Todi Adam Jónsson (born 2 February 1972) is a retired Faroese professional football

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, Norwegian club

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and Danish club Fremad Amager. He started and ended his football career at Faroese side KÍ. He has played 45 matches for Faroe Islands national football team and is currently (2018) number two on the top goal scorer's list with 9 goals. Jónsson is the highest scoring foreign football player in the Danish Superliga (Premier League) with 72 goals. He was previously the all-time top scorer for FC København together with

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, they both scored 54 goals for FCK, but they have later been surpassed by

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Club career

He spent a large portion of his career at the Danish Superliga side FC Copenhagen, having arrived in 1997 from Lyngby BK together with the new CEO Flemming Østergaard. Todi, as he is known by the FC Copenhagen fans, is one of the all-time leading goal scorers for the club and a member of the Hall of Fame as decided by fan club voting. From 1997 to 2005 Todi played 207 matches for FC Copenhagen and scored 68 goals. On 25 June 2009, it was announced that he had rejoined KÍ Klaksvík, who, however, were unable to maintain their place in the Faroese top division. Jónsson ended his football career with the club where he started. He played his last match for KÍ Klaksvík on 3 October 2009 against EB/Streymur.FaroeSoccer.com, Todi A. Jónsson
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International career

In the Faroe Islands, Jónsson is arguably the most successful football player of all time, having played at an internationally high level for the better part of a decade with the Danish Champions FC Copenhagen. Furthermore, Todi was the most successful goalscorer for the Faroe Islands national football team with 9 goals in 45 caps, until

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scored his 9th goal against

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in September 2007, then fully overtaking Todi's record away to Italy two months later. Todi is also the only Faroese player to score a hat-trick in an international match. (Bergur Magnussen scored 6 times in the match against the Åland Islands back in 1989, but this match is not officially recognised.) Todi is remembered for his premature and controversial international retirement in the spring of 2001, as he decided to concentrate fully on his club career. After that he won only two more caps, both in 2005.

International goals

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Honours

;KÍ Klaksvík * Faroe Islands Premier League (1):

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;FC København * Danish Superliga (3): 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04 * Danish Cup (1): 2003–04 *

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(2): 2001, 2004

References

External links

Todi Jónsson's profile on FaroeSoccer.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jonsson, Todi 1972 births Living people F.C. Copenhagen players Faroese footballers Faroe Islands international footballers Faroese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Norway Eliteserien players Danish Superliga players IF Lyseng Fodbold players IK Start players Lyngby Boldklub players KÍ Klaksvík players B36 Tórshavn players Association football forwards People from Vejle Municipality Sportspeople from the Region of Southern Denmark