Meinhard Olsen

Meinhard Olsen
	Meinhard Olsen at NSÍ Runavík
Personal information
Full name	Meinhard Egilsson Olsen
Date of birth	10 April 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Faroe Islands
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Mjøndalen
Number	11
Youth career
–2012	NSÍ Runavík
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013–2015	NSÍ Runavík
2015–2017	Vendsyssel
2017–2019	B36 Tórshavn
2019	Kristiansund
2020	B36 Tórshavn
2020	GAIS
2021	Bryne
2022–	Mjøndalen
International career‡
2011–13	Faroe Islands U17
2014–15	Faroe Islands U19
2015–2018	Faroe Islands U21
2019–	Faroe Islands
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 September 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 June 2024

Meinhard Egilsson Olsen (born 10 April 1997) is a Faroese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mjøndalen in 1. divisjon^[1] and for the Faroe Islands national football team.

Club career

On 21 August 2020, Olsen joined Superettan team GAIS for the remainder of the 2020 season.^[2]^[3] He left at the end of the season.^[3]

As of match played 29 August 2022^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
NSÍ	2013	Faroe Islands Premier League	5	0	1	0	-		6	0
	2014		22	0	2	0	-		24	9
	2015		12	1	2	0	1	0	15	1
	Total		39	1	5	0	1	0	45	1
Vendsyssel	2015–16	NordicBet Liga	1	1	0	0	-		1	1
	2016–17	NordicBet Liga	8	0	2	1	-		10	1
	Total		9	1	2	1	-	-	11	2
B36 Tórshavn	2017	Betri deildin	13	4	1	0	-		14	4
	2018	Betri deildin	25	13	5	0	6	0	36	13
	Total		38	17	6	0	6	0	50	17
Kristiansund	2019	Eliteserien	11	1	3	1	-		14	2
Kristiansund	Total		11	1	3	1	-	-	14	2
B36 Tórshavn	2020	Betri deildin	16	10	0	0	1	0	17	10
B36 Tórshavn	Total		16	10	0	0	1	0	17	10
GAIS	2020	Superettan	15	1	0	0	-		15	1
GAIS	Total		15	1	0	0	-	-	15	1
Bryne	2021	OBOS-ligaen	25	7	1	0	-		26	7
Bryne	Total		25	7	1	0	-	-	26	7
Mjøndalen	2022	OBOS-ligaen	22	6	1	0	-		23	6
Mjøndalen	Total		22	6	1	0	-	-	23	6
Career total			175	44	18	2	8	0	201	46

He made his Faroe Islands national football team debut on 7 June 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Spain, as an 86th-minute substitute for Árni Frederiksberg.^[5] He scored his first goal for the Faroe Islands national team on 25 March 2021 in a 1-1 draw in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification against Moldova.^[6]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	25 March 2021	Stadionul Zimbru, Chișinău, Moldova	Moldova	1–1	1–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group F

^ Meinhard Olsen at Soccerway
^ Anders Fagerlund. "Meinhard Olsen klar för GAIS" (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b Johnsson, Andreas (5 January 2021). "Duon lämnar Gais – tappar lånet". gp.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "Meinhard Olsen". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
^ "Faroe Islands v Spain game report". UEFA. 7 June 2019.
^ Hansen, Jóannes (25 March 2021). "Meinhard var bjargingarmaður". in.fo. Sosialurin. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

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