Mikkjal Thomassen

Mikkjal Thomassen
Personal information
Full name	Mikkjal Kjartansson Thomassen
Date of birth	12 January 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Faroe Islands
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Fredrikstad (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1997	HB Tórshavn
1998–2001	B36 Tórshavn
2004	B68 Toftir
2005–2007	B36 Tórshavn
2008	EB/Streymur
International career
2006–2008	Faroe Islands
Managerial career
2009–2013	B36 Tórshavn
2015–2022	KÍ Klaksvík
2022–	Fredrikstad
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mikkjal Kjartansson Thomassen (born 12 January 1976) is a Faroese professional football manager and former footballer that played 13 times for the Faroe Islands national football team.

Playing career[edit]

During his playing career Thomassen represented HB Tórshavn, B36 Tórshavn, B68 Toftir and EB/Streymur.

His last international match was a qualifier for the 2010 FIFA World Cup at home against Austria on 11 August 2008. He was substituted after 37 minutes due to injury, but had the satisfaction of seeing his teammates earning a 1–1 draw.

Managerial career[edit]

Thomassen was manager for HB Tórshavn's women's team in 1995, the team won the Faroese championship that season. From 2009 until 2013 he was the manager of B36 Tórshavn. The club won the Faroese championship in 2011 managed by Mikkjal Thomassen and John Petersen.

Thomassen has been the manager of KÍ Klaksvík in the Faroese Premier Division since 2015. During this period he has won the Faroese championship in 2019. The club was runner-up in 2016, 2017. In 2016 he won the Faroe Islands Cup with KÍ. In 2020 KÍ won the Faroe Islands Super Cup for the first time.^[1]

On 24 September 2020 under the management of Mikkjal Thomassen, KÍ became the first Faroese club to reach the play-offs in Europa League, when they won 6-1 on Tórsvøllur in Tórshavn against the Georgian champions FC Dinamo Tbilisi. It was also the biggest victory for a Faroese club in European tournaments.^[2]

On 1 November 2022 he was announced as the manager of Norwegian football club Fredrikstad FK.^[3] His first season in charge of FFK proved very successful, as he led the club to promotion to Eliteserien. The 2024 season will be the first season in the top flight for Fredrikstad in 11 years.^[4]

Managerial statistics[edit]

As of match played 12 January 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
B36 Tórshavn		1 January 2009	31 December 2014	140	62	37	41	236	192	+44	044.29
KÍ Klaksvík		1 January 2015	31 December 2022	264	168	50	46	619	242	+377	063.64
Fredrikstad		1 January 2023	Present	33	20	10	3	55	25	+30	060.61
Total				437	250	97	90	910	459	+451	057.21

References[edit]

^ Ósá, Jákup (3 March 2020). "Kí vann stórsteypið fyri fyrstu ferð". nordlysid.fo. Norðlýsið. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ Prestá, Agnar (25 September 2020). "KÍ skrivaði evropeiska søgu". portal.fo. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ "Thomassen ny hovedtrener i FFK". Fredrikstad FK (in Norwegian). 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
^ https://portal.fo/roysni-132042/fyri-fyrstu-ferd-sidani-2012-hja-fredrikstad.grein (In Faroese)

Mikkjal Thomassen at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] Ósá, Jákup (3 March 2020). "Kí vann stórsteypið fyri fyrstu ferð". nordlysid.fo. Norðlýsið. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

[2] Prestá, Agnar (25 September 2020). "KÍ skrivaði evropeiska søgu". portal.fo. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

[3] "Thomassen ny hovedtrener i FFK". Fredrikstad FK (in Norwegian). 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.

[4] ttps://portal.fo/roysni-132042/fyri-fyrstu-ferd-sidani-2012-hja-fredrikstad.grein (In Faroese)

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