Viljormur í Heiðunum Davidsen (born 19 July 1991) is a Faroese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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 ...

club

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and the Faroe Islands national team.

Club career

Davidsen started his career with FC Fyn in the Danish 1st Division. He had a brief stint at

NSÍ Runavík NSÍ Runavík is a Faroese football club, playing in Runavík on the island of Eysturoy. It was founded 24 March 1957. In 2003 NSÍ participated for the first time on a European stage. In 2007, the club won the Faroe Islands Premier League for t ...

in 2012, but only played three matches, transferring to Norwegian club

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. After that, he returned to Denmark, moving to

FC Fredericia Fodbold Club Fredericia af 1991 (, simply known as FC Fredericia), is a professional association football club based in the town of Fredericia, Denmark, that competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of the Danish football league syst ...

for the remainder of the 2012–13 season. In August 2013, Davidsen moved to

Vejle Boldklub Vejle Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in Vejle in Jutland. Formed in 1891, the club is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football history, having won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six t ...

, where he became a key player, making more than 200 appearances for the club. On 17 January 2022, Davidsen signed a two-year contract with newly-promoted Allsvenskan club

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. Although he received the club's

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armband during his spell in Sweden, he faced relegation at the end of the 2022 season. In November of the same year, he terminated his contract with the club by mutual consent. On 5 January 2023, Davidsen officially joined

on a free transfer, signing a three-year deal with the Faroese club and returning to his country of birth after eleven years spent abroad.

International career

A former player of the U-17, U-19 and U-21 teams, Davidsen made his debut for the Faroese senior national team in a friendly against

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in 2013. He scored his first goal on 26 March 2019 against

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in 4–1 away defeat for the

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International goals

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

Personal life

Davidsen works as a dealer in a car showroom while also playing football.

Honours

FC Fyn *

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: 2011–12 Vejle * Danish 1st Division: 2017–18, 2019–20

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Davidsen, Viljormur 1991 births Living people People from Runavík Faroese men's footballers Faroe Islands men's international footballers Faroese expatriate men's footballers Faroe Islands men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders Vejle Boldklub players Danish Superliga players NSÍ Runavík players Odense Boldklub players FC Fredericia players Helsingborgs IF players Havnar Bóltfelag players Faroese expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Faroese expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Norway