Símun Samuelsen (born 21 May 1985 in

Vágur Vágur meaning ''Bay'' ( da, Våg) is a town on the island of Suðuroy, part of the Faroe Islands It is situated on the east coast of the island on the Vágsfjørður fjord, and was founded in the fourteenth century. Expansion has meant that the ...

) is a retired Faroese football striker who played as a right or left winger and current head coach of AB Argir.

Career

Club career

He made his debut in

Faroe Islands Premier League Football The Faroe Islands Premier League (also known as ''Betri deildin menn'' for sponsorship reasons) is the top level of football in the Faroe Islands. It was founded in 1942 as Meistaradeildin, and it is played in current format since 2005, when Premi ...

with

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in the 2001 season, playing 3 games. After four more seasons at home, Samuelsen moved to Icelandic side

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and in August 2007 went on loan to

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side Notodden FK. He is currently back playing for HB Tórshavn. On 20 July 2010 he scored a goal for

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in the

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match against

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, the match was played in

Tórshavn Tórshavn (; lit. "Thor's harbour"), usually locally referred to as simply ''Havn'', is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of the city lies the ...

lost the first match against

5-0.

International career

Samuelsen made his debut for the

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in an April 2003 friendly match against

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. He has collected 44 caps since, and scored one goal.

Coaching career

Retiring at the end of 2019, Samuelsen was appointed head coach of his former club, AB Argir, on 26 March 2020.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Faroe Islands' goal tally first.''

Individual Honours

Effodeildin The Faroe Islands Premier League (also known as ''Betri deildin menn'' for sponsorship reasons) is the top level of football in the Faroe Islands. It was founded in 1942 as Meistaradeildin, and it is played in current format since 2005, when Premi ...

Team of the Season: 2012, 2013

References

External links

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Símun Samuelsen back home to the Faroe Islands
(In Faroese). * {{DEFAULTSORT:Samuelsen, Simun Men's association football forwards 1985 births Living people Faroese men's footballers Faroese expatriate men's footballers Faroe Islands men's international footballers Vágs Bóltfelag players Knattspyrnudeild Keflavík players Notodden FK players Gøtu Ítróttarfelag players FC Suðuroy players Havnar Bóltfelag players Argja Bóltfelag players Norwegian First Division players People from Vágur Faroese expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Faroese expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Faroese football managers Argja Bóltfelag managers