Faroese league's second highest scorer, scoring 17 goals in the league for NSÍ Runavík.

On 15 September 2013, he scored all four goals in a 4–3 win against KÍ.[7]

Beginning in 2013, Olsen won the Golden Boot in four consecutive seasons. In the 2013 season, Olsen was the highest goal-scorer in the division with 21 goals,[8] winning the Golden Boot. In the following three seasons, he was once again the highest scorer: in 2014, with 22 goals; in 2015, with 21 goals; and in 2016, with 23 goals.[9] He won the Golden Boot again in 2019 with 26 goals and in 2020 together with Uroš Stojanov they scored 17 goals each.[10]

Olsen scored a hat-trick for NSÍ in a 2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifier against Hibernian.[11] In the 2020–21 season, he scored a hat-trick against Barry Town United in a Europa League qualifier,[12] becoming the first Faroese to score two hat-tricks in European football.

On 27 September 2020, he scored his 200th goal number in the Faroe Islands Premier League, becoming the first male player to score 200 goals in the Faroese top tier. All 200 goals were scored for the same club, NSÍ Runavík. He scored in a 4–1 victory against Skála ÍF.[13]

On 13 December 2022, Olsen agreed to join Besta deild karla club Breiðablik on a one-year loan deal.[14] At the same time he has renewed his contract with Runavík till the end of 2024.[14]

International career

Olsen was first called up to the Faroe Islands squad in February 2012 for a training camp held in Spain and scored the winning goal in a friendly match against Spanish team La Union. He made his official debut in a World Cup qualifying match versus Germany on 7 September 2012, coming on as a late substitute.

Olsen scored his first international goal against Spain in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match. With 10 goals, he is tied with Rogvi Jacobsen for top scorer in Faroe Islands history.

International goals
Scores and results list Faroe Islands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Olsen goal.
List of international goals scored by Klæmint Olsen
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
17 June 2019Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Spain1–21–4UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
23 September 2020Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Malta1–03–22020–21 UEFA Nations League D
36 September 2020Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra Andorra1–01–02020–21 UEFA Nations League D
413 October 2020Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Andorra1–02–02020–21 UEFA Nations League D
52–0
67 June 2021Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Liechtenstein1–15–1Friendly
74–1
87 September 2021Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Moldova1–02–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
912 November 2021Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark Denmark1–21–32022 FIFA World Cup qualification
1015 November 2021Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel Israel2–22–32022 FIFA World Cup qualification

References
  1. "UEFA Nations League 2019: Booking List before League phase Matchday 5" (PDF). UEFA. 6 November 2018. p. 15. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  2. UEFA.com. "Klæmint Olsen - Faroe Islands - UEFA Nations League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  3. UEFA.com. "Klæmint Olsen - Faroe Islands - UEFA Nations League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  4. "FaroeSoccer - Leikari, Klæmint Andrasson Olsen (Á)".
  5. "FaroeSoccer | Kappingar".
  6. Faroesoccer.com
  7. "Effo-deildin liðugt: Klæmint Olsen hevur skorað 4 mál" (in Faroese). Sportal. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  8. "in.fo, Klæmint eigur máltindin". Archived from the original on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  9. Hansen, Jóannes (22 October 2016). "Klæmint verjir máltindin" (in Faroese). In.fo. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  10. Hansen, Jóannes (7 November 2020). "Klæmint er toppskjútti fyri sættu ferð". in.fo. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  11. "NSI Runavik 4–6 Hibernian". BBC Sport. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  12. "NSÍ Runavík 5–1 Barry Town United". BBC Sport. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  13. Ósá, Jákup (27 September 2020). "Klæmint A. Olsen hevur nú skorað 200 mál í landskappingini". bolt.fo. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  14. "Færeyskur markaskorari til Breiðabliks" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 13 December 2022. Archived from the original on 22 December 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
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