Klæmint Olsen

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Klæmint Olsen
Olsen celebrating a goal in the 2013 Effodeildin season
Personal information
Full name Klæmint Andrasson Olsen[1]
Date of birth (1990-07-17) 17 July 1990 (age 35)[2]
Place of birth Runavík, Faroe Islands
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
 NSÍ Runavík
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007– NSÍ Runavík[3] 425 (265)
2023 → Breiðablik (loan) 20 (6)
International career‡
2005–2006 Faroe Islands U17 14 (2)
2007–2008 Faroe Islands U19 4 (1)
2011–2012 Faroe Islands U21 7 (0)
2012– Faroe Islands 64 (10)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 October 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 May 2025[4]

Klæmint Andrasson Olsen (born 17 July 1990) is a Faroese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Faroe Islands Premier League side NSÍ Runavík and the Faroe Islands national team.

Olsen spent his entire football career with his hometown club NSÍ, except for a loan to Breiðablik in 2023. He is the all-time top scorer in the Faroe Islands Premier League with 265 goals.[5] He has been the topscorer of the Faroe Islands Premier League seven times.

He is Faroe Islands national team’s joint top goalscorer with 10 goals tied with Rógvi Jacobsen.

Club career

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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.[6]

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,[7] 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.[8] He won the Golden Boot again in 2019 with 26 goals and in 2020 together with Uroš Stojanov they scored 17 goals each.[9]

Olsen scored a hat-trick for NSÍ in a 2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifier against Hibernian.[10] In the 2020–21 season, he scored a hat-trick against Barry Town United in a Europa League qualifier,[11] 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.[12]

On 13 December 2022, Olsen agreed to join Besta deild karla club Breiðablik on a one-year loan deal.[13] At the same time he has renewed his contract with Runavík till the end of 2024.[13]

International career

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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.

On 15 November 2021, in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification game against Israel, he scored his 10th international goal, becoming Faroe Islands’ joint top goalscorer tied with Rogvi Jacobsen.[14]

Personal life

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Olsen works as a school janitor while also playing football.[15]

Career statistics

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Club

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Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
NSÍ Runavík 2007 Betri deildin 5 0 0 — — 5 0
2008 9 0 0 1[a] 0 0 0 10 0
2009 23 3 0 2[b] 0 — 25 3
2010 25 11 0 2[b] 0 — 27 11
2011 25 18 0 0 2[b] 0 — 27 18
2012 27 14 1 1 2[b] 0 — 30 15
2013 26 21 3 3 — — 29 24
2014 27 21 1 2 — — 28 23
2015 27 21 4 2 2[b] 1 — 33 24
2016 27 23 4 0 2[b] 0 — 33 23
2017 27 16 5 5 2[b] 0 — 34 21
2018 22 13 1 0 2[b] 3 1[c] 0 26 16
2019 27 26 1 1 2[b] 0 — 30 27
2020 25 17 2 1 2[b] 3 — 29 21
2021 26 16 5 5 2[d] 0 1[c] 1 34 22
2022 25 9 1 0 — — 26 9
2023 — — — — 0 0
2024 26 9 1 2 — — 27 11
2025 26 26 1 0 2[d] 1 — 29 27
Total 425 265 30 22 25 8 2 1 482 296
Breiðablik (loan) 2023 Besta deild karla 20 6 4 4 14[e] 3 2[f] 0 40 13
Career total 445 271 34 26 39 11 4 1 522 309
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b Appearances in Faroe Islands Super Cup
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  5. ^ Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Conference League
  6. ^ Appearances in Icelandic League Cup

International

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Scores and results list Faroe Islands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Olsen goal. List of international goals scored by Klæmint Olsen
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 7 June 2019 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands  Spain 1–2 1–4 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
2 3 September 2020 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands  Malta 1–0 3–2 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D
3 6 September 2020 Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra  Andorra 1–0 1–0 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D
4 13 October 2020 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands  Andorra 1–0 2–0 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D
5 2–0
6 7 June 2021 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands  Liechtenstein 1–1 5–1 Friendly
7 4–1
8 7 September 2021 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands  Moldova 1–0 2–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
9 12 November 2021 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark  Denmark 1–2 1–3 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
10 15 November 2021 Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel  Israel 2–2 2–3 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

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  1. ^ "UEFA Nations League 2019: Booking List before League phase Matchday 5" (PDF). UEFA. 6 November 2018. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b UEFA.com. "Klæmint Olsen - Faroe Islands - UEFA Nations League". UEFA. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  3. ^ "FaroeSoccer - Leikari, Klæmint Andrasson Olsen (Á)".
  4. ^ "FaroeSoccer | Kappingar".
  5. ^ Faroesoccer.com
  6. ^ "Effo-deildin liðugt: Klæmint Olsen hevur skorað 4 mál" (in Faroese). Sportal. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  7. ^ "in.fo, Klæmint eigur máltindin". Archived from the original on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  8. ^ Hansen, Jóannes (22 October 2016). "Klæmint verjir máltindin" (in Faroese). In.fo. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  9. ^ Hansen, Jóannes (7 November 2020). "Klæmint er toppskjútti fyri sættu ferð". in.fo. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  10. ^ "NSI Runavik 4–6 Hibernian". BBC Sport. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  11. ^ "NSÍ Runavík 5–1 Barry Town United". BBC Sport. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  12. ^ Ósá, Jákup (27 September 2020). "Klæmint A. Olsen hevur nú skorað 200 mál í landskappingini". bolt.fo. Retrieved 16 October 2020.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ a b "Færeyskur markaskorari til Breiðabliks" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 13 December 2022. Archived from the original on 22 December 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  14. ^ "Frustratingly close: Israel 3-2 Faroe Islands". Local.fo. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  15. ^ "On a échangé avec Klaemint Olsen, le serial buteur des Îles Féroé au NSI Runavik" [We exchanged with Klaemint Olsen, the serial scorer of the Farian Islands in NSI Runavik]. Nordisk Football. 26 September 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
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