Todi Jónsson

Todi Jónsson
Personal information
Full name	Todi Adam Jónsson
Date of birth	2 February 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Vejle, Denmark
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Frederikssund IK (Manager)
Youth career
	KÍ Klaksvík
	Lyseng
	AGF
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1992	KÍ
1993	B36
1994–1997	Lyngby
1997–2005	Copenhagen
2005–2006	Start
2007	FC Amager
2009	KÍ
Total
International career
1991–2005	Faroe Islands
Managerial career
2008–2009	FC Amager (sporting director)
2022	NSÍ Runavík
2022–	Frederikssund IK
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Todi Adam Jónsson (born 2 February 1972) is a

KÍ Klaksvík.^[1]

He has played 45 matches for

Cesar Santin and Dame N'Doye

.

Club career

Jónsson spent a large portion of his career at the

Lyngby BK together with the new CEO Flemming Østergaard

. Todi, as he is known by the FC Copenhagen fans, is one of the all-time leading goal scorers for the club and a member of the Hall of Fame as decided by fan club voting. From 1997 to 2005 he played 207 matches for FC Copenhagen and scored 68 goals.

On 25 June 2009, it was announced that Jónsson had rejoined

Faroese top division.^[5] He ended his football career with the club where he started. He played his last match for KÍ Klaksvík on 3 October 2009 against EB/Streymur.^[6]

International career

In the

FC Copenhagen. Furthermore, Todi was the most successful goalscorer for the Faroe Islands national football team with 9 goals in 45 caps, until Rógvi Jacobsen scored his 9th goal against Lithuania

in September 2007, then fully overtaking Todi's record away to Italy two months later. Todi is also the only Faroese player to score a hat-trick in an international match. (Bergur Magnussen scored 6 times in the match against the Åland Islands back in 1989, but this match is not officially recognised.)

Todi is remembered for his premature and controversial international retirement in the spring of 2001, as he decided to concentrate fully on his club career. After that he won only two more caps, both in 2005.

Career statistics

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

List of international goals scored by Todi Jónsson
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 July 1991	Gundadalur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	Turkey	1–0	1–1	Friendly
2	6 September 1995	Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands	Russia	2–1	2–5	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
3	11 October 1995	Serravalle , San Marino	San Marino	1–0	3–1	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
4				2–0
5				3–1
6	4 September 1996	Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands	Spain	1–1	2–6	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	30 April 1997	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali , Malta	Malta	2–1	2–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	8 June 1997	Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands	Malta	2–0	2–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	4 February 2000	La Manga, Spain	Iceland	2–0	2–3	Friendly