Meinhard Olsen
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Meinhard Egilsson Olsen | ||
Date of birth | 10 April 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Faroe Islands | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Mjøndalen | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2012 | NSÍ Runavík | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2015 | NSÍ Runavík | 39 | (1) |
2015–2017 | Vendsyssel | 9 | (1) |
2017–2019 | B36 Tórshavn | 38 | (17) |
2019 | Kristiansund | 11 | (1) |
2020 | B36 Tórshavn | 16 | (10) |
2020 | GAIS | 15 | (1) |
2021 | Bryne | 25 | (7) |
2022– | Mjøndalen | 54 | (13) |
International career‡ | |||
2011–13 | Faroe Islands U17 | 18 | (2) |
2014–15 | Faroe Islands U19 | 4 | (0) |
2015–2018 | Faroe Islands U21 | 12 | (4) |
2019– | Faroe Islands | 28 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 June 2024 |
Meinhard Egilsson Olsen (born 10 April 1997) is a Faroese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mjøndalen in 1. divisjon[1] and for the Faroe Islands national football team.
Club career
[edit]On 21 August 2020, Olsen joined Superettan team GAIS for the remainder of the 2020 season.[2][3] He left at the end of the season.[3]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 29 August 2022[4]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
NSÍ | 2013 | Faroe Islands Premier League | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | |
2014 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 24 | 9 | |||
2015 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
Total | 39 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 1 | ||
Vendsyssel | 2015–16 | NordicBet Liga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | |
2016–17 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | 10 | 1 | |||
Total | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 11 | 2 | ||
B36 Tórshavn | 2017 | Betri deildin | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | 14 | 4 | |
2018 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 13 | ||
Total | 38 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 50 | 17 | ||
Kristiansund | 2019 | Eliteserien | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 14 | 2 | |
Total | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 14 | 2 | ||
B36 Tórshavn | 2020 | Betri deildin | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 10 |
Total | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 10 | ||
GAIS | 2020 | Superettan | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 15 | 1 | |
Total | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 15 | 1 | ||
Bryne | 2021 | OBOS-ligaen | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | - | 26 | 7 | |
Total | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 26 | 7 | ||
Mjøndalen | 2022 | OBOS-ligaen | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | - | 23 | 6 | |
Total | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 23 | 6 | ||
Career total | 175 | 44 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 201 | 46 |
International career
[edit]He made his Faroe Islands national football team debut on 7 June 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Spain, as an 86th-minute substitute for Árni Frederiksberg.[5] He scored his first goal for the Faroe Islands national team on 25 March 2021 in a 1-1 draw in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification against Moldova.[6]
International goals
[edit]No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 25 March 2021 | Stadionul Zimbru, Chișinău, Moldova | Moldova | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group F |
References
[edit]- ^ Meinhard Olsen at Soccerway
- ^ Anders Fagerlund. "Meinhard Olsen klar för GAIS" (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ a b Johnsson, Andreas (5 January 2021). "Duon lämnar Gais – tappar lånet". gp.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Meinhard Olsen". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ "Faroe Islands v Spain game report". UEFA. 7 June 2019.
- ^ Hansen, Jóannes (25 March 2021). "Meinhard var bjargingarmaður". in.fo. Sosialurin. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
External links
[edit]- Meinhard Olsen at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Faroese men's footballers
- Faroe Islands men's international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- NSÍ Runavík players
- Vendsyssel FF players
- B36 Tórshavn players
- Kristiansund BK players
- GAIS players
- Bryne FK players
- Faroe Islands Premier League players
- Danish 1st Division players
- Eliteserien players
- Superettan players
- Norwegian First Division players
- Faroese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Faroese expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Faroese expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- 21st-century Danish sportsmen
- Faroese football biography stubs