Rógvi Jacobsen (born 5 March 1979) is a former Faroese

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who played as an

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. He is the all-time top scorer of the

Faroe Islands national football team The Faroe Islands national football team (, ) represents the Faroe Islands in men's international football, and is governed by the Faroe Islands Football Association (FSF). The FSF became a member of FIFA in 1988 and UEFA in 1990 and represen ...

alongside

Klæmint Olsen Klæmint Andrasson Olsen (born 17 July 1990) is a Faroese professional association football, footballer who plays as a striker (association football), striker for Faroe Islands Premier League side NSÍ Runavík and the Faroe Islands national foot ...

Club career

Jacobsen was born in

Klaksvík Klaksvík () is the second largest town of the Faroe Islands behind Tórshavn. The town is located on Borðoy, which is one of the northernmost islands (the Norðoyar). It is the administrative centre of Klaksvík municipality. History The fir ...

. He played at semi-professional level for Icelandic team KR Reykjavík and Danish side

SønderjyskE SønderjyskE is a Denmark, Danish sport corporation. They have a Football (soccer), football team (SønderjyskE Fodbold, based in Haderslev), two team handball, handball teams (SønderjyskE Håndbold, one male based in Sønderborg, one female bas ...

. In August 2007, he went on a trial to Carlisle United. The trial did not end with a permanent contract so he continued playing with HB. In 2008, he signed a professional contract with

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side

IL Hødd Idrottslaget Hødd is a multi-sports club from Ulsteinvik in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. Founded in 1919, it has sections for team handball, gymnastics and football. It is best known for their men's football team, which since 2015 plays at Høddv ...

International career

Jacobsen made his debut for

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in an August 1999, in a friendly match against

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. He is known for having scored a Faroese goal in the 2–1 home loss to the World Champions

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. On 21 November 2007, he scored his 10th goal for the Faroese national team, in a 3–1 away loss to

, hence breaking

Todi Jónsson Todi Adam Jónsson (born 2 February 1972) is a Faroe Islands, Faroese former professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker for Danish premier league clubs Lyngby FC and FC Copenhagen, Norwe ...

's record, and became all-time leading scorer of his country. He has 53 caps for the Faroe Islands national side and has scored 10 goals. In 2007, Jacobsen was nicknamed ''Inzaghi Faroese'' by

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Career statistics

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Tórsvøllur Tórsvøllur is a football stadium on the sport site of Gundadalur in Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. The stadium holds 6,500 people, and was built in 1999 to become the country's national stadium to provide an artificial grass surf ...

Tórshavn Tórshavn (; ; Danish language, Danish: ''Thorshavn''), 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 th ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobsen, Rogvi 1979 births Living people People from Klaksvík Faroese men's footballers Faroe Islands men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Rogvi Jacobsen Sønderjyske Fodbold players IL Hødd players Havnar Bóltfelag players Ítróttarfelag Fuglafjarðar players Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag players Danish Superliga players Norwegian First Division players Faroese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Faroese expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Faroese expatriate sportspeople in Norway Faroe Islands men's youth international footballers