Jógvan Martin Olsen
 Olsen coaching Víkingur Gøta in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jógvan Martin Olsen | ||
| Date of birth | 10 July 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Toftir, Faroe Islands | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1993 | B68 | 145 | (23) |
| 1994–1995 | LÍF Leirvík | 21 | (6) |
| 1996–1997 | B68 II | 4 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1996–2005 | Faroe Islands (assistant) | ||
| 2002–2004 | NSÍ Runavík | ||
| 2006–2008 | Faroe Islands | ||
| 2009–2013 | Víkingur Gøta | ||
| 2014 | B68 | ||
| 2016–2024 |
ÍF Fuglafjørður | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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.[2]
Playing career
Olsen was born in Toftir, Faroe Islands. A midfielder, played with B68 Toftir from 1978 to 1993 and again from 1996 to 1997 and for LÍF Leirvík 1994 and 1995.[3] Three times Olsen won the national Faroese championship with B68 Toftir: 1984, 1985 and 1992.[4]
Managerial career
Olsen was the assistant coach of the
manager of NSÍ Runavík.[5] In 2005 Olsen was named new head coach of the Faroe Islands national team. He resigned on 29 September 2008.[6]
In 2013 Olsen announced that he would step down as coach at the end of the season and have a year off from football.ÍF Fuglafjørður.[8]
Managerial statistics
- As of 16 June 2016
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Faroe Islands | 
|
2006 | 2008 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0.00 |
References
- ^ Jógvan Martin Olsen at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Football.fo Archived 28 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "B68.fo". Archived from the original on 26 March 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- ^ Nes.fo
- ^ "B68.fo". Archived from the original on 26 March 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- ^ Nes.fo
- ^ Soccer and Equipment
- ^ Arge, Tróndur (3 October 2015). "Jógvan Martin verður venjari" (in Faroese). in.fo. Retrieved 20 November 2015.