Pól Thorsteinsson

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Pól Thorsteinsson
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Pól Thorsteinsson (2009)
Personnel
Surname Pól Axel Thorsteinsson
birthday 17th November 1973
place of birth Vágur ,  Faroe Islands
position Defense
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1991-1994 VB Vágur 60 (21)
1995 Sumba / VB 18 0(3)
1996-1997 VB Vágur 20 (11)
1998-1999 B36 Tórshavn 35 0(0)
2000 Valur Reykjavík 18 0(0)
2001 B36 Tórshavn 12 0(1)
2002 NSÍ Runavík 15 0(0)
2003-2005 B36 Tórshavn 57 0(0)
2006-2007 NSÍ Runavík 41 0(0)
2008-2009 VB / Sumba 48 (13)
2010-2014 FC Suðuroy II 44 (11)
2014 FC Suðuroy 3 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1997-2004 Faroe Islands 37 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

Pól Axel Thorsteinsson (born November 17, 1973 in Vágur , Suðuroy ) is a former Faroese football player who also played for the national team.

society

Thorsteinsson began his adult career with VB Vágur . He made his debut in the first division on matchday one in 1991 in the home game against KÍ Klaksvík , Thorsteinsson contributed the last two goals to the 2-2 draw. In 1993 he had to go into the second class as the last placed , there succeeded as the first placed the direct promotion. With the Sumba / VB syndicate , only the penultimate place could be achieved. In the relegation games against EB / Streymur , the runner-up of the 2nd Deild , Sumba / VB prevailed after a 0-0 in the first leg with an 8-0 home win. The following year, the syndicate was dissolved again, but Thorsteinsson only played three league games for VB Vágur that year. In 1997 he was with VB in the cup final , this game was lost 6-0 against GÍ Gøta .

In the year Thorsteinsson moved to B36 Tórshavn , for which he played two years and took third place in the championship. In 2000 he left the club in the direction of Iceland to the second division Valur Reykjavík , with whom he reached second place and thus promotion, then Thorsteinsson returned to the Faroe Islands and ran again for B36. At the side of Egil á Bø , Jákup á Borg , Jens Kristian Hansen , Heðin á Lakjuni and John Petersen he was finally able to celebrate his first championship. The double was also achieved through the 1-0 win in the cup final against KÍ Klaksvík . After a year-long stint at NSÍ Runavík , with whom the runner-up and the cup could be won by a 2-1 win against HB Tórshavn , Thorsteinsson played the next three years again for B36. After two runner-up championships, the championship was won again in 2005 together with Fróði Benjaminsen , Jákup Mikkelsen , Allan Mørkøre and Mikkjal K. Thomassen . In addition, in 2003 the cup final was won 3-1 against GÍ Gøta, in that year he was voted Player of the Year. In 2006 and 2007 Thorsteinsson competed again for NSÍ Runavík, and to say goodbye he celebrated his third championship with his team- mates Jóhan Troest Davidsen , Hjalgrím Elttør , Jónhard Frederiksberg , Christian Høgni Jacobsen , Jens Martin Knudsen , Bogi Løkin and Einar Tróndargjógv

In 2008 he returned to his hometown club, which was now called VB / Sumba and played in the second division, and remained loyal to it. In the first season, the promotion to third place was narrowly missed, but a year later he returned to the top division as the front runner. There under the new name FC Suðuroy only the penultimate place could be occupied, with Thorsteinsson at his own request only appeared for the second team in the third division, he also moved to the board. In the following years he also regularly helped out with the second agency. In 2014 he came again to three appearances for the first team in the second division and achieved promotion in second place.

European Cup

Thorsteinsson has a total of nine appearances in European Cup. The first games came in the first qualifying round for the Champions League 1998/99, where he lost both games against Beitar Jerusalem 1: 4 and 0: 1 in the service of B36 Tórshavn . The last encounters followed in 2005/06. After defeating ÍB Vestmannaeyja 1-1 and 2-1 in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup , B36 lost 2-1 and 2-2 against FC Midtjylland in the second qualifying round .

National team

Between 1997 and 2004 Thorsteinsson ran under national coaches Allan Simonsen and Henrik Larsen for the Faroese national team . He made his debut on April 30, 1997 in the World Cup qualifier against Malta , which was won 2-1 in Ta 'Qali . Thorsteinsson had his last appearance on October 13, 2004 in the World Cup qualifier against Ireland in Dublin , which was lost 2-0. In 37 games he remained without a goal.

successes

Web links

Commons : Pól Thorsteinsson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ January Round-up: Transfers, Signings and Retirements. In: soccerandequipment.com . January 31, 2006, accessed April 4, 2020.
  2. ^ Formula Division 2008 Preview , March 28, 2008. Accessed March 20, 2014.
  3. ↑ September Round-Up (English), September 30, 2009. Accessed March 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ Ársins leikarar oa - Best í 2003 ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Faroese) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.b68.fo
predecessor Office successor
Andrew av Fløtum Faroe Islands Footballer of the Year
2003 		Súni Olsen
personal data
SURNAME Thorsteinsson, Pól
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thorsteinsson, Pól Axel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Faroese soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 17th November 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Vágur , Faroe Islands