Kaj Leo í Bartalsstovu

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Kaj Leo í Bartalsstovu
Kaj Leo í Bartalsstovu in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-06-23) 23 June 1991 (age 32)[1]
Place of birth Vágur, Faroe Islands
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Njarðvík
Number 22
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Víkingur Gøta 102 (23)
2014–2016 Levanger 42 (8)
2016 Dinamo București 6 (0)
2016 FH 7 (0)
2017–2018 ÍBV 41 (4)
2019–2021 Valur 48 (5)
2022 ÌA 24 (2)
2023 Leiknir 9 (0)
2023– Njarðvík 9 (0)
International career‡
Faroe Islands U21 6 (0)
2013– Faroe Islands 28 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 January 2023 [2]

Kaj Leo í Bartalsstovu (born 23 June 1991) is a Faroese professional footballer who plays for Icelandic club Njarðvík.[3][4] He has also been capped at senior and junior level for his country.

Club career[edit]

Bartalsstovu started his career at Víkingur Gøta where he played 102 times, scoring 23 goals in the process.[5] He signed for Norwegian club Levanger on 21 January 2014.[5]

On 1 February 2016, Bartalsstovu signed a one and a half year contract for Romanian team Dinamo București,[6] becoming the first Faroese footballer contracted to a Romanian Liga I club.[7]

On 14 February 2016, Bartalsstovu made his first team debut for Dinamo București in a 1-0 win against FC Botosani, on 20 May Kaj Leo was released from his contract with Dinamo Bucuresti, after the previous manager stepped down, he later signed for FH.

On 8 November 2016, Bartalsstovu signed a two-year contract for ÍBV.[8] After a short stint with ÍBV which included an Icelandic Men's Football Cup win, Bartalsstovu signed for Reykjavík outfit Valur in 2019. The following season was curtailed due to COVID-19 restrictions. Valur were top of the league with four games remaining and were crowned champions. He was later released from his contract with the club. After rumoured interest from clubs in Scandinavia and trials with various Icelandic clubs, Bartalsstovu signed a two year contract with current club ÌA. The deal was confirmed by the club on 15 February 2022.[9]

International career[edit]

Bartalsstovu has represented the Faroe Islands at international level, making his first start against Hungary in the UEFA 2016 Qualifiers on 8 October 2015.

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list Faroe Islands' goal tally first.[10]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 25 March 2018 Estadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella, Spain  Liechtenstein
1–0
3–0
 Friendly

Career Statistics[edit]

Career[edit]

As of 6 March 2024[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Víkingur Gøta 2010 Faroe Islands Premier League 27 0 3 0 2[b] 0 — 32 0
2011 26 7 2 1 — — 28 8
2012 24 11 4 1 2[b] 0 — 30 12
2013 25 5 5 1 4[b] 0 1[c] 0 35 6
Total 102 23 14 3 8 0 1 0 125 26
Levanger 2014 2. divisjon
2015 1. divisjon 18 2 0 0 — — 18 2
Total 42 8 0 0 — — 42 8
Dinamo București 2015-16 Liga I 6 0 1 0 — 1[d] 0 8 0
FH 2016 Úrvalsdeild 7 0 — — — 7 0
ÍBV 2017 Úrvalsdeild 19 2 5 3 — — 24 5
2018 22 2 2 1 2[b] 0 1[e] 1 27 4
Total 41 4 7 4 2 0 1 1 51 9
Valur 2019 Úrvalsdeild 16 0 1 0 4[f] 0 1[e] 0 22 0
2020 17 2 2 1 — — 19 3
201 15 3 3 1 1[b] 0 — 19 4
Total 48 5 6 2 5 0 1 0 60 7
ÍA 2022 Besta deild karla 24 3 2 3 — — 26 6
Leiknir 2023 1. deild karla 9 0 2 0 — — 11 0
Njarðvík 2023 1. deild karla 9 0 — — — 9 0
Career Total 288 43 32 12 15 0 4 1 339 56
  1. ^ Includes Faroe Islands Cup, Norwegian Football Cup, Cupa României, Icelandic Men's Football Cup
  2. ^ a b c d e Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearance in Faroe Islands Super Cup
  4. ^ Appearance in Cupa Ligii
  5. ^ a b Appearance in Icelandic Men's Football Super Cup
  6. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, Two appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours[edit]

Víkingur Gøta
FH
ÍBV

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Eurosport Profile". Eurosport Asia. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  2. ^ "FaroeSoccer | Kappingar".
  3. ^ Kaj Leo í Bartalsstovu at Soccerway
  4. ^ Kaj Leo í Bartalsstovu at WorldFootball.net
  5. ^ a b "Soccerway Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Dinamo a anunțat oficial transferul lui Bartalsstovu" (in Romanian). dolce-sport.ro. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  7. ^ Arge, Tróndur (1 February 2016). "Kaj Leo gjørt sáttmála við Dinamo Bukarest" (in Faroese). in.fo. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  8. ^ "www.in.fo". Archived from the original on 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
  9. ^ "Fótbolti.net".
  10. ^ "NFT Profile". www.national-football-teams.coml. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  11. ^ "K. Í BARTALSSTOVU". Soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 6 March 2024.

External links[edit]

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