Pól Thorsteinsson (born 17 November 1973 in

Vágur Vágur meaning ''Bay'' ( da, Våg) is a town on the island of Suðuroy, part of the Faroe Islands It is situated on the east coast of the island on the Vágsfjørður fjord, and was founded in the fourteenth century. Expansion has meant that the ...

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) is a retired Faroese

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player. He has been spent most of his career in the

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, while he had brief stints in

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and

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. At the end of his career Pól Thorsteinsson played with VB/Sumba, who won the Faroese 1. division; in 2010 they changed their name to

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 ...

, and the team will be playing in the best division Vodafonedeildin, but Pól Thorsteinsson decided to end his football career at the end of the 2009 season. He has been capped for the

at senior level.

Football career

International Football career

Pól Thorsteinsson has played 37 matches with 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 ...

in the period 1997 to 2004. He played as a defender.

Club career

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and Sumba/VB 1991-1996 *

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1996 (he played for the second best team) *

1997 * B36 1998-99 *

Valur Valur may refer to: People * Birkir Valur Jónsson (born 1998), Icelandic football player * Björn Valur Gíslason (born 1959), Icelandic politician * Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (born 1979), Icelandic handball player * Guðni Valur Guðnason (born ...

, Iceland 2000 * B36 2001 * NSÍ 2002 * B36 2003-2005 * NSÍ 2006-2007 * VB/Sumba 2008-2009

Faroe Islands Cup - Løgmanssteypið

Pól Thorsteinsson has won the Løgmanssteypið, the

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, three times: 2001 with B36, 2002 with NSÍ and 2003 with B36.

Winner of The National Faroese Championship

Three times Thorsteinsson has won the National Championship: 2001 and 2005 with B36 and 2007 with NSÍ.

Top Scorer for VB Vágur

In 2009 Thorsteinsson scored his 50th goal for VB/Sumba (prior to 2005 it was just called VB, since 1 Jan 2010 the team is called

). He was top scorer for this team in 1993 (6 goals), 1994 (12 goals) and 1997 (10 goals).

Board Member of FC Suðuroy

Thorsteinsson has stopped playing football in the best division; he played with VB/Sumba in the first division in 2009 and they won the division. The team changed its name from 1 January 2010, now it is called

and in 2010 it will play in the best division in Faroese football, which currently (2010) is called Vodafonedeildin. Thorsteinsson is

chief financial officer The chief financial officer (CFO) is an officer of a company or organization that is assigned the primary responsibility for managing the company's finances, including financial planning, management of financial risks, record-keeping, and financ ...

for

. Chairman for

is Bjarni Johansen.