Klæmint Olsen

Klæmint Andrasson Olsen is a Faroese footballer who plays as a striker for NSÍ Runavík and the Faroe Islands national team. He is the all-time top scorer in the Faroe Islands Premier League.[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
Club information
Current team
 NSÍ Runavík
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007– NSÍ Runavík[4] 322 (205)
National team‡
2005–2006 Faroe Islands U17 14 (2)
2007–2008 Faroe Islands U19 4 (1)
2011–2012 Faroe Islands U21 7 (0)
2012– Faroe Islands 32 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 Oct 2020 [5]

Club career

In the 2011 season he 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 NSÍ 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 goal number 200 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. It happened in the 4-1 victory against Skála ÍF.[13]

International career

He 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.

International goals
Scores and results list Faroe Islands' goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 June 2019Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Spain
1–2
1–4
UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
2.3 September 2020 Malta
1–0
3–2
2020–21 UEFA Nations League D
3.6 September 2020Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra Andorra
1–0
1–0
4.13 October 2020Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
1–0
2–0
5.
2–0

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. https://www.faroesoccer.com/player.php?playerID=3536
  5. http://www.faroesoccer.com/content.php?pid=182
  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
  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.
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