Mikkjal Thomassen

Mikkjal Kjartansson Thomassen (born 12 January 1976) is a Faroese professional football manager and former footballer that played 13 times for the Faroe Islands national football team.

Mikkjal Thomassen
Personal information
Full name Mikkjal Kjartansson Thomassen
Date of birth (1976-01-12) 12 January 1976
Place of birth Faroe Islands
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Fredrikstad (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1997 HB Tórshavn 54 (19)
1998–2001 B36 Tórshavn 30 (4)
2004 B68 Toftir 10 (0)
2005–2007 B36 Tórshavn 67 (13)
2008 EB/Streymur 13 (0)
International career
2006–2008 Faroe Islands 13 (0)
Managerial career
2009–2013 B36 Tórshavn
2015–2022 KÍ Klaksvík
2022– Fredrikstad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

During his playing career Thomassen represented HB Tórshavn, B36 Tórshavn, B68 Toftir and EB/Streymur.

His last international match was a qualifier for the 2010 FIFA World Cup at home against Austria on 11 August 2008. He was substituted after 37 minutes due to injury, but had the satisfaction of seeing his teammates earning a 1–1 draw.

Managerial career

Thomassen was manager for HB Tórshavn's women's team in 1995, the team won the Faroese championship that season. From 2009 until 2013 he was the manager of B36 Tórshavn. The club won the Faroese championship in 2011 managed by Mikkjal Thomassen and John Petersen.

Thomassen has been the manager of KÍ Klaksvík in the Faroese Premier Division since 2015. During this period he has won the Faroese championship in 2019. The club was runner-up in 2016, 2017. In 2016 he won the Faroe Islands Cup with KÍ. In 2020 KÍ won the Faroe Islands Super Cup for the first time.[1]

On 24 September 2020 under the management of Mikkjal Thomassen, KÍ became the first Faroese club to reach the play-offs in Europa League, when they won 6-1 on Tórsvøllur in Tórshavn against the Georgian champions FC Dinamo Tbilisi. It was also the biggest victory for a Faroese club in European tournaments.[2]

On 1 November 2022 he was announced as the manager of Norwegian football club Fredrikstad FK. [3] His first season in charge of FFK proved very successful, as he lead the club to promotion to Eliteserien. The 2024 season will be the first season in the top flight for Fredrikstad in 11 years. [4]

References
  1. Ósá, Jákup (3 March 2020). "Kí vann stórsteypið fyri fyrstu ferð". nordlysid.fo. Norðlýsið. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  2. Prestá, Agnar (25 September 2020). "KÍ skrivaði evropeiska søgu". portal.fo. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  3. "Thomassen ny hovedtrener i FFK". Fredrikstad FK (in Norwegian). 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  4. https://portal.fo/roysni-132042/fyri-fyrstu-ferd-sidani-2012-hja-fredrikstad.grein (In Faroese)
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