Klæmint Olsen
Faroese footballer
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Klæmint Andrasson Olsen (born 17 July 1990) is a Faroese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Faroe Islands Premier League side NSÍ Runavík and the Faroe Islands national team.
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Olsen celebrating a goal in the 2013 Effodeildin season | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Klæmint Andrasson Olsen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 July 1990[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Runavík, Faroe Islands | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | NSÍ Runavík | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007– | NSÍ Runavík[3] | 434 | (266) |
| 2023 | → Breiðablik (loan) | 20 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2005–2006 | Faroe Islands U17 | 14 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | Faroe Islands U19 | 4 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Faroe Islands U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 2012– | Faroe Islands | 64 | (10) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 May 2025[4] | |||
Olsen spent his entire football career with his hometown club NSÍ, except for a loan to Breiðablik in 2023. He is the all-time top scorer in the Faroe Islands Premier League with 265 goals.[5] He has been the top goalscorer of the Faroe Islands Premier League seven times.
He is Faroe Islands national team’s joint top goalscorer with 10 goals tied with Rógvi Jacobsen.
Club career
In the 2011 season, Olsen was the Faroese league's second highest scorer, scoring 17 goals in the league for NSÍ Runavík.
On 15 September 2013, he scored all four goals in a 4–3 win against KÍ.[6]
Beginning in 2013, Olsen won the Golden Boot in four consecutive seasons. In the 2013 season, Olsen was the highest goal-scorer in the division with 21 goals,[7] winning the Golden Boot. In the following three seasons, he was once again the highest scorer: in 2014, with 22 goals; in 2015, with 21 goals; and in 2016, with 23 goals.[8] He won the Golden Boot again in 2019 with 26 goals and in 2020 together with Uroš Stojanov they scored 17 goals each.[9]
Olsen scored a hat-trick for NSÍ in a 2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifier against Hibernian.[10] In the 2020–21 season, he scored a hat-trick against Barry Town United in a Europa League qualifier,[11] becoming the first Faroese to score two hat-tricks in European football.
On 27 September 2020, he scored his 200th goal number in the Faroe Islands Premier League, becoming the first male player to score 200 goals in the Faroese top tier. All 200 goals were scored for the same club, NSÍ Runavík. He scored in a 4–1 victory against Skála ÍF.[12]
On 13 December 2022, Olsen agreed to join Besta deild karla club Breiðablik on a one-year loan deal.[13] At the same time he has renewed his contract with Runavík till the end of 2024.[13]
International career
Olsen was first called up to the Faroe Islands squad in February 2012 for a training camp held in Spain and scored the winning goal in a friendly match against Spanish team La Union. He made his official debut in a World Cup qualifying match versus Germany on 7 September 2012, coming on as a late substitute.
Olsen scored his first international goal on 7 July 2019 during the 4–1 loss against Spain during UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying.
On 15 November 2021, in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification game against Israel, he scored his 10th international goal, becoming Faroe Islands’ joint top goalscorer tied with Rogvi Jacobsen.[14]
Personal life
Olsen works as a school janitor while also playing football.[15]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| NSÍ Runavík | 2007 | Meistaradeildin | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2008 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2009 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 25 | 3 | ||||
| 2010 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 27 | 11 | ||||
| 2011 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 27 | 18 | |||
| 2012 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 30 | 15 | |||
| 2013 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 29 | 24 | ||||
| 2014 | 27 | 21 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 28 | 23 | ||||
| 2015 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2[b] | 1 | — | 33 | 24 | |||
| 2016 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 33 | 23 | |||
| 2017 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 34 | 21 | |||
| 2018 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 3 | 1[c] | 0 | 26 | 16 | ||
| 2019 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 30 | 27 | |||
| 2020 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2[b] | 3 | — | 29 | 21 | |||
| 2021 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2[d] | 0 | 1[c] | 1 | 34 | 22 | ||
| 2022 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 9 | ||||
| 2023 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2024 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 27 | 11 | ||||
| 2025 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2[d] | 1 | — | 29 | 27 | |||
| Total | 425 | 265 | 30 | 22 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 482 | 296 | ||
| Breiðablik (loan) | 2023 | Besta deild karla | 20 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14[e] | 3 | 2[f] | 0 | 40 | 13 |
| Career total | 445 | 271 | 34 | 26 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 522 | 309 | ||
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in Faroe Islands Super Cup
- Appearances in UEFA Conference League
- Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Conference League
- Appearances in Icelandic League Cup
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faroe Islands | 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 6 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 11 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 63 | 10 | |
- Scores and results list Faroe Islands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Olsen goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 June 2019 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |  Spain | 1–2 | 1–4 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying |
| 2 | 3 September 2020 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |  Malta | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D |
| 3 | 6 September 2020 | Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra |  Andorra | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D |
| 4 | 13 October 2020 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands | Andorra | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D |
| 5 | 2–0 | |||||
| 6 | 7 June 2021 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |  Liechtenstein | 1–1 | 5–1 | Friendly |
| 7 | 4–1 | |||||
| 8 | 7 September 2021 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |  Moldova | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 9 | 12 November 2021 | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark |  Denmark | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 10 | 15 November 2021 | Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel |  Israel | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
