Jógvan Martin Olsen (born 10 July 1961) is a Faroese football manager and former player who is the manager of
ÍF Fuglafjørður since October 2015. He was the head coach of the
Faroe Islands national team.
Playing career
Olsen was born in
Toftir, Faroe Islands. A
midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...
, played with
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 ...
from 1978 to 1993 and again from 1996 to 1997 and for
LÍF Leirvík 1994 and 1995.
Three times Olsen won the national Faroese championship with B68 Toftir: 1984, 1985 and 1992.
Managerial career
Olsen was the assistant coach of the
Faroe Islands national team during the reign of
Allan Simonsen
Allan Rodenkam Simonsen (born 15 December 1952) is a Danish former footballer and manager. He most prominently played as a striker for German Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach, winning the 1975 and 1979 UEFA Cups, as well as for Barcel ...
and
Henrik Larsen
Henrik Larsen (born 17 May 1966), nicknamed ''Store Larsen'' (''Big Larsen''), is a Danish Association football, football manager and former professional player who played as a midfielder. He was last the manager of Lyngby Boldklub.
He was the ...
(both from Denmark) in the period 1996–2005. From 2002 to 2004 he was also the
manager
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of
NSÍ Runavík
NSÍ Runavík is a Faroe Islands, Faroese professional association football, 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, t ...
. In 2005 Olsen was named new head coach of the Faroe Islands national team. He resigned on 29 September 2008.
In 2013 Olsen announced that he would step down as coach at the end of the season and have a year off from football. In October 2015 he was appointed manager of
ÍF Fuglafjørður.
Managerial statistics
References
Goal.com
External links
fsf.foVikingur.fo
B68.fofaroesoccer.com
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1961 births
Living people
People from Toftir
Faroese men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
B68 Toftir players
Faroese football managers
Faroe Islands national football team managers
20th-century Danish sportsmen