Klæmint Olsen

Klæmint Andrasson Olsen is a Faroese footballer who plays as a striker for NSÍ Runavík. He is the all-time top scorer in the Faroe Islands Premier League.[3]

Klæmint Olsen
Olsen celebrating a goal in the 2013 Effodeildin season.
Personal information
Full name Klæmint Andrasson Olsen
Date of birth (1990-07-17) 17 July 1990
Place of birth Runavík, Faroe Islands
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 NSÍ Runavík
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007– NSÍ Runavík[1] 297 (188)
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 27 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2019 [2]

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.[4]

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,[5] 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.[6]

Olsen scored a hat-trick for Runavík in a 2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifier against Hibernian.[7]

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

References
  1. https://www.faroesoccer.com/player.php?playerID=3536
  2. http://www.faroesoccer.com/content.php?pid=182
  3. Faroesoccer.com
  4. "Effo-deildin liðugt: Klæmint Olsen hevur skorað 4 mál" (in Faroese). Sportal. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  5. in.fo, Klæmint eigur máltindin
  6. Hansen, Jóannes (22 October 2016). "Klæmint verjir máltindin" (in Faroese). In.fo. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  7. "NSI Runavik 4–6 Hibernian". BBC Sport. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
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