Torkil Nielsen

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Torkil Nielsen
Personnel
birthday January 26, 1964
place of birth Sandavágur ,  Faroe Islands
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
SÍF Sandavágur
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1981-1993 SÍF Sandavágur
1994 RV Vágar II 3 0(2)
1994-1997 RV Vágar 47 (14)
1996-1997 RV Vágar II 3 0(3)
1999-2000 RV Vágar II 3 0(3)
1999-2001 RV Vágar 6 0(1)
2003 RV Vágar II 1 0(0)
2007 FS Vágar 2004 II 3 0(1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1988-1993 Faroe Islands 18 0(2)
1 Only league games are given.

Torkil Nielsen (born January 26, 1964 in Sandavágur ) is a Faroese football and chess player . He is best known for his 1-0 winning goal in the international match between the Faroe Islands and Austria in 1990, which was the Faroese national football team's first competitive game and attracted worldwide attention due to its unexpected outcome.

Soccer

societies

Nielsen began his career at SÍF Sandavágur , for which he was active from 1981 to 1993. In 1989, 1990 and 1992 he played with this club in the first division , in 1991 Nielsen was able to achieve the title of top scorer in the second division with 13 goals . In 1994 he moved to the second division FS Vágar , for which he was active until the end of his career. In the first season, the team reached second place, which led to promotion to the top Faroese league. There he was one of the regular players for the next three years. After the first season, which ended in sixth place, the club only finished penultimate in 1996, which resulted in the relegation games against the runner-up in the second division, EB / Streymur . Nielsen was able to contribute a goal in both the 7-2 first leg win and the 5-2 win in the second leg. In the following season, FS Vágar again only finished penultimate. After a 1: 3 in the first leg against TB Tvøroyri , the second leg could be won 1-0, but due to the addition of the results, relegation was certain.

Nielsen then took a break in football and then only played sporadically for the first and second team. 1999 managed to return to the House of Lords as the first in the second division. There, however, Nielsen only came to further missions in 2001, at the end of the season FS Vágar was only in last place and was relegated again to the second division. Then Nielsen paused again and last played in 2003 and 2007 for the second team in the third division.

National team

Nielsen made his debut for the Faroese national team on August 24, 1988 in the friendly against Iceland in Akranes , which was lost 1-0. This was also the Faroe Islands' first game after joining FIFA in 1988. In the second game, he scored his first goal in the fourth minute of the game with a 1-0 win against Canada in the friendly on April 14, 1989 in Tórshavn , which was also the final score as well as the first official victory of the national team.

At the international football match Faroe Islands - Austria in 1990 , he achieved great fame both in his home country and in Austria when he scored the sensational 1-0 win in his country's first qualifying match. For the national team he played a total of 18 games between 1988 and 1993 and scored two goals. He played his last game on June 16, 1993 in the qualifier for the 1994 World Cup against Czechoslovakia , which was lost 3-0 in Toftir .

successes

Arbitration

1992 led Nielsen two games of the second division as a referee , the first on 13 Match between SÍ Sørvágur and HB Tórshavn II . In 2005 there was another game in the women's premier league .

chess

Today Nielsen sits on the board of the local chess club Sandavágs Talvfelag (ST) and is an active player in the national championships. His current Elo rating is 2137 (as of January 2014), which puts him in 17th place in the Faroese Elo ranking. He reached his highest rating to date of 2205 in January and July 1983 and from January 1985 to July 1986, leading him in January 1983, July 1983 (together with Jens Christian Hansen, Joan Paetur Midjord and Suni Ziska) and January 1985 (together with Midjord) the Faroese rating list. At the Chess Olympiads in 1982 , 1984 and 1988 Nielsen played on the fourth board of the Faroese team and achieved a total of 17½ points from 35 games.

Personal

Nielsen is a timber merchant by profession. His sons Rógvi Egilstoft Nielsen (* 1992) and Høgni Egilstoft Nielsen (* 1997) are also football and chess players. In football play or both played for 07 Vestur , which were founded as the successor club of FS Vágar. In chess, both of them have the title of FIDE master and are behind Helgi Dam Ziska in places 2 and 3 on the Faroese Elo list (as of November 2018). At the European Team Chess Championships in 2015 and 2017, both Rógvi and Høgni were part of the selection of the Faroe Islands, Høgni also took part in the 2014 Chess Olympiad , Rógvi in ​​the 2012 Chess Olympiad .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Referee profile on FaroeSoccer.com (Faroese)
  2. ↑ Elo of Torkil Nielsen at olimpbase.org
  3. ↑ Faroese rating list from January 1983 at olimpbase.org
  4. ↑ Faroese rating list from July 1983 at olimpbase.org
  5. ↑ Faroese rating list from January 1985 at olimpbase.org
  6. ↑ Torkil Nielsen's results at the Chess Olympiads at olimpbase.org
  7. ↑ When the timber merchant felled the Hickersberger, June 15, 2008. Accessed June 20, 2011.
  8. ↑ Rógvi Nielsen - Player Profile 2018 Transfermarkt. In: transfermarkt.com. Retrieved November 17, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Högni Egilstoft Nielsen - Player Profile 2018 Transfermarkt. In: transfermarkt.de. Retrieved November 17, 2018 .
  10. ↑ FIDE Country Top chess players Faroe Islands. In: FIDE . Retrieved November 17, 2018 .
  11. ↑ OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Rógvi Nielsen. In: OlimpBase. Retrieved November 17, 2018 .
  12. ↑ OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Høgni Nielsen. In: OlimpBase. Retrieved November 17, 2018 .
  13. ↑ OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Høgni Nielsen. In: OlimpBase. Retrieved November 17, 2018 .
  14. ↑ OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Rógvi Nielsen. In: OlimpBase. Retrieved November 17, 2018 .

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personal data
SURNAME Nielsen, Torkil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Faroese soccer player and chess player
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Sandavágur , Faroe Islands