Klæmint Olsen


Klæmint Andrasson Olsen is a Faroese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Faroe Islands Premier League side NSÍ Runavík and the Faroe Islands national team.
Olsen spent his entire football career with his hometown club NSÍ, except for a loan to Breiðablik in 2023. He is the all-time top scorer in the Faroe Islands Premier League with 265 goals. He has been the topscorer of the Faroe Islands Premier League seven times.
He is Faroe Islands national team’s joint top goalscorer with 10 goals tied with Rógvi Jacobsen.

Club career

In the 2011 season, Olsen was the Faroese league's second highest scorer, scoring 17 goals in the league for NSÍ Runavík.
On 15 September 2013, he scored all four goals in a 4–3 win against KÍ.
Beginning in 2013, Olsen won the Golden Boot in four consecutive seasons. In the 2013 season, Olsen was the highest goal-scorer in the division with 21 goals, winning the Golden Boot. In the following three seasons, he was once again the highest scorer: in 2014, with 22 goals; in 2015, with 21 goals; and in 2016, with 23 goals. He won the Golden Boot again in 2019 with 26 goals and in 2020 together with Uroš Stojanov they scored 17 goals each.
Olsen scored a hat-trick for NSÍ in a 2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifier against Hibernian. In the 2020–21 season, he scored a hat-trick against Barry Town United in a Europa League qualifier, becoming the first Faroese to score two hat-tricks in European football.
On 27 September 2020, he scored his 200th goal number in the Faroe Islands Premier League, becoming the first male player to score 200 goals in the Faroese top tier. All 200 goals were scored for the same club, NSÍ Runavík. He scored in a 4–1 victory against Skála ÍF.
On 13 December 2022, Olsen agreed to join Besta deild karla club Breiðablik on a one-year loan deal. At the same time he has renewed his contract with Runavík till the end of 2024.

International career

Olsen was first called up to the Faroe Islands squad in February 2012 for a training camp held in Spain and scored the winning goal in a friendly match against Spanish team La Union. He made his official debut in a World Cup qualifying match versus Germany on 7 September 2012, coming on as a late substitute.
Olsen scored his first international goal against Spain in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match.
On 15 November 2021, in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification game against Israel, he scored his 10th international goal, becoming Faroe Islands’ joint top goalscorer tied with Rogvi Jacobsen.

Personal life

Olsen works as a school janitor while also playing football.

Career statistics

International

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
17 June 2019Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands1–21–4UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
23 September 2020Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands1–03–22020–21 UEFA Nations League D
36 September 2020Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra1–01–02020–21 UEFA Nations League D
413 October 2020Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands1–02–02020–21 UEFA Nations League D
513 October 2020Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands2–02–02020–21 UEFA Nations League D
67 June 2021Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands1–15–1Friendly
77 June 2021Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands4–15–1Friendly
87 September 2021Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands1–02–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
912 November 2021Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark1–21–32022 FIFA World Cup qualification
1015 November 2021Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel2–22–32022 FIFA World Cup qualification