Fróði Benjaminsen (born 14 December 1977) is a Faroese former

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who played as a defender or

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. Benjaminsen previously played for

HB Tórshavn HB or Hb may refer to: Academia * H-b index, an extension of the h-index used in determining academic impact * H-B Woodlawn, a secondary education program in Arlington, Virginia, US * Hathaway Brown School, an all-girls private school in Shaker ...

B68 Toftir B68 Toftir is a Faroe Islands, Faroese football Football team, club based in the village of Toftir in Betri deildin. History After being promoted to the Faroe Islands Premier League Football, 1. deild (now called Effodeildin) in 1980, they won t ...

, Fram Reykjavík,

B36 Tórshavn B36 Tórshavn () is a Faroese football club based in the capital of Tórshavn, playing in the Faroe Islands Premier League, the top tier of Faroese football. B36 Tórshavn has always played its home games in Gundadalur. Today B36 Tórshavn i ...

and

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. He made a record 96 appearances for the

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and captained the national team since 2008. In 2015, he retired from the national team, but continued to play at club level until 2022. On 16 August 2016, Benjaminsen came out of international retirement to play against

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in the FIFA World Cup 2018 qualification phase.

Club career

In 2004, Benjaminsen transferred to Fram Reykjavík of the Icelandic

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. On 20 December 2004, he signed a contract with

to return to his home country. Benjaminsen retired from club and international football in October 2015, but on 10 March 2016, he came out of retirement and signed a one-year deal with HB Tórshavn.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Faroe Islands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Benjaminsen goal.''

Honours

B36 Tórshavn * Faroese League:

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

* Faroese Cup:

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

* Faroese Super Cup:

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

Havnar Bóltfelag * Faroese League:

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

. * Faroese Super Cup:

Víkingur * Faroese League:

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

* Faroese Super Cup:

Individual * Effodeildin Best Player: 2001, 2009, 2010, 2013 *Effodeildin Best Midfielder: 2013 *Team of the Year 2013

References

External links

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