Meinhard Olsen

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Meinhard Olsen
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Meinhard Olsen at NSÍ Runavík
Personal information
Full name Meinhard Egilsson Olsen
Date of birth (1997-04-10) 10 April 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Faroe Islands
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Kolding
Number 10
Youth career
–2012 NSÍ Runavík
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2015 NSÍ Runavík 39 (1)
2015–2017 Vendsyssel 9 (1)
2017–2019 B36 Tórshavn 38 (17)
2019 Kristiansund 11 (1)
2020 B36 Tórshavn 16 (10)
2020 GAIS 15 (1)
2021 Bryne 25 (7)
2022–2024 Mjøndalen 63 (14)
2025– Kolding 0 (0)
International career‡
2011–2013 Faroe Islands U17 18 (2)
2014–2015 Faroe Islands U19 4 (0)
2015–2018 Faroe Islands U21 12 (4)
2019– Faroe Islands 34 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:51, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Meinhard Egilsson Olsen (born 10 April 1997) is a Faroese professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Kolding IF in the Danish 1st Division [1] and for the Faroe Islands national football team.

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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] Olsen moved to Bryne FK for a year, prior to signing for Mjøndalen IF. The move was confirmed on August 5, 2021, but Olsen only joined the club from January 2022. [4]

Olsen played for Mjøndalen IF for two years before it was confirmed in December 2024 that he would leave the club at the end of the year when his contract expired. [5] Later that month, it was also revealed that Olsen had been named Mjøndalen 2024 Player of the Year by the newspaper Drammens Tidende, scoring seven goals and two assists in 27 league games. [6]

On January 19, 2025, it was confirmed that Olsen returned to Denmark, where he had signed with Danish 1st Division club Kolding IF. [7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 August 2022 [8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
NSÍ 2013 Faroe Islands Premier League 5010-60
2014 22020-249
2015 1212010151
Total3915010451
Vendsyssel 2015–16 NordicBet Liga 1100-11
2016–17 8021-101
Total9121--112
B36 Tórshavn 2017 Betri deildin 13410-144
2018 251350603613
Total381760605017
Kristiansund 2019 Eliteserien 11131-142
Total11131--142
B36 Tórshavn 2020 Betri deildin 161000101710
Total161000101710
GAIS 2020 Superettan 15100-151
Total15100--151
Bryne 2021 OBOS-ligaen 25710-267
Total25710--267
Mjøndalen 2022 OBOS-ligaen 22610-236
Total22610--236
Career total175441828020146

International career

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. [9] 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. [10]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.25 March 2021 Stadionul Zimbru, Chișinău, Moldova Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 1–11–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group F

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References

  1. ↑ Meinhard Olsen at Soccerway
  2. ↑ Anders Fagerlund. "Meinhard Olsen klar för GAIS" (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  3. 1 2 Johnsson, Andreas (5 January 2021). "Duon lämnar Gais – tappar lånet". gp.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  4. ↑ MIF henter landslagsspiller, miffotball.no, 5 August 2021
  5. ↑ Meinhard Egilsson Olsen er ferdig i MIF, facebook.com, 5 December 2024
  6. ↑ Meinhard Olsen ble kåret til årets Mjøndalen-spiller, dt.no, 8 December 2024
  7. ↑ KOLDING IF HENTER MÅLFARLIG LANDSHOLDSSPILLER, kolding-if.dk, 19 January 2025
  8. ↑ "Meinhard Olsen". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "Faroe Islands v Spain game report". UEFA. 7 June 2019.
  10. ↑ Hansen, Jóannes (25 March 2021). "Meinhard var bjargingarmaður". in.fo. Sosialurin. Archived from the original on 4 April 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.


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