Klæmint Andrasson Olsen (born 17 July 1990) is a Faroese footballer who plays as a striker for NSÍ Runavík and the Faroe Islands national team. He is the all-time top scorer in the Faroe Islands Premier League.[6] He has been the topscorer of the Faroe Islands Premier League six times as of November 2020.
![]() Olsen celebrating a goal in the 2013 Effodeildin season | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Klæmint Andrasson Olsen[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1990-07-17) 17 July 1990 (age 31)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Runavík, Faroe Islands | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | NSÍ Runavík | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007– | NSÍ Runavík[4] | 348 | (221) |
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 | 45 | (10) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2021[5] |
In the 2011 season Olsen 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 4–3 win against KÍ.[7]
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,[8] 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.[9] He won the Golden Boot again in 2019 with 26 goals and in 2020 together with Uroš Stojanov they scored 17 goals each.[10]
Olsen scored a hat-trick for NSÍ in a 2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifier against Hibernian.[11] In the 2020–21 season, he scored a hat-trick against Barry Town United in a Europa League qualifier,[12] becoming the first Faroese to score two hat-tricks in European football.
On 27 September 2020, he scored his 200th goal number in the Faroe Islands Premier League, becoming the first male player to score 200 goals in the Faroese top tier. All 200 goals were scored for the same club, NSÍ Runavík. He scored in a 4–1 victory against Skála ÍF.[13]
Olsen 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.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 7 June 2019 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands | ![]() | 1–2 | 1–4 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
2 | 3 September 2020 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D |
3 | 6 September 2020 | Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D |
4 | 13 October 2020 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D |
5 | 2–0 | |||||
6 | 7 June 2021 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands | ![]() | 1–1 | 5–1 | Friendly |
7 | 4–1 | |||||
8 | 7 September 2021 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
9 | 12 November 2021 | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark | ![]() | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
10 | 15 November 2021 | Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel | ![]() | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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