Heini Vatnsdal (born 18 October 1991) is a Faroese professional football player. He currently plays for KÍ Klaksvík and for the

Faroe Islands national football team The Faroe Islands national football team ( fo, Føroyska fótbóltsmanslandsliðið) represents the Faroe Islands in association football and is governed by the Faroe Islands Football Association (FSF). The FSF became a member of FIFA in 198 ...

. He plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. Vatnsdal has also played for the youth teams of the

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: Faroe Islands U21 U17 and U15. Vatnsdal has scored goals for Faroe Islands U15 and U17 teams.

Career

Club

Vatnsdal started his football career on the southernmost of the islands of the Faroe Islands, Suðuroy, where he played for

FC Suðuroy FC Suðuroy is a Faroese football club which was founded in January 2010 and consists currently of the former clubs VB (founded in 1905) and Sumba (founded in 1949), which merged in 2005 to form VB/Sumba. FC Suðuroy's first team in the men's ch ...

until he signed a contract in 2013 with HB Tórshavn, where he played for three seasons. In 2015 he moved to Denmark to study as well as to play football. He signed a contract with the Copenhagen club

Fremad Amager Boldklubben Fremad Amager (meaning in English: The Ball Club Forward Amager ; abbreviated Fremad A) is a Danish professional football club based in the district of Amager Vest, Copenhagen. As of the 2020–21 season, the club's senior men's tea ...

which played in the second best tier in Danish football. At that time he had played six matches for the Faroe Islands national team. He played for the club for five years and played 105 matches for the club in 1. division. Hans last match for Fremad Amager was against Vejle Boldklub, which Fremad Amager won 4-1 and ended the season as number four. In July 2020 Vatnsdal moved back to the Faroe Islands with his family. He signed with the Faroese champions KÍ Klaksvík. He became a part of the squad which should play in Champions League against

ŠK Slovan Bratislava ŠK Slovan Bratislava (, "Bratislava Slav") is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in the Slovak Super Liga. Founded as 1. ČsŠK Bratislava in 1919, the club changed its name to Slovan Bratislava in 1953. Slovan is the m ...

, a match which was postponed because one of the staff members tested positive for COVID-19 after arrival to the Faroe Islands, and then a new group of players arrived but again one person, this time a plaer, tested positive, and finally UEFA decided that KÍ should win 3-0 without playing. KÍ's next match was against Young Boys in the second qualification round, which KÍ lost 1-3. On 24 September 2020, KÍ became the first Faroese team to qualify for the

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round by beating the Georgian champions

Dinamo Tbilisi Dinamo Tbilisi is a sports club from Tbilisi, Georgia. It was founded in 1925. Among its highest honors, is the European trophy earned by its football team which won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany 2–1 ...

6–1 in the third qualifying round of Europa League, which was also KÍ's first time in that round. Vatnsdal played all 90 minutes.

International

Heini Vatnsdal has played matches for his country in the as well as the

. Vatnsdal had his debut on the

on 7 June 2013 in an away match against The Republic of Ireland. Ireland won 3–0. Vatnsdal played all 90 minutes. He has also played for most of the youth teams of the Faroese national teams. * U21 – In August 2010 Heini Vatnsdal was chosen to be one of the U21 team members in the match against

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. Vatnsdal was an unused substitute in the match, which Faroe Islands U21 won 3–1. The team now has 11 points; it is the first time any Faroese national team reaches point with two digits. * U19 – Vatnsdal was appointed for the Faroe Islands U19 team for the matches which were played in Serbia in October 2009. Vatnsdal didn't play any of the matches on that occasion. * U17 – Heini Vatnsdal went to

Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...

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with Faroe Islands U17 in July 2007 for the Aberdeen International Football Festival. The team did very well, they won the competition. Heini Vatnsdal scored a goal in the final, which was against

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; the result of that match was 2–1, Vatnsdal scored the second goal for the team. Vatnsdal also played other matches for the U17 team. He played in the match against

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

on 21 October 2006 in

Windsor Park Windsor Park is a football stadium in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the home ground of Linfield F.C. who own the land the stadium is built on, while the Irish Football Association own and operate the stadium and pay Linfield an annual renta ...

. The result of the match was 1–0.

scored just before the match ended. Vatnsdal played for the Faroe Islands U17 team on 5 August 2006 in

Tórshavn Tórshavn (; lit. "Thor's harbour"), usually locally referred to as simply ''Havn'', is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of the city lies the ...

against

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lost the match 0–5. * U15 – Heini Vatnsdal played 6 matches for

U15 in

at the Aberdeen International Football Festival 2006 and one match against the Scottish club Albion B.C. (Albion Boys Club) on 18 July 2005.

won the match against Albion 1–3.Football.fo
Dystarhagtøl: Albion BC – Føroyar ''(Faroese)''

International goals

References

External links

FaroeSoccer.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vatnsdal, Heini 1991 births Living people Faroese footballers Faroe Islands international footballers Havnar Bóltfelag players FC Suðuroy players VB Vágur players Fremad Amager players KÍ Klaksvík players Danish 1st Division players Faroe Islands under-21 international footballers Association football midfielders Faroe Islands youth international footballers