Todi Adam Jónsson (born 2 February 1972) is a retired Faroese professional football striker who has played for Danish premier league clubs Lyngby FC and FC København, Norwegian club Start and Danish 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 ...

. He started and ended his football career at Faroese side KÍ. He has played 45 matches for

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 ...

and is currently (2018) number two on the top goal scorer's list with 9 goals. Jónsson is the highest scoring foreign football player in the Danish Superliga (Premier League) with 72 goals. He was previously the all-time top scorer for FC København together with Lars Højer Nielsen, they both scored 54 goals for FCK, but they have later been surpassed by Cesar Santin and Dame N'Doye.

Club career

He spent a large portion of his career at the

Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga ( da, Superligaen, ) is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each ye ...

side

FC Copenhagen Football Club Copenhagen ( da, Football Club København, ), commonly known as FC København, FC Copenhagen, Copenhagen or simply FCK, is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on ...

, having arrived in 1997 from

Lyngby BK Lyngby Boldklub () is a Danish professional football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, a northern suburb of Copenhagen. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The clu ...

together with the new CEO

Flemming Østergaard Flemming Ammentorp Østergaard (born 31 October 1943 in ''Det Gule Palæ'' (Danish: ''The Yellow Palace''), Ordrup) is a retired businessman, best known as long-time chairman of Parken Sport & Entertainment, who owns the football club F.C. Cop ...

. Todi, as he is known by the

fans, is one of the all-time leading goal scorers for the club and a member of the Hall of Fame as decided by fan club voting. From 1997 to 2005 Todi played 207 matches for

and scored 68 goals. On 25 June 2009, it was announced that he had rejoined KÍ Klaksvík, who, however, were unable to maintain their place in the Faroese top division. Jónsson ended his football career with the club where he started. He played his last match for KÍ Klaksvík on 3 October 2009 against

EB/Streymur EB/Streymur is a Faroe Islands, Faroese semi-professional association football, football club based in Streymnes and Eiði. The club was founded in 1993, as result of the merger between Eiðis Bóltfelag, EB and Ítróttarfelagið Streymur, Strey ...

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International career

In the

Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...

, Jónsson is arguably the most successful football player of all time, having played at an internationally high level for the better part of a decade with the Danish Champions

. Furthermore, Todi was the most successful goalscorer for the

with 9 goals in 45 caps, until Rógvi Jacobsen scored his 9th goal against Lithuania in September 2007, then fully overtaking Todi's record away to Italy two months later. Todi is also the only Faroese player to score a hat-trick in an international match. (Bergur Magnussen scored 6 times in the match against the Åland Islands back in 1989, but this match is not officially recognised.) Todi is remembered for his premature and controversial international retirement in the spring of 2001, as he decided to concentrate fully on his club career. After that he won only two more caps, both in 2005.

International goals

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

Honours

;KÍ Klaksvík *

Faroe Islands Premier League 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 ...

(1):

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;FC København *

(3): 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04 *

Danish Cup The Danish Cup ( da, Landspokalturneringen; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will quali ...

(1): 2003–04 * Danish Super Cup (2): 2001, 2004

References

External links

Todi Jónsson's profile on FaroeSoccer.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jonsson, Todi 1972 births Living people F.C. Copenhagen players Faroese footballers Faroe Islands international footballers Faroese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Norway Eliteserien players Danish Superliga players IF Lyseng Fodbold players IK Start players Lyngby Boldklub players KÍ Klaksvík players B36 Tórshavn players Association football forwards People from Vejle Municipality Sportspeople from the Region of Southern Denmark