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{{short description|Faroese footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Súni Olsen
| image = Súni Olsen 2012.jpg
| image_size = 200
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1981|3|7}}
| birth_place = [[Tórshavn]], [[Faroe Islands]]
| height = {{height|m=1.77}}
| currentclub  =
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 =  1997–2000
| years2 =  2001–2002
| years3 =  2002–2005
| years4 =  2005–2007
| years5 =  2008
| years6 =  2008
| years7 =  2009–2010
| years8 =  2011–2013
| years9 =  2014–2015
| years10 =  2016–2017
|  clubs1 =    [[GÍ Gøta]]
| clubs2 =  [[FC Zwolle]]
| clubs3 =  [[GÍ Gøta]]
| clubs4 =  [[AaB Fodbold|AaB Aalborg]]
| clubs5 =  [[Viborg FF]]
| clubs6 =  [[B36 Tórshavn]]
| clubs7 =  [[Víkingur Gøta|Víkingur]]
| clubs8 =  [[B36 Tórshavn]]
| clubs9 =  [[Víkingur Gøta|Víkingur]]
| clubs10 = [[KÍ Klaksvík|KÍ]]
| caps1 =    48
| caps2 =  22
| caps3 =  47
| caps4 =  26
| caps5 =   12
| caps6 =   2
| caps7 =   38
| caps8 = 43
| caps9 = 31
| caps10 = 19
| goals1 =  20
| goals2 =  3
| goals3 =  26
| goals4 =  1
| goals5 =  1
| goals6 =  0
| goals7 =  10
| goals8 = 8
| goals9 = 12
| goals10 = 6
| nationalyears1 = 1996–1997
| nationalteam1 = [[Faroe Islands national under-17 football team|U17 Faroe Islands]]
| nationalcaps1 = 18
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| nationalyears2 = 1998–1999
| nationalteam2 = [[Faroe Islands national under-19 football team|U19 Faroe Islands]]
| nationalcaps2 = 5
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 = 2001–2013
| nationalteam3  = [[Faroe Islands national football team|Faroe Islands]]
| nationalcaps3  = 54
| nationalgoals3 = 4
| club-update = 1 January 2016
| nationalteam-update = 17 April 2015
| manageryears1 = 2017
| managerclubs1 = [[B68 Toftir]]
}}
'''Súni Olsen''' (born 7 March 1981) is a [[Faroe Islands|Faroese]] former professional [[football (soccer)|football]] [[midfielder (football)|midfielder]].

==Club career==
He started his career at Faroese club [[GÍ Gøta]], after a successful season in 2000, in which he scored 13 league goals, moved to Dutch side [[FC Zwolle]] in 2001, becoming the second Faroese international to play in the [[Netherlands]] after [[Jan Allan Müller]] played for [[Go Ahead Eagles]] in 1990/1991. He returned to GÍ in 2002, and after a prolific number of goals for a midfielder, he attracted the attention of Danish team [[AaB Fodbold|AaB]], where he was later joined by Faroese teammate [[Jón Rói Jacobsen]]. In 2008, he was allowed to leave to [[Viborg FF|Viborg]] on a free transfer, after failing to break into the first-team squad at Aalborg. After a disappointing season at Viborg FF, he left Denmark and returned to the [[Faroe Islands]] at [[B36 Tórshavn]]. He played 2 games before he broke his foot and then did not play another match for B36. In October 2008, he agreed to leave B36 for [[Jógvan Martin Olsen]]'s new side, Víkingur. In November 2015, Olsen signed for KÍ.

==International career==
Olsen made his debut for the [[Faroe Islands national football team]] in January 2001, in a [[2000–01 Nordic Football Championship|Nordic Championship]] match against [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]], coming on as a substitute for Sámal Joensen. He played magnificently against Estonia in a friendly in Summer 2008, scoring one goal and making two assists, bringing the Faroe Islands level, after being 3-0 down at half time. On 15 October 2013, Suni Olsen retired from International football following a [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification]] match against Austria.

==International goals==
:''Scores and results list Faroe Islands' goal tally first.''
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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! Goal !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
!scope=row|1
|10 September 2003||[[Svangaskarð]], [[Toftir]], Faroe Islands || {{fb|LTU}} ||align=center|1–1||align=center|1–3 || [[UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying#Group 5|Euro 2004 Qualifying]]
|-
!scope=row|2
|4 June 2008||[[A. Le Coq Arena]], [[Tallinn]], Estonia || {{fb|EST}} ||align=center|3–3 ||align=center|3–4 || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]
|-
!scope=row|3
|22 March 2009||[[Kópavogur]], Iceland || {{fb|ISL}} ||align=center|1–0 ||align=center|2–1 || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]
|-
!scope=row|4
|9 September 2009||[[Svangaskarð]], [[Toftir]], Faroe Islands || {{fb|LTU}} ||align=center|1–0||align=center|2–1 || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 7|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying]]
|}

==External links==
*[http://www.aabsport.dk/D9F0E860-B9F4-4ADF-B984-D671D77AA564.W5Doc?id=d935d0ea-85c3-43ae-ad44-043bdbfc66da AaB profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205140046/http://www.aabsport.dk/D9F0E860-B9F4-4ADF-B984-D671D77AA564.W5Doc?id=d935d0ea-85c3-43ae-ad44-043bdbfc66da |date=5 February 2012 }}
*[http://www.faroesoccer.com/player.php?playerID=507 His profile on FaroeSoccer.com]

{{Faroese Footballer of the Year}}

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[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Tórshavn]]
[[Category:Faroese men's footballers]]
[[Category:Faroe Islands men's international footballers]]
[[Category:PEC Zwolle players]]
[[Category:Eerste Divisie players]]
[[Category:AaB Fodbold players]]
[[Category:Viborg FF players]]
[[Category:Danish Superliga players]]
[[Category:Víkingur Gøta players]]
[[Category:B36 Tórshavn players]]
[[Category:Gøtu Ítróttarfelag players]]
[[Category:Faroese expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Faroe Islands men's youth international footballers]]
[[Category:Faroese expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:21st-century Danish sportsmen]]


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