Pól Thorsteinsson (born 17 November 1973 in

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) is a retired Faroese football player. He has been spent most of his career in the

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, while he had brief stints in

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and

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. At the end of his career Pól Thorsteinsson played with VB/Sumba, who won the Faroese 1. division; in 2010 they changed their name to FC Suðuroy, and the team will be playing in the best division

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, but Pól Thorsteinsson decided to end his football career at the end of the 2009 season. He has been capped for the

at senior level.

Football career

International Football career

Pól Thorsteinsson has played 37 matches with the

Faroe Islands national football team The Faroe Islands national football team ( fo, Føroyska fótbóltsmanslandsliðið) represents the Faroe Islands in association football and is governed by the Faroe Islands Football Association (FSF). The FSF became a member of FIFA in 1 ...

in the period 1997 to 2004. He played as a defender.

Club career

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and Sumba/VB 1991-1996 *

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1996 (he played for the second best team) *

1997 * B36 1998-99 * Valur, Iceland 2000 * B36 2001 * NSÍ 2002 * B36 2003-2005 * NSÍ 2006-2007 * VB/Sumba 2008-2009

Faroe Islands Cup - Løgmanssteypið

Pól Thorsteinsson has won the Løgmanssteypið, the Faroe Islands Cup, three times: 2001 with B36, 2002 with NSÍ and 2003 with B36.

Winner of The National Faroese Championship

Three times Thorsteinsson has won the National Championship: 2001 and 2005 with B36 and 2007 with NSÍ.

Top Scorer for VB Vágur

In 2009 Thorsteinsson scored his 50th goal for VB/Sumba (prior to 2005 it was just called VB, since 1 Jan 2010 the team is called FC Suðuroy). He was top scorer for this team in 1993 (6 goals), 1994 (12 goals) and 1997 (10 goals).

Board Member of FC Suðuroy

Thorsteinsson has stopped playing football in the best division; he played with VB/Sumba in the first division in 2009 and they won the division. The team changed its name from 1 January 2010, now it is called FC Suðuroy and in 2010 it will play in the best division in Faroese football, which currently (2010) is called

. Thorsteinsson is chief financial officer for FC Suðuroy. Chairman for FC Suðuroy is

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