Súni Olsen
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Súni Olsen (born 7 March 1981) is a Faroese former professional 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, where he was later joined by Faroese teammate Jón Rói Jacobsen. In 2008, he was allowed to leave to 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 Nordic Championship match against 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.
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 September 2003 | Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Lithuania | flag alias = Flag of Lithuania.svg | flag alias-1918 = Flag of Lithuania 1918-1940.svg | flag alias-1988 = Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Lithuania.svg | link alias-naval = Lithuanian Naval Force | flag alias-military=Flag of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.png | link alias-military=Lithuanian Armed Forces | flag alias-army = Flag of the Lithuanian Army.svg | link alias-army = Lithuanian Land Force | flag alias-navy=Flag of Lithuania (state).svg | link alias-navy = Lithuanian Naval Force | flag alias-air force=Air Force Ensign of Lithuania.svg | link alias-air force=Lithuanian Air Force | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | altvar = football | variant =
}} ||align=center|1–1||align=center|1–3 || Euro 2004 Qualifying |
| 2 | 4 June 2008 | A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Estonia | flag alias = Flag of Estonia.svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Jack of Estonia.svg | link alias-naval = Estonian Navy | flag alias-army=Flag of Estonian Land Forces.svg | link alias-army=Estonian Land Forces | flag alias-air force =Flag of the Estonia Air Force.png | link alias-air force = Estonian Air Force | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Estonia.svg | link alias-navy = Estonian Navy | border-naval = | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} ||align=center|3–3 ||align=center|3–4 || Friendly | ||||
| 3 | 22 March 2009 | Kópavogur, Iceland | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Iceland | flag alias = Flag of Iceland.svg | flag alias-old = Hvítbláinn.svg | flag alias-coast guard = Flag of Iceland (state).svg | flag alias-naval = Flag of Iceland (state).svg | border-naval = | flag alias-1918 = Flag of Iceland (1918-1944).svg | flag alias-state = Flag of Iceland (state).svg | border-state = | flag alias-navy = Flag of Iceland (state).svg | link alias-naval = Icelandic Coast Guard | border-navy = | link alias-navy = Icelandic Coast Guard | border-coast guard = | link alias-coast guard = Icelandic Coast Guard | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} ||align=center|1–0 ||align=center|2–1 || Friendly |
| 4 | 9 September 2009 | Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Lithuania | flag alias = Flag of Lithuania.svg | flag alias-1918 = Flag of Lithuania 1918-1940.svg | flag alias-1988 = Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Lithuania.svg | link alias-naval = Lithuanian Naval Force | flag alias-military=Flag of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.png | link alias-military=Lithuanian Armed Forces | flag alias-army = Flag of the Lithuanian Army.svg | link alias-army = Lithuanian Land Force | flag alias-navy=Flag of Lithuania (state).svg | link alias-navy = Lithuanian Naval Force | flag alias-air force=Air Force Ensign of Lithuania.svg | link alias-air force=Lithuanian Air Force | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | altvar = football | variant =
}} ||align=center|1–0||align=center|2–1 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying |
External links
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Tórshavn
- Faroese men's footballers
- Faroe Islands men's international footballers
- PEC Zwolle players
- Eerste Divisie players
- AaB Fodbold players
- Viborg FF players
- Danish Superliga players
- Víkingur Gøta players
- B36 Tórshavn players
- Gøtu Ítróttarfelag players
- Faroese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Men's association football midfielders
- Faroe Islands men's youth international footballers
- Faroese expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- 21st-century Danish sportsmen