Jógvan Martin Olsen

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Jógvan Martin Olsen
Olsen coaching Víkingur Gøta in 2010
Personal information
Full name Jógvan Martin Olsen
Date of birth (1961-07-10) 10 July 1961 (age 62)
Place of birth Toftir, Faroe Islands
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1993 B68 145 (23)
1994–1995 LÍF Leirvík 21 (6)
1996–1997 B68 II 4 (1)
Managerial career
1996–2005 Faroe Islands (assistant)
2002–2004 NSÍ Runavík
2006–2008 Faroe Islands
2009–2013 Víkingur Gøta
2014 B68
2016–2024 ÍF Fuglafjørður
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jógvan Martin Olsen (born 10 July 1961) is a Faroese football manager and former player who is the manager of ÍF Fuglafjørður since October 2015. He was the head coach of the Faroe Islands national team.[2]

Playing career[edit]

Olsen was born in Toftir, Faroe Islands. A midfielder, played with B68 Toftir from 1978 to 1993 and again from 1996 to 1997 and for LÍF Leirvík 1994 and 1995.[3] Three times Olsen won the national Faroese championship with B68 Toftir: 1984, 1985 and 1992.[4]

Managerial career[edit]

Olsen was the assistant coach of the Faroe Islands national team during the reign of Allan Simonsen and Henrik Larsen (both from Denmark) in the period 1996–2005. From 2002 to 2004 he was also the manager of NSÍ Runavík.[5] In 2005 Olsen was named new head coach of the Faroe Islands national team. He resigned on 29 September 2008.[6]

In 2013 Olsen announced that he would step down as coach at the end of the season and have a year off from football.[7] In October 2015 he was appointed manager of ÍF Fuglafjørður.[8]

Managerial statistics[edit]

As of 16 June 2016
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 2006 2008 20 0 1 19 000.00

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jógvan Martin Olsen at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Football.fo Archived 28 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "B68.fo". Archived from the original on 26 March 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  4. ^ Nes.fo
  5. ^ "B68.fo". Archived from the original on 26 March 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  6. ^ Nes.fo
  7. ^ Soccer and Equipment
  8. ^ Arge, Tróndur (3 October 2015). "Jógvan Martin verður venjari" (in Faroese). in.fo. Retrieved 20 November 2015.

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