Bogi Løkin (born 22 October 1988) is a Faroese

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and former poet who plays for Faroese club ÍF Fuglafjørður. Bogi Løkin is the son of former Faroese international

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Abraham Løkin Abraham Løkin (born Abraham Hansen 16 June 1959, Fuglafjørður, Faroe Islands) is a former Faroe Islands Association football player and former manager of Faroese football club ÍF Fuglafjørður. He is the father of Elin Løkin, Bogi Løk ...

, who is the former coach of ÍF Fuglafjørður. His younger brothers, Karl Løkin and Steffan Løkin, is also footballers.

Club career

Bogi Løkin began his career at

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and made over 100 appearances for the club before he turned 21. In 2010, he joined

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midway through the Danish season. At the end of the season he chose to go back to the

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for summer 2010, joining his former club

. In 2011, he joined ÍF Fuglafjørður. He left the club again at the end of 2012. After leaving ÍF Fuglafjørður, Løkin moved abroad. He returned to ÍF Fuglafjørður in July 2014. In 2020 he made a return to ÍF Fuglafjørður, where he had a warm welcome from the ÍF ultras, as a tifo was prepeared in his honor. Løkin is seen by many to be the greatest footballer to play for ÍF

International career

He played for the Faroe Islands national team and he has scored one goal. He scored an international goal for the Faroe Islands on 11 October 2008 in their 1–1 draw against

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in a qualifying match for the

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Faroe Islands' goal tally first.''

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* * Living people 1989 births People from Runavík Faroese footballers Faroese expatriate footballers Faroe Islands international footballers NSÍ Runavík players Boldklubben Frem players ÍF Fuglafjørður players Association football midfielders Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Faroe Islands Premier League players 1. deild karla players 2. deild karla players 3. deild karla players Danish 1st Division players {{Faroes-footy-bio-stub