Súni Olsen (born 7 March 1981) is a Faroese former professional

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Club career

He started his career at Faroese club GÍ Gøta, after a successful season in 2000, in which he scored 13 league goals, moved to Dutch side

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in 2001, becoming the second Faroese international to play in the

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after

Jan Allan Müller Jan Allan Müller (born 25 July 1969) is a retired Faroe Islands, Faroese football striker. Club career He grew up in Vágur, where he played football for VB Vágur (now called FC Suðuroy). In October 1990 he had a trial at Dutch club Go Ahead ...

played for

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in 1990/1991. He returned to GÍ in 2002, and after a prolific number of goals for a midfielder, he attracted the attention of Danish team AaB, where he was later joined by Faroese teammate Jón Rói Jacobsen. In 2008, he was allowed to leave to Viborg on a free transfer, after failing to break into the first-team squad at Aalborg. After a disappointing season at Viborg FF, he left Denmark and returned to the

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B36 Tórshavn B36 Tórshavn () is a Faroese football club based in the capital of Tórshavn, playing in the Faroe Islands Premier League, the top tier of Faroese football. B36 Tórshavn has always played its home games in Gundadalur. Today B36 Tórshavn i ...

. He played 2 games before he broke his foot and then did not play another match for B36. In October 2008, he agreed to leave B36 for

Jógvan Martin Olsen 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. Playing career Olsen was born in T ...

's new side, Víkingur. In November 2015, Olsen signed for KÍ.

International career

Olsen made his debut for the

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in January 2001, in a Nordic Championship match against

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, coming on as a substitute for Sámal Joensen. He played magnificently against Estonia in a friendly in Summer 2008, scoring one goal and making two assists, bringing the Faroe Islands level, after being 3-0 down at half time. On 15 October 2013, Suni Olsen retired from International football following a

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match against Austria.

International goals

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

External links

AaB profile

His profile on FaroeSoccer.com
1981 births Living people Footballers from Tórshavn Faroese men's footballers Faroe Islands men's international footballers PEC Zwolle players Eerste Divisie players AaB Fodbold players Viborg FF players Danish Superliga players Víkingur Gøta players B36 Tórshavn players Gøtu Ítróttarfelag players Faroese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Men's association football midfielders Faroe Islands men's youth international footballers Faroese expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands 21st-century Danish sportsmen {{Faroes-footy-bio-stub