Jákup á Borg

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Jákup á Borg
Jakup a Borg.jpg
Jákup á Borg in
HB Tórshavn's jersey (2008)
Personnel
birthday October 26, 1979
place of birth Faroe Islands
size 179 cm
position Midfield / storm
Juniors
Years station
B36 Tórshavn
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1996-2003 B36 Tórshavn 130 (70)
1996-1997 B36 Tórshavn II 3 0(1)
2004 Odense BK 1 0(0)
2004-2008 HB Tórshavn 94 (32)
2007 HB Tórshavn II 1 0(0)
2008-2016 B36 Tórshavn 160 (50)
2015– B36 Tórshavn II 21 (13)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1995 Faroe Islands U-17 6 0(0)
1996-1997 Faroe Islands U-19 5 0(0)
1998-2010 Faroe Islands 61 0(2)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2017– B36 Tórshavn
1 Only league games are given.

Jákup á Borg (born October 26, 1979 ) is a Faroese former football player who was active in the Faroese national team . He is the second top scorer in the Betrideildin and since 2017 coach of B36 Torshavn .

Soccer

society

Jákup á Borg started his career at B36 Tórshavn . In 1996, at the age of 16, he was used for the first team in the group games of the Cup , the first competitive game was the 4-0 win against TB Tvøroyri . In the cup game against B71 Sandur , he scored his first competitive goal on matchday two, with a final score of 2: 3. A little later he was also used at the start of the first division and was one of the regular players there, the first game was away at KÍ Klaksvík 1: 1. On matchday 16, he scored his first goal in the league with a 3-1 win against FS Vágar . The game ended 5-1. The following year the first championship title followed, which could be achieved together with Jens Kristian Hansen , Tummas Eli Hansen , Óli Johannesen , Julian Johnsson and John Petersen . While Á Borg's goal scoring was still limited in the first two years, he was able to achieve the title of top scorer in 1998. He repeated this success the next year. In 2001 he won the Cup for the first time with his club, in the final KÍ Klaksvík was defeated 1-0. The championship was also won by B36, with which the double was achieved. His teammates this year were Egil á Bø , Jens Kristian Hansen, Heðin á Lakjuni , John Petersen and Pól Thorsteinsson .

In 2004 Á Borg moved to Odense BK for a few months , but could not prevail there and was only substituted on for Mwape Miti in the 4-0 win against Herfølge BK two minutes before the end . In the same year he returned to the Faroe Islands and from then on played for local rivals HB Tórshavn . The cup and championship double was achieved right in the first year. At that time there were Jan Dam , Rógvi Jacobsen and Heðin á Lakjuni in the team. In the cup final, in which Á Borg was not used, NSÍ Runavík was beaten 3-1. In 2006, together with Rógvi Jacobsen, the second championship title with HB could be achieved, at the same time Á Borg was voted Player of the Year. The following year HB lost the game for the Faroese Supercup on penalties against B36 Tórshavn. After half of the 2008 season he returned to B36, where he won the next championship title in 2011 together with his teammates Atli Danielsen and Súni Olsen . The Supercup game was lost again, this time with 1: 2 against EB / Streymur . In 2014 he won his sixth championship, in the Supercup he lost on penalties to Víkingur Gøta . The seventh championship followed in 2015.

With 153 goals in 392 games in the Faroese first division, Á Borg is the second most successful goalscorer behind Klæmint Olsen (as of the end of 2019).

European Cup

Á Borg was involved in 25 games in the European Cup, but failed to score. The first game he completed in 1997 for B36 Tórshavn in the UI Cup in the 0: 5 home defeat against KRC Genk , when he came on in the 62nd minute when the score was 0: 3 for Sigfríður Clementsen . Á Borg also played for HB Tórshavn in the first qualifying round for the Champions League in the 3-0 second leg against WIT Georgia Tbilisi , which was the biggest win of a Faroese team. However, HB was eliminated because the first leg was lost 5-0. His last game was the 2-1 home win in the second leg of the first qualifying round for the Champions League against Valletta , despite this victory B36 was eliminated due to the 0-1 first leg defeat and the associated away goals rule.

National team

His first international appearance took place as well as with Hans Fróði Hansen on August 19, 1998 in the European Championship qualifier against Bosnia , where he came on in the 72nd minute for Uni Arge . The game in Sarajevo was lost 0-1. He usually plays in the right winger position for the national team. He scored his first goal on April 27, 2003 in a friendly against Kazakhstan , and scored the opening goal in a 3-2 win. In July 2010, Á Borg announced his retirement as a national player. For the European Championship qualifier against Estonia on August 11, 2010, however, he was nominated again due to injury concerns and used. With this 61st and final appearance in the 2-1 defeat in Tallinn , he is sixth among the record players for the Faroese national team.

Trainer

For the 2017 season, Á Borg took over the coaching position at B36 Tórshavn . In his first season he reached the cup final , which was lost 0-1 against NSÍ Runavík . In the league , the team took third place. This also succeeded the following year, in the cup final HB Tórshavn was defeated on penalties. In 2019, B36 lost 1-0 in the Supercup against champion HB Tórshavn and was runner-up in the league.

successes

As a player

As a trainer

Personal

Á Borg works full-time as a used car dealer.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jákup á Borg retires from the national team , July 31, 2010. Accessed November 10, 2010.
  2. ↑ August 2010 Round-Up (English), August 10, 2010. Accessed November 10, 2010.
  3. ↑ Player of the Year Awards (2006) , November 13, 2006. Accessed December 8, 2009.
  4. ↑ Gas station attendants, teachers and carpenters: ÖFB stumbles over amateurs - again! , news.at of October 12, 2008. Accessed July 4, 2011.

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Commons : Jákup á Borg  - collection of images, videos and audio files
predecessor Office successor
Jákup Mikkelsen Faroe Islands Footballer of the Year
2006 		Nenad Stanković
personal data
SURNAME Borg, Jákup á
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Faroese soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1979