Sølvi Vatnhamar (born 5 May 1986) is a Faroese

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as an

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for

Víkingur Víkingur can refer to: * The Icelandic and Faroese word for Viking * Víkingur Ólafsson (born 1984), Icelandic pianist * Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur, Icelandic association football club * Víkingur Gøta, Faroese association football club * Ung ...

and the

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. He also works as a constructor next to his football career, and his brother

Gunnar Vatnhamar Gunnar Vatnhamar (born 29 March 1995) is a Faroese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Víkingur Reykjavík. Club career In April 2023, Víkingur Reykjavík announced that they had agreed a deal to sign Vatnhamar, who prior to ...

is also a footballer who has played with him on the national team.kvf.fo
Landsliðshetja og byggifrøðingur. On 13 June 2015 he played his fifth match for the Faroe Islands national football team at the Tórsvøllur stadium against Greece. The Faroe Islands won 2–1 with goals by

Hallur Hansson Hallur Hansson (born 8 July 1992) is a Faroese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Faroe Islands Premier League club KÍ. Starting his professional career in Scotland as part of Aberdeen, he moved to Denmark to play for AaB f ...

and Brandur Olsen; Vatnhamar assisted both goals. On 28 March 2016, Vatnhamar scored his first international goal in a 3–2 win against

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International

International goals

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

Honour

*2016 – Player of the year in the

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References

1986 births Living people Faroese men's footballers Faroe Islands men's international footballers Faroe Islands Premier League players Víkingur Gøta players Men's association football midfielders Faroe Islands men's under-21 international footballers 21st-century Danish sportsmen {{Faroes-footy-bio-stub