Símun Samuelsen (born 21 May 1985 in
Vágur
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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 ...
) is a retired
Faroese football striker who played as a
right or left winger and current head coach of
AB Argir.
Career
Club career
He made his debut in
Faroe Islands Premier League Football
The Faroe Islands Premier League (also known as ''Betri deildin menn'' for sponsorship reasons) is the top level of football in the Faroe Islands. It was founded in 1942 as Meistaradeildin, and it is played in current format since 2005, when Prem ...
with
VB Vágur
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* Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (ISO code VB), Italy
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in the 2001 season, playing 3 games. After four more seasons at home, Samuelsen moved to Icelandic side
Keflavík ÍF
Keflavík ÍF (Keflavík, íþrótta- og ungmennafélag) is an Icelandic sports club, from the town of Reykjanesbær. The club has several divisions for different sports: football, basketball, swimming, gymnastics, badminton, shooting, and taekw ...
and in August 2007 went on loan to
Norwegian First Division
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side Notodden FK. He is currently back playing for HB Tórshavn. On 20 July 2010 he scored a goal for
HB Tórshavn in the
UEFA Champions League
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match against
FC Red Bull Salzburg, the match was played 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 ...
.
HB Tórshavn lost the first match against
FC Red Bull Salzburg 5-0.
International career
Samuelsen made his debut for the
Faroe Islands
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They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...
in an April 2003 friendly match against
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
. He has collected 44 caps since, and scored one goal.
Coaching career
Retiring at the end of 2019, Samuelsen was appointed head coach of his former club,
AB Argir, on 26 March 2020.
International goals
:''Scores and results list Faroe Islands' goal tally first.''
Individual Honours
*
Effodeildin Team of the Season: 2012, 2013
References
External links
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Símun Samuelsen back home to the Faroe Islands(In Faroese).
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Men's association football forwards
1985 births
Living people
Faroese men's footballers
Faroese expatriate men's footballers
Faroe Islands men's international footballers
Vágs Bóltfelag players
Knattspyrnudeild Keflavík players
Notodden FK players
Gøtu Ítróttarfelag players
FC Suðuroy players
Havnar Bóltfelag players
Argja Bóltfelag players
Norwegian First Division players
People from Vágur
Faroese expatriate sportspeople in Iceland
Faroese expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland
Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
Faroese football managers
Argja Bóltfelag managers