Rannvá Andreasen

Rannvá Biskopstø Andreasen (born 10 November 1980) is a Faroese football forward for KÍ Klaksvík of the Faroese 1. deild kvinnur. Since 2004, she has represented the Faroe Islands women's national football team at senior international level. She is the national team's all-time record goalscorer, inclusive of both male and female players.

Rannvá B. Andreasen
Playing for the Faroe Islands in October 2013
Personal information
Full name Rannvá Biskopstø Andreasen
Date of birth (1980-11-10) 10 November 1980
Place of birth Klaksvík, Faroe Islands
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 KÍ
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995– KÍ 357 (521)
National team‡
2004– Faroe Islands[1] 51 (26)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 August 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 October 2017

Club career

In 1995, aged 14, Andreasen made her 1. deild kvinnur debut for KÍ Klaksvík in an 11–0 thrashing by rivals HB Tórshavn. Despite the inauspicious start Andreasen emerged as a promising player and finished her first season with 15 goals. In 1997 she was the league's top goalscorer for the first time with 28 goals as KÍ won the championship. In 2000, KÍ won a league and cup double, beating HB Tórshavn 2–0 in the cup final.

As of 2013, KÍ have won the league title every season since 2000, with Andreasen as top goalscorer on 11 occasions, including in 2003 when she scored a record 46 goals. She also collected ten Faroese Women's Cup winner's medals.

Andreasen has made 50 appearances and scored 16 goals for KÍ in the UEFA Women's Champions League, formerly known as the UEFA Women's Cup. Her debut came in October 2001, in the first round of the inaugural 2001–02 competition held in Helsinki. Andreasen scored both goals in KÍ's opening 2–1 win over Austrians USC Landhaus Wien, but the team then lost 4–0 to hosts HJK and Italian champions Torres and were eliminated.

International career

The Faroe Islands Football Association (FSF) relaunched their senior women's national team in 2004 after an eight-year hiatus. Andreasen played the whole of their first match, a 2–1 friendly defeat to Ireland.[2] The match was staged in Klaksvík on 12 October 2004, the day before the nations' senior men's teams met at Lansdowne Road, Dublin.

In the next match, a return friendly with Ireland at the Oscar Traynor Centre in Dublin, Andreasen put the Faroe Islands ahead after six minutes. Ireland hit back to win 2–1.

Andreasen was part of the squad as the Faroe Islands won the football tournament at the 2005 Island Games in Shetland. She struck two goals in a 3–0 win over Bermuda and contributed four to the 12–0 defeat of Guernsey in the gold medal match.[3]

Andreasen's first matches in UEFA competition came in the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying series. At a preliminary round mini-tournament held in Strumica, Macedonia, the Faroe Islands lost 2–1 to Wales and 1–0 to Kazakhstan, but then beat hosts Macedonia 7–0. Andreasen plundered four goals in a result which remained the Faroe Islands' record win, until their 8–0 thrashing of Andorra on 6 April 2015 with Rannvá again netting four goals.

In 2012, Andreasen and her KÍ teammates Randi Wardum and Malena Josephsen simultaneously became the first female Faroese players to win 25 caps.[4] She holds the record for most matches and scored goals for the Faroe Islands; as of 25 October 2017 she has played 51 matches and scored 26 goals.

Personal life

For much of her career at club and international level, Andreasen has played alongside her twin Ragna Patawary.[5]

International goals
Scores and results list Faroe Islands' goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Source
1 6 June 2005 Dublin, Ireland  Republic of Ireland 1–0 1–2 Friendly [6]
2 12 July 2005 Cunningsburgh, Shetland  Bermuda 1–0 3–0 2005 Island Games [7]
3 3–0
4 23 October 2006 Stadion Kukuš, Strumica, Macedonia  Macedonia 2–0 7–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 Qual. [8]
5 3–0
6 4–0
7 7–0
8 7 November 2007 Panevėžys, Lithuania  Latvia 1–0 3–0 UEFA friendly competition [9]
9 25 October 2008 Marijampolė, Lithuania  Lithuania 1–0 4–1 UEFA friendly competition [10]
10 12 May 2008 Luxembourg, Luxembourg  Latvia 1–1 4–2 UEFA friendly competition [11]
11 2–1
12 15 May 2008 Luxembourg, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 1–0 4–2 UEFA friendly competition [12]
13 2–0
14 11 April 2009 Sportski park Podravac, Virje, Croatia  Croatia 2–1 3–1 UEFA friendly competition [13]
15 13 April 2009 NK Pitomača, Pitomača, Croatia  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2 2–3 UEFA friendly competition [14]
16 28 November 2012 Stade Jos Haupert, Niederkorn, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 1–0 6–0 UEFA friendly competition [15]
17 3–0
18 6 April 2013 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania  Lithuania 1–0 1–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Qual. – UEFA Preliminary Round [16]
19 6 April 2015 Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun, Malta  Andorra 1–0 8–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying preliminary round [17]
20 2–0
21 6–0
22 7–0
23 9 April 2015 Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun, Malta  Malta 1–0 4–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying preliminary round [18]
24 4 August 2016 Latvia  Estonia 2–2 2–2 Baltic Cup [19]
25 5 August 2016 Riga, Latvia  Lithuania 1–0 1–0 Baltic Cup [19]
26 11 April 2017 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands  Turkey 1–1 2–1 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round

References
  1. "Landsliðsleikarar 1995–2013" (in Faroese). Faroe Islands Football Association. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  2. Duret, Sébastien (5 April 2005). "International matches (Women) 2004". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  3. "Competitor Details – Rannvá B. Andreasen". NatWest Island Games – Rhodes 2007. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  4. "Leiktu dyst nr 25" (in Faroese). Kvinnu Fotbolt. 9 December 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  5. "Europe's footballing twins take the spotlight". UEFA. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  6. www.kvinnufotbolt.com Írland – Føroyar
  7. www.kvinnufotbolt.com Bermuda – Føroyar
  8. www.kvinnufotbolt.com Makedonia – Føroyar
  9. www.kvinnufotbolt.com Letland – Føroyar
  10. www.kvinnufotbolt.com Litava – Føroyar
  11. www.kvinnufotbolt.com Letland – Føroyar
  12. www.kvinnufotbolt.com Føroyar – Luxembourg
  13. www.kvinnufotbolt.com Kroatia – Føroyar
  14. www.kvinnufotbolt.com Føroyar – Bosnia
  15. www.kvinnufotbolt.com Luxembourg – Føroyar
  16. www.kvinnufotbolt.com Litava – Føroyar
  17. "Victor Tedesco - Hamrun 06/04/2015 - 11:00CET (11:00 local time) - Preliminary round - Group 2". UEFA. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  18. "Malta 2-4 Faroe Islands". UEFA. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  19. Heldarskarð, Neli (5 August 2016). "Føroyar vunnu ímóti Litava" (in Faroese). in.fo. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
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