Mikkjal Thomassen (born 12 January 1976) is a Faroese football manager and former footballer that played 13 times for the Faroe Islands national football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mikkjal Kjartansson Thomassen | ||
| Date of birth | (1976-01-12) 12 January 1976 (age 46) | ||
| Place of birth | Faroe Islands | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Fredrikstad (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1997 | HB Tórshavn | ||
| 1998–2001 | B36 Tórshavn | 30 | (4) |
| 2004 | B68 Toftir | 10 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | B36 Tórshavn | 67 | (13) |
| 2008 | EB/Streymur | 13 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2006–2008 | Faroe Islands | 13 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1995 | HB Tórshavn | ||
| 2009–2013 | B36 Tórshavn | ||
| 2015–2022 | KÍ Klaksvík | ||
| 2022– | Fredrikstad | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He played for the clubs B36 Tórshavn, HB Tórshavn and EB/Streymur.
His last international match was a qualifier for the 2010 FIFA World Cup at home against Austria on 11 August 2008. He was substituted after 37 minutes due to injury, but had the satisfaction of seeing his teammates earning a 1–1 draw.
Thomassen was manager for HB Tórshavn's women's team in 1995, the team won the Faroese championship that season. From 2009 until 2013 he was the manager of B36 Tórshavn. The club won the Faroese championship in 2011 managed by Mikkjal Thomassen and John Petersen.
Thomassen has been the manager of KÍ Klaksvík in the Faroese Premier Division since 2015. During this period he has won the Faroese championship in 2019. The club was runner-up in 2016, 2017. In 2016 he won the Faroe Islands Cup with KÍ. In 2020 KÍ won the Faroe Islands Super Cup for the first time.[1]
On 24 September 2020 under the management of Mikkjal Thomassen, KÍ became the first Faroese club who managed to come to the play-offs in Europa League, when they won 6-1 on Tórsvøllur in Tórshavn against the Georgian champions FC Dinamo Tbilisi. It was also the biggest victory for a Faroese club in European tournaments.[2]
On 1 November 2022 he was announced as the manager of Norwegian football club Fredrikstad FK.[3]
Current First Division managers | |
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