Rógvi Jacobsen

Rógvi Jacobsen (born 5 March 1979) is a former Faroese footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the all-time top scorer of the Faroe Islands national football team alongside Klæmint Olsen.

Club career

Jacobsen was born in Klaksvík. He played at semi-professional level for Icelandic team KR Reykjavík and Danish side SønderjyskE.

In August 2007, he went on a trial to Carlisle United. The trial did not end with a permanent contract so he continued playing with HB. In 2008, he signed a professional contract with Norwegian First Division side IL Hødd.

International career

Jacobsen made his debut for Faroe Islands in an August 1999, in a friendly match against Iceland. He is known for having scored a Faroese goal in the 2–1 home loss to the World Champions Italy. On 21 November 2007, he scored his 10th goal for the Faroese national team, in a 3–1 away loss to Italy, hence breaking Todi Jónsson's record, and became all-time leading scorer of his country. He has 53 caps for the Faroe Islands national side and has scored 10 goals.

In 2007, Jacobsen was nicknamed Inzaghi Faroese by La Gazzetta dello Sport.

Career statistics

Scores and results list Faroe Islands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jacobsen goal.

Template:International goals header |- | style="text-align:center"|1 | 10 February 2002 || Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus || {{ Template:Yesno

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}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || Friendly |- | style="text-align:center"|2 | 7 June 2003|| Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland || {{ Template:Yesno

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}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying |- | style="text-align:center"|3 | 20 August 2003|| Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands || {{ Template:Yesno

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}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying |- | style="text-align:center"|4 | 18 August 2004|| Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands || {{ Template:Yesno

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}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–2 || Friendly |- | style="text-align:center"|5 | 9 October 2004|| GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus || {{ Template:Yesno

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}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || rowspan=2| 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |- | style="text-align:center"|6 | 5 June 2005|| Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands || {{ Template:Yesno

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}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|1–3 |- | style="text-align:center"|7 | 28 March 2007|| Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia || {{ Template:Yesno

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}} || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || style="text-align:center"|1–3 || UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |- | style="text-align:center"|8 | 2 June 2007|| Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands || {{ Template:Yesno

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}} || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |- | style="text-align:center"|9 | 12 September 2007 || S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania || {{ Template:Yesno

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}} || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |- | style="text-align:center"|10 | 21 November 2007 || Stadio Alberto Braglia, Modena, Italy || {{ Template:Yesno

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